St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church
St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox church at 2016 Voorhies Avenue in Brooklyn, NY 11235. It is one of 537 churches in Brooklyn, and one of 4 Russian Orthodox congregations in the city.
2016 Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11235Phone: +1-929-444-5544 · Website: https://stjohnbrooklyn.com/
St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 215 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across New York — 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. John the Forerunner 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,600 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: 31.5%
- Unemployment: 7.5% (3.1–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
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More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
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