Holy Virgin Protection Russian Orthodox Church
Holy Virgin Protection Russian Orthodox Church is a church at 301 Handy St in New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2942. It is one of 67 churches in New Brunswick.
301 Handy St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901-2942Phone: (908) 510-2714 · Website: http://www.pokrovchurch.net/
Holy Virgin Protection Russian 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 Holy Virgin Protection Russian Orthodox 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 42.3%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 37.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 35.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Child Poverty: 31.5% (13.5–49.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 24.4% (12.9–35.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
- Diabetes: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.4–12.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Holy Virgin Protection Russian Orthodox Church
- Suydam Street Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Progressive Church of God & Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Livingston Avenue Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Nations Mission Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Jesucristo Reina — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter And Pauls Slovak Greek Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church — 0.3 mi away
- Ascension Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Mary of Zyrovicy Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church — 1 mi away in Highland Park, NJ
- Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George — 2 mi away in Piscataway Township, NJ
- St Moses & Anba Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church — 2.4 mi away in Piscataway, NJ
- St Mary Coptic Orthodox Church — 5 mi away in East Brunswick, NJ
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA — 5.1 mi away in Somerset, NJ
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