St. Verena American Coptic Orthodox Church

St. Verena American Coptic Orthodox Church is a Coptic Orthodox church at 5240 Edmondson Pike in Nashville, TN 37211-5803. It is one of 330 churches in Nashville.

Our Missionto live and share the treasure of the Orthodox Christian faith within the community in which we live

Serving since 2017 · Part of Coptic Orthodox Diocese

5240 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN, 37211-5803

Service times

Sunday Divine Liturgy 8:00 AM (as listed)

Phone: (262) 442-8297 · Website: http://stvnashville.org/

Shares a ministry location with Music City Assembly of God Church.

St. Verena American Coptic Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 6 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Tennessee — 248 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. Verena American 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. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (16.8–29.1%)
  • Depression: 28.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.3% (9.1–31.5%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (0.4–13.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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