St. Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission

St. Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission is a Orthodox church at 8923 S Main St in Mesilla Park, NM 88047-9636.

8923 S Main St, Mesilla Park, NM, 88047-9636

Phone: +18157152602 · Website: https://stanthonylc.org/

St. Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 8 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across New Mexico — 2,098 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 St. Anthony of the Desert Orthodox Mission

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 28.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.8%
  • Social Isolation: 34.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Obesity: 37.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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