About St. Athanasius Orthodox Christian Church

Founded in 1987, St. Athanasius Church is a vibrant faith community of approximately 260 people of all ages and backgrounds who are working out their faith together and raising their families in accordance with the commandments of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the sacred norms for spiritual life of the ancient Holy Eastern Orthodox Church.

The majority of our congregants journeyed to the Orthodox Church from other Christian faith traditions and denominations and some non-Christian religious and spiritual traditions. Whether you are “on a journey” or just wanting to visit a local Orthodox parish you will be welcome at St. Athanasius. We are always honored to have visitors join us for prayer and worship.

Our parish is part of the ancient Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch where St. Luke in the Book of Acts tells us the believers were mockingly called “Christians” for the first time (Acts 11:26). We are part of the global Eastern Orthodox Church community which includes national churches in traditionally Orthodox countries like Russia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Cyprus, and the Middle East, but also in Japan, China, India, the Philippines, throughout Europe including Germany, France, Poland, Finland, across the British Isles, throughout the African continent including Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and across North, Central and South America. There are over 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians in the world today and over 1 million in the United States.

 In January of 2014, we moved into a newly-constructed building that is part of a 3-phase building project.  We currently use the building and patio for worship, fellowship, classes and administration.  We have an active building campaign to raise the funds needed to pay off the mortgage on Phase One, and to begin construction on the "temple," or worship space, which will be designed specifically for Orthodox liturgical worship.