Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church

Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church at 4612 Gilbert Avenue in Columbus, GA 31904. It is one of 329 churches in Columbus.

4612 Gilbert Avenue, Columbus, GA, 31904

Phone: (706) 660-1777 · Website: https://orthodoxcolumbus.org/

Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 34 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Georgia — 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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The community around Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Obesity: 47.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 45.2% (30.4–60.0%)
  • Food Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.3% (15.3–41.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
  • Diabetes: 20.6%
  • Social Isolation: 39.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
  • Unemployment: 9.6% (0.4–22.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Columbus city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 3,099 residents.

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