Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church at 524 Summit Avenue in Jersey City, NJ 07306. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 2 Greek Orthodox congregations in the city.
524 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, 07306Phone: (201) 792-0697 · Website: https://stdemetriosjc.com/
Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 109 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across New Jersey — 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.
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The community around Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 33.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
- Food Insecurity: 17.2%
- Poverty Rate: 17.2% (8.7–25.7%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.0% (5.7–16.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.
Churches near Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
- Filipino Christian Reformed Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jersey City Mission Church — 0.1 mi away
- FACRCJerseycity — 0.1 mi away
- Victory Worship Assembly- Harlem NYC — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (Stanley Theater) — 0.2 mi away
- Jersey City Evangelism Center — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Telugu Christian Fellowship Jersey City — 0.2 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church — 1.6 mi away
- Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mark — 1.8 mi away
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church — 2.9 mi away in New York, NY
- Saint Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church — 3.3 mi away in New York, NY
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