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Country United States of America Diocese Archdiocese of North America, under the Pope of Alexandria Division The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Priest(s) Fr. Samuel T. SamuelFr. Pavlos FahmyFr. Theodore Labib Address Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail, 455 79th St, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, USA Bishop Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Similar Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox, St George Coptic Orthodox, St Mary & St Antonios, St Abraam Coptic Orthodox, InterContinental Chicago Magnifice Profiles | ||
St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Markos) is a Coptic Orthodox Church located in Burr Ridge, Illinois. The church is one of the largest in the Chicago area for Coptic Christians.
History
St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church was built in 1982. The church was named after St. Mark, one of Jesus's Apostles who founded the original church in Egypt after Jesus' death and resurrection.
In 1994, Magdy Wilson from Alexandria, Egypt as commissioned to create new and update current icons within the church. This was Wilson's first trip to the United States and the $200,000 project completed the interior of the church that was unable to be completed in 1982 due to funding.
The church was visited by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in 2001 in order to consecrate the church. This was the main purpose of his visit to the United States and his first visit to Chicago in 24 years.