Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church
Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 16903 Espola Road in Poway, CA 92064. It is one of 43 churches in Poway.
16903 Espola Road, Poway, CA, 92064Service times
- Sunday 9am
Phone: (858) 674-1931 · Website: https://stjohnofdamascus.org
Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 201 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across California — 2,336 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.
Ministries at Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church
- Church School
- Adult Education
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Latest from St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church, Poway's YouTube channel: Liturgy - Dec. 25 (all videos).
The community around Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 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 2,100 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: 30.4%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (0.6–12.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Poway city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 2,708 residents.
Churches near Saint John of Damascus Orthodox Church
- Disciple Community Mission Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Incarnation — 0.1 mi away
- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away in San Diego, CA
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.7 mi away in San Diego, CA
- Saint Bartholomews Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away in San Diego, CA
- San Diego Sammul Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Pomerado Christian Church — 1 mi away
- Center For Spiritual Living One Heart One Mind — 1.2 mi away
- All Faith Center — 1.3 mi away
- Breaking Chains — 1.3 mi away in San Diego, CA
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St. Petka's Serbian Orthodox Church — 9.2 mi away in San Marcos, CA
- St. Basil American Coptic Orthodox Church — 11.6 mi away in San Diego, CA
- Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church — 11.8 mi away in Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA