St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church

St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church is a Syriac Orthodox church at 1515 East Taft Avenue in Orange, CA 92865. It is one of 90 churches in Orange.

1515 East Taft Avenue, Orange, CA, 92865

Website: http://www.supportstmarys.com/

St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 60 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across California — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.

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The community around St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,200 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: 35.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 15.2%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Orange city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 4,154 residents.

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