St. Athanasius American Coptic Orthodox Church

St. Athanasius American Coptic Orthodox Church is a church at 601 E Airport Blvd in Sanford, FL 32773-8021. It is one of 131 churches in Sanford.

601 E Airport Blvd, Sanford, FL, 32773-8021

Phone: +17132056252 · Website: https://www.stathanasiusorlando.org/

Shares a ministry location with Westview Baptist Church.

St. Athanasius American Coptic Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 22 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Florida — 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 St. Athanasius American Coptic Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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 Adults 18-64: 22.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (10.8–22.7%)
  • Poverty Rate: 18.0% (10.9–25.1%)
  • Diabetes: 14.0%

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

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