Saint Athanasios Church of Elmira
Saint Athanasios Church of Elmira serves the Orthodox Christian community of Elmira, New York, offering regular worship services and preserving Greek Orthodox faith, traditions, and community life in the region.
Clergy:
Rev. Economos Richard Scott, Presiding Priest
Church Type:
Parish
Denomination:
Greek Orthodox
Metropolis:
Metropolis of Detroit
Affiliation:
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Ecumenical Patriarch:
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Clergy Information updated Jan 2026
History
Saint Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church of Elmira, New York brings the Orthodox Christian faith to the Southern Tier of New York State, serving the faithful of the Elmira-Corning area and surrounding Chemung County region. The parish is dedicated to Saint Athanasios the Great, the fourth-century Patriarch of Alexandria and celebrated defender of Orthodox Trinitarian theology, whose feast day on May 2 the community observes each year.
Located at 210 Franklin Street in Elmira, the parish serves a geographic area that extends across the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania, welcoming Orthodox Christians of all backgrounds in a community far from the large metropolitan centers of Greek Orthodox life in the Northeast. The parish is serviced by clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Today, Saint Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church stands at 210 Franklin Street in Elmira as a parish of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, a faithful outpost of the ancient Orthodox Christian tradition in the heart of upstate New York.
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