Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church
Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church at 15 Leroy Avenue in Yonkers, NY 10705. It is one of 138 churches in Yonkers.
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15 Leroy Avenue, Yonkers, NY, 10705Phone: (914) 963-3638 · Website: https://prophetelias.ny.goarch.org/
Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 232 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across New York — 2,336 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.
Ministries at Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church
- Addictions Outreach
- Stewardship
- Greek School
- Parish Council
- Philoptochos
- Sunday School
- Young Spirit
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The community around Prophet Elias Greek 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 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.
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
- Food Insecurity: 23.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0% (11.3–19.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Yonkers city is served by 67 churches — about one congregation for every 3,131 residents.
Churches near Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church
- Indian Assembly of God — 0.2 mi away
- Chour-Thai Reformed Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- United In Jesus Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.6 mi away
- Casa De Refugio & Restauracion — 0.6 mi away
- South Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Iglesia De Restauracion — 0.7 mi away
- Pastor Juan & Christina Mendez — 0.7 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St. George Chapel — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church — 1.7 mi away
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Church — 1.9 mi away
- Saint Peter the Apostle Greek Orthodox Church — 2.1 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Greek Orthodox Church of St Nektarios — 2.3 mi away in New York, NY