St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Chapel

Gulf Shores, Alabama

  Chapel Info

The normal schedule of services at our Church are as follows:

    Sundays:

        Divine Liturgy    10:00 a.m.

        also on Sunday Mornings

        Coffee Fellowship held after

        Services.

                                                220 East 20th Ave.

                                                Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542

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Meet Our Parish Priest

Very Rev. Father Frank Paul Mayernick:

Father Mayernick is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and received a direct commission from civilian life and entered the United States Air Force Chaplaincy in 1981.  Prior to entering active duty, he served four years as Parish Priest of the Holy Dormition Orthodox Church in St. Clair, PA from 1977-1980.  Father Mayernick is married to the former Joan Elaine Selai of Miami Florida. They have four children, Laura, Frank, Nicholas, Elizabeth and three grandchildren.

Rev. Frank P. Mayernick retired from the United States Air Force after twenty-three of service. Father Frank retired as the Orthodox senior chaplain for the 16^th Special Operation Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida. Colonel Mayernick also served as the Deputy Command Chaplain at Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Hurlburt Field, Florida.  In this capacity he served as the chaplain to America's "Air Commandos,” HQ AFSOC, a major air command that operates and deploys America's specialized airpower worldwide as the air component of the United States Special Operations Command.  Father Mayernick was the lead person in creating a suicide prevention program for all branches of the military. 

Priestly ASSIGNMENTS:

1.  1977-1981                St. Mary’s of the Dormition Orthodox Church, St Clair Pa.

2.  1981-1985                 Wright-Patterson, AFB, Dayton, Ohio

3.  1985-1988                 48th Combat Support Group, RAF Lakenheath,

                                         England

4.  1988-1992                 Eglin, AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

5.  1992-1995                 Installation Staff Chaplain, Falcon, AFB, Colorado

                                         Springs, CO

6.  1995-1998                 Ramstein AFB, Kasierlautern, Germany

7.  1998-2002                Deputy Command Chaplain, AFSOC,

                                        Hurlburt Field, Florida

8. 2002 - Present            Assigned to St. Athanasios Greek

                                         Orthodox Chapel

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