St Mary and St Moses Coptic Orthodox Church

St Mary and St Moses Coptic Orthodox Church is a Coptic Orthodox church at 344 Wheatfield Street in North Tonawanda, NY 14120. It is one of 36 churches in North Tonawanda.

344 Wheatfield Street, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120

St Mary and St Moses 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 St Mary and St Moses Coptic Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Unemployment: 12.5% (2.4–22.6%)
  • Obesity: 41.4%
  • Social Isolation: 31.8%
  • Depression: 23.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.1% (10.0–28.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 16.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

North Tonawanda city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 6,095 residents.

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