Mission of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy"
Mission of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" is a Russian Orthodox church at 585 Lincoln Avenue in New York, NY 10306. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 5 Russian Orthodox congregations in the city.
585 Lincoln Avenue, New York, NY, 10306Phone: +1-917-217-1581
Mission of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" 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 Mission of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy"
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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 5 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.
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Food Insecurity: 20.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (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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- Iglesia ni Cristo - Locale of Staten Island — 0.7 mi away in Staten Island, NY
- Church of Saint Christopher and Saint Margaret Mary — 0.9 mi away
- New Dorp Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Crossroads Church — 1.2 mi away in Staten Island, NY
- New Dorp Moravian Church — 1.3 mi away
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