Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church

Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 87 Benham St in Hamden, CT 06514-3019. It is one of 66 churches in Hamden.

To worship God faithfully, nurture spiritual growth, preserve our sacred traditions, and serve the wider community with love and humility.

Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Orthodox Tewahedo Church is Connecticut’s only Ethiopian Orthodox parish, where Ethiopian, Eritrean & American worshippers gather.

87 Benham St, Hamden, CT, 06514-3019

Phone: (860) 874-0258 · Website: https://medhanialemct.org/

Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 54 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Connecticut — 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 Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church

  • Divine Liturgy and Sunday Worship
  • Education and Formation
  • Music and Art
  • Outreach and Fellowship

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The community around Debre Medhanit Medhanealem Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 35.4%
  • Obesity: 37.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (1.4–14.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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