Debre Menkrat Saint Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Debre Menkrat Saint Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a Orthodox church at 118 Bowdoin St in Boston, MA 02124-1029. It is one of 363 churches in Boston, and one of 2 Orthodox congregations in the city.

Serving since 1970

118 Bowdoin St, Boston, MA, 02124-1029

Service times

  • Sunday 3pm–12pm

Phone: +18573169980 · Website: https://stgebrieleotcboston.org/

Debre Menkrat Saint Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 12 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Massachusetts — 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 Debre Menkrat Saint Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 43.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
  • Child Poverty: 25.7% (10.3–41.1%)
  • Depression: 23.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.3% (11.8–30.8%)
  • Diabetes: 14.5%
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (3.2–10.5%)

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

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