St. Mark Orthodox Coptic Church

St. Mark Orthodox Coptic Church is a Coptic Orthodox church at 15W455 79th Street in Burr Ridge, IL 60527. It is one of 8 churches in Burr Ridge.

15W455 79th Street, Burr Ridge, IL, 60527

Website: https://stmarkchicago.org/

St. Mark Orthodox Coptic Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 12 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Illinois — 245 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. Mark Orthodox Coptic Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here were born in another country. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 29.7%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Burr Ridge village is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 2,723 residents.

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