Mekane Selam St. Urael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Mekane Selam St. Urael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a church at 4700 16th St NW in Washington, DC 20011-4331. It is one of 862 churches in Washington.
4700 16th St NW, Washington, DC, 20011-4331Phone: (646) 651-6739 · Website: https://www.facebook.com/mekaneselamst.uraeleotcwdc
Shares a ministry location with Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Mekane Selam St. Urael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 3 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across District of Columbia — 245 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 Mekane Selam St. Urael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 the people here were born in another country. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.4%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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- Oromo Evangelical Church Of Washington Dc — 0.2 mi away
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More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
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