St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church

St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church is a church at 611 Roosevelt Ave in Carteret, NJ 07008-2912. It is one of 24 churches in Carteret.

611 Roosevelt Ave, Carteret, NJ, 07008-2912

Phone: (732) 969-0085 · Website: http://www.stgeorgenj.org/

Shares a ministry location with Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church.

St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 15 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across New Jersey — 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 St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Unemployment: 15.4% (6.4–24.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 20.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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