Debrekidussan Abune Aregawi and Teklehaimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Debrekidussan Abune Aregawi and Teklehaimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Church is a church at 6395 Little River Tpke in Alexandria, VA 22312-5003. It is one of 266 churches in Alexandria.

6395 Little River Tpke, Alexandria, VA, 22312-5003

Phone: +17032582219 · Website: https://abunearegawi.org/

Debrekidussan Abune Aregawi and Teklehaimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 14 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Virginia — 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 Debrekidussan Abune Aregawi and Teklehaimanot Ethiopian 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 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.5% (13.7–27.3%)
Social Isolation: 37.1%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
Child Poverty: 23.7% (11.3–37.5%)
Food Insecurity: 19.7%
Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

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

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Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Monte de Sion — 0.6 mi away
Antioch Korean Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Iglesia Universal — 0.7 mi away
Braddock Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Cornerstone Church of Virginia — 0.7 mi away
Grace Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby

Saint Aphraim Syriac Orthodox Church — 1.3 mi away
Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church — 3 mi away in Springfield, VA
Debre Bisrat St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church — 3.9 mi away

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