St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church
St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church is a Coptic Orthodox church at 835 Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, NJ 07306. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 2 Coptic Orthodox congregations in the city.
835 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, 07306Website: https://www.stshenoudajc.org/
St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across New Jersey — 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. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 3,100 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: 33.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.0% (11.4–28.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.2%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (3.0–12.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.
Churches near St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church
- Vroom Street Evangel Free Church — 0 mi away
- Revelation Church — 0 mi away
- Old Bergen Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Aedan's — 0.1 mi away
- Freedom Church Jersey City — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Aedans Church — 0.1 mi away
- Tapestry Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Korean Church — 0.2 mi away
- ISKCON of Hudson — 0.2 mi away
- Chapel of Saint Peter — 0.2 mi away
More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Chruch — 0.7 mi away
- Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mark — 1.3 mi away
- St. Abanoub & St. Antonious Coptic Orthodox Church — 3.1 mi away in Bayonne, NJ
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