Sts. Mary & George Coptic Orthodox Church
Sts. Mary & George Coptic Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 820 Madison Avenue in Albany, NY 12208. It is one of 146 churches in Albany.
820 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208Phone: +1-518-489-2537 · Website: http://www.stmarystgeorge.org/
Sts. Mary & George 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 York — 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 Sts. Mary & George Coptic 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 40.0%
- Poverty Rate: 37.9%
- Food Insecurity: 20.8%
- Depression: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Albany city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 1,329 residents.
Churches near Sts. Mary & George Coptic Orthodox Church
- Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Chinese Christian Church of Greater Albany — 0.2 mi away
- Albany Friends Meeting House — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Peter Armenian Apostolic Church — 6 mi away in Watervliet, NY