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Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church - a parish under the South-West American Diocese of the Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in A.D. 52 when he came to India to preach and spread the Word of God. The parish was established on April 26, 1978, in Evanston, Illinois. In 1984 the church moved to its location in Oak Park, Illinois. In 2012, the chur

ch relocated to a new facility in Elmhurst, Illinois, which is where the Church is located to this day. Geevarghese Aroopala--now of St. Thomas Cathedral in Houston, TX--served as the first vicar of the parish. He was followed by the late Fr. K. G. Daniel and then the late Fr. M. Thomas. V.M.Abraham (now His Grace Abraham Mar Seraphim), and Fr. George Pulikkottil (now His Grace Geevarghese Mar Yulios), have served as Assistant Vicars of the parish with Fr. V.M. Shibu--who now serves as the vicar of St. Gregorios Church in Bensalem, PA--has also served as an Assistant Vicar. Following Fr. Shibu, Fr. Ninan V George served as the Vicar, followed by Fr. Mathews George (Sajeev) with Fr. John (Teji) Abraham serving as the assistant vicar. Rev. Raju Daniel (now Very Rev. Raju Daniel Chorepiscopos) served as the Vicar as well. Currently, the church's vicar is Rev. Abi Chacko and Rev. Thomas (Joby) Mathew serving as the assistant. Today, the parish is home to over 180 families and continues to grow, by God's abundant grace.

03/25/2026

Join us this Great Lent as we serve families in need 💜Help assemble furniture and prepare hygiene kits for those in need.

All are welcome on this Saturday-come serve with love!

03/24/2026

Join us this Saturday for our Lazarus Saturday Lenten Retreat & Service Project 🙏💜

A day of prayer, reflection, fellowship, and service as we prepare our hearts for Holy Week.

All are welcome—we would love to see you there!

03/23/2026

Let’s come together this Holy Week to pray, reflect, and remember the love of Christ.

03/10/2026

2026 Great Lent and Holy Week Schedule

02/04/2026

SGOC is excited to announce that Nuh’ro Summer Camp is officially being planned for this summer. Stay tuned for more details!!

01/01/2026

✨ Christ is Born! Glorify Him! ✨
With hearts full of joy and gratitude, we celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12/24/2025

Please join us to celebrate this blessed Feast!

Christ is Born, Let us Glorify Him!

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men!

12/16/2025

On Saturday, December 6th, our parish participated in the annual Chicago Ecumenical Christmas Program. Our Sunday School children performed a medley of Christmas songs to spread joy during this season. Thank you to all of our children, parents, and coordinators for helping organize a wonderful program!

Ecumenical Christmas Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pheeg3yLfzk

12/15/2025

We are thankful for a blessed Thanksgiving weekend with our Parish Family! On Saturday, November 29th, our parish participated in the annual MGOCSM Chicago Basketball Tournament, consisting of teams from the Chicago and Detroit area. Congratulations to our Purple team who won the championship!

Later in the evening, our MGOCSM and FOCUS participated in our annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Thank you to all who were able to partake in the fruitful discussion, food and overall fellowship as we came together as a Church family. Thank you to our parents and all our parishioners for their support for a blessed weekend!

11/19/2025

We are thankful to have had H.G. Zachariah Mar Severios (Metropolitan of the Idduki Diocese) join us this past weekend! On Saturday, Thirumeni led a session in Malayalam on “The Living Church - Nurturing our Spiritual Live Together” based on 1 Corinthians 3:9. Following this, we had a session led by Mr. Gopi Nair to help educate our members on estate planning.

On Sunday, Thirumeni celebrated the Holy Qurbana with us and then gave a message for the Chicago Ecumenical Annual Bible Convention which was held at our parish.

11/07/2025

Perunnal Highlights from Sunday - Holy Qurbana and Procession (Rasa)

Thank you to our chief celebrant H.G. Dr. Abraham Mar Seraphim for joining us. May the intercessions of St. Gregorios Parumala be for us all!

Address

905 S Kent Avenue
Elmhurst, IL
60126

Telephone

(708) 848-4120

Website

http://stgregorioschicago.org/, http://www.ds-wa.org/, http://mosc.in/

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