St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Oak Park, Illinois

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Church Building Project

"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands."
Deuteronomy 7:9

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is a parish of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. The Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in A.D. 52. The parish was established on April 26, 1978, in Evanston, Illinois. In 1984 the Church moved to its present location in Oak Park, Illinois.

Since its founding in 1978, the Church has increased both its scope and scale of missionary activities and its membership. In the past 20 years, since the Church moved to Oak Park, we have expanded our facilities once to accommodate the growing membership. Currently, we have run out of space at our existing location in Oak Park to extend the Church any further. It is imperative that the Church move to a new location to support its growing membership and its missionary activities.

We have embarked on a multi-phase, multi-year project to build a larger facility that will accommodate the needs of the Church. Phase 1 of the project is to identify an appropriate piece of property. Phase 2 will focus on architectural drawings and collection of funds to construct the new Church. The construction of the Church building will be done in Phase 3. The objective of this fund raising effort is to raise the funds to help the Church execute on its transition plan.

We are actively looking to acquire four to five acres of land in the close proximity of an expressway. The four to five acres of land will support a Church building that will seat about 700 members, accommodate parking for about 200 cars and house a parsonage building. We intend to acquire the land by the end of 2005.

In phase 2, the Church plans to put together a fund raising strategy to raise funds for the construction of the church building. The fund raising strategy will include various fund raising programs aimed at both the membership and the external community. We plan to engage an architectural firm to render architectural designs for the new building in Phase 2.

Phase 3 consists of the actual construction of the Church, the parking lot and the parsonage building. We estimate this phase to last about an year.

We cannot accomplish this without the active support of the community and well wishers. We invite you to partner with us as we start this exciting journey.


Oak Park (Chicago), Illinois


		St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Church Building Project "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands." Deuteronomy 7:9 St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is a parish of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. The Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in A.D. 52. The parish was established on April 26, 1978, in Evanston, Illinois. In 1984 the Church moved to its present location in Oak Park, Illinois. Since its founding in 1978, the Church has increased both its scope and scale of missionary activities and its membership. In the past 20 years, since the Church moved to Oak Park, we have expanded our facilities once to accommodate the growing membership. Currently, we have run out of space at our existing location in Oak Park to extend the Church any further. It is imperative that the Church move to a new location to support its growing membership and its missionary activities. We have embarked on a multi-phase, multi-year project to build a larger facility that will accommodate the needs of the Church. Phase 1 of the project is to identify an appropriate piece of property. Phase 2 will focus on architectural drawings and collection of funds to construct the new Church. The construction of the Church building will be done in Phase 3. The objective of this fund raising effort is to raise the funds to help the Church execute on its transition plan. We are actively looking to acquire four to five acres of land in the close proximity of an expressway. The four to five acres of land will support a Church building that will seat about 700 members, accommodate parking for about 200 cars and house a parsonage building. We intend to acquire the land by the end of 2005. In phase 2, the Church plans to put together a fund raising strategy to raise funds for the construction of the church building. The fund raising strategy will include various fund raising programs aimed at both the membership and the external community. We plan to engage an architectural firm to render architectural designs for the new building in Phase 2. Phase 3 consists of the actual construction of the Church, the parking lot and the parsonage building. We estimate this phase to last about an year. We cannot accomplish this without the active support of the community and well wishers. We invite you to partner with us as we start this exciting journey.
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