St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church

St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church is a Coptic Orthodox church at 501 North Mendenhall Road in Memphis, TN 38117. It is one of 1,547 churches in Memphis.

We pray that we may be faithful to our mission and in what God has granted us.

The Coptic Orthodox community started in Memphis in the mid-1980s, with only three families at that time. In 2004, we acquired our existing church site and by the Grace of God, we seem to be outgrowing it, thanks to the growth of our church members arriving to Memphis and its’ suburbs.

Serving since 1987

501 North Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN, 38117

Service times

  • Sunday 8am

Phone: (817) 841-9353 · Website: https://www.smsrchurch.org/

St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 11 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Tennessee — 351 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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Upcoming events at St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church

  • Fri, Aug 7 · 8 AM: Divine Liturgy — St Mary & St Rouis Coptic, 501 N Mendenhall Rd, Memphis, TN 38117, USA
  • Fri, Aug 7 · 7 PM: Psalmist David Hymns School — St Mary & St Rouis Coptic, 501 N Mendenhall Rd, Memphis, TN 38117, USA
  • Fri, Aug 7 · 8 PM: Vespers + Midnight Prayers — St Mary & St Rouis Coptic, 501 N Mendenhall Rd, Memphis, TN 38117, USA
  • Sun, Aug 9 · 8 AM: Liturgy — St Mary & St Rouis Coptic, 501 N Mendenhall Rd, Memphis, TN 38117, USA
  • Sun, Aug 9 · 11:15 AM: Sunday School — Fellowship Hall

From St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church's public calendar (https://www.smsrchurch.org/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around St. Mary and St. Rouis Coptic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 adults here carry depression. About 1 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Depression: 26.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.0% (5.2–16.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.

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