St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church
St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church at 220 East 20th Avenue in Gulf Shores, AL 36542. It is one of 23 churches in Gulf Shores.
The chapel was built in the traditional Greek island Byzantine style by the Catranis family for the visitors and residents of Gulf Shores, Alabama to worship on Sundays.
220 East 20th Avenue, Gulf Shores, AL, 36542Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (251) 471-8000 · Website: https://www.stathanasios.al.goarch.org/
St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 18 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Alabama — 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.
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Latest from St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church's YouTube channel: Divine Liturgy - September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 30.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (4.8–18.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gulf Shores city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 587 residents.
Churches near St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church
- Gulf Shores Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Magnolia United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gulf Shores United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Gulf Shores — 0.2 mi away
- Gulf Shores UMC Annex — 0.2 mi away
- Crossroads — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Judes by the Sea Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Gulf Shores Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
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