Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral is a Orthodox church in Oakland, CA 94619. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 2 Orthodox congregations in the city.
Oakland, CA, 94619Service times
- Sunday 7:30am · Morning Only
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 177 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across California — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
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The community around Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (2.8–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.
Churches near Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Mekane Selam Medhane Alem Cathedral
- Casa D'oro Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- First Covenant Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día Hispana de San Leandro / San Leandro Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- 오클랜드 우리교회 — 0.3 mi away
- Oakland Worship Center Church — 0.7 mi away
- East Hills Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Lawrence O'Toole-Saint Cyril Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Pilgrim Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Dominion Life Christian Center — 0.9 mi away
- Laurel Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension — 1.4 mi away
- Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church — 3.7 mi away in Moraga, CA
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