St. John's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
St. John's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 505 Alexander Ave in Durham, NC 27705-4707. It is one of 446 churches in Durham.
We are looking forward to expanding our mission by transferring the rich orthodox tradition to our young generation through Sunday-schools and Youth associations.
St. John's Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church is under the Malankara Archdiocese of Syrian Orthodox Church in North America.
505 Alexander Ave, Durham, NC, 27705-4707Phone: +16308226754 · Website: https://www.saintjohnsnc.com/
St. John's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 11 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across North Carolina — 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. John's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 27.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.1%
- Poverty Rate: 26.2% (16.0–36.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.8%
- Obesity: 38.5%
- Depression: 26.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. John's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
- Durham Friends Meeting — 0.1 mi away
- St. Joseph's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Love Faith & Power Outreach Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- God's Tabernacle Of Praise — 0.6 mi away
- Grey Stone Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Duke Chapel — 0.8 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Salvation Is Free Holy Church — 0.8 mi away
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