All our services are held at our home building in Doraville
St. Mark Christmas Dinner
We are so blessed to be starting a new church family tradition with a celebratory dinner following the Nativity feast liturgy on January 7 at midnight.
Sign up to bring a dish and let us have dinner together to celebrate the feast with family and friends. Invite someone and see you there.
For questions, contact Mariam Antonios @ 201-303-3386
Click here to sign up to bring a dish.
St. Mark Church Retreat 2025
If St. Mark Church is your home church, this retreat is for you; for us :). As a church family, this retreat is a great way for us to recharge spiritually. We will be blessed to have St. Paul Girgis from St. Mark Church in Washington, DC.
Click here to register as a Family with Children.
Click here to register as a Family w/o Children or Single Adult.
Click here to register for Saturday only.
***REGISTRATION DEADLINE is January 5th.
For general retreat questions, contact Maryan Ghobrial at 404-539-5106.
For questions about rooming and registration, contact Sherry Zaki at 404-786-3905.
Men’s Nativity Celebration
Join us for dinner and fun games at St. Mark Church on Thursday January 9th 7pm - 10pm to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Come and invite others!
Ribbon Cutting at St. Mark
We are thrilled to announce a momentous occasion for our beloved community at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church! Together, let us celebrate the grace of God and the fruits of our labor as we inaugurate this new chapter in our church's history.
You, your family, and gurests are warmly invited to join us for this joyous event, where we will honor our shared faith, unity, and commitment to serving Christ.
Parent Workshop
Side by Side is hosting a parent workshop day on Saturday, February 8.
All parents of all kid ages are invited. We are so excited to meet with all parents again! We’ll have couple of talks, skits and workshops.
Babysitting is available. Dinner will be served for everyone.
Cost per parent is $ 20 (no cost for kids). Spread the word, invite someone new, and sign up today.
***Deadline to sign up is February 1st***
Vision Casting for 2025
Be more equipped for the new year by casting a vision on all the great things God wants to do in you and through you. Come over for dinner and a workshop led by Fr. Nathanael. It all begins at 7pm followed by watching the college football playoffs.
Egypt Mission Trip Summer 2025
If you are interested in going on the mission trip or receiving more information about the mission trip, click here to sign the interest form.
***This is an interest form only, we will have an informational meeting on January 12 to answer any questions you may have before you commit.
For any questions until then, please contact Mirette Eldeiry @ 404-259-3021.
Ongoing Services:
Lighthouse Group
If you are in your 20s or 30s, then this is for you.
Join 'Lighthouse' to get connected and come on over next Thursday for an evening together. We would love to have you.
Girls with Timbrels & Praises
GTP is a service focused on empowering and impassioning young women to love the church and her liturgical services, gaining the confidence to elevate their voices as a humble offering to God.
Our current target age ranges from 5th-High School aged girls. All girls in this age group are invited to join.
For questions, contact Mariam Bastawros at 515-520-1505
Kids Day Volunteers Wanted
For 4 times a year, we are looking to put together a dynamic event-filled Saturday program for all elementary kids. These events will be filled with workshops, interactive lessons, crafts, team-building activities and more. If you are looking for more info or interested, please sign up and the leads of this group will reach out to you. We are looking to put together a Christmas-themed Kid's Day on Saturday, December 14th and we need you!
Click here to sign up to volunteer.
Men or Women…we need your help!!
We cover the needs of women and their growing families from pregnancy into the second year of parenthood. It truly takes a village to raise our children and we want St. Mark Church to be your village.
For more information visit our page!!
Maggie Ishak: 864-313-0844
Marina Kondos: 770-722-0234
Kiahk Praises
As the Church gets deeper in the Christmas season, the Church gives us enriching praises and hymns that focus on the renewal of our hearts. This happens in the Coptic month of Kiahk. Join us for the 4 Saturdays of this season for these unique services of prayer and praises, beginning December 14th. Vespers evening prayers begin at 6pm and the praises begin at 7 and end around 11pm. Attend any portion that you are able to.
The Christmas Season is Here
The Church encourages us to focus on the reality of the True Light coming down to heal us. In addition to fasting in our diet, join this reading challenge to aid us in our walk with Christ and living out the ancient faith. Join this WhatsApp group to get meditations, encouragement, and reminders as we read this Orthodox book together. Make sure you get your copy either at the connection table at church or Amazon. The advent fast begins on Monday, November 25.
Join us on Sundays!
For 2,000 years, followers of Jesus celebrated the Liturgy and we continue the same service that Jesus gave His disciples till today. Our service begins with Vespers on Saturday evening at 6:00pm followed by Sunday service the next day beginning at 9am. All services are held at 2600 Chestnut Dr.
*The Sunday morning preparatory service (aka Matins), begins at 8:00am.
The Eight
Our post liturgy service, called The Eight, is a more casual atmosphere to renew and reset life. The Eight begins at 11:30am on Sundays with music and a message you can apply to your life.
Want to catch up on the Eight?
Subscribe to the StMarkATL.church podcast using Apple podcast, Google Play Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ancient Faith Class
Looking to search the Scripture through the lens of ancient Christianity? Curious of Orthodox theology? Join us on Saturday evenings for Ancient Faith Class. AFC is open for everyone, so come any Saturday to come and see for yourself:)
For October and November, we will be looking at ancient manuscripts that predate the Bible.
Weekday Liturgy
Every Wednesday at 8:30am.
Kids @ The Eight
Kids @ The Eight is our children's ministry program. It’s every Sunday at 11:30am from toddlers through high school
Young Adult Ministries
In addition to the services and ministries offered at the local church level at St. Mark, there are a couple of programs that are offered in collaboration with multiple Orthodox churches. High schoolers are welcomed to attend InsideOut and our college-age students can attend YAM. Both are great programs to connect with others and grow in the Orthodox faith on Friday nights.
High school students and parents can get connected to InsideOut here.
Those 18 years and older can get connected to the Young Adult Ministry (YAM) here.
For more information about either one of these collaborative programs, check them out at YAMatl.life and InsideOutATL.life
Schedule a Confession
Throughout the lent season, let us partake of the Mystery of confession to renew ourselves. Regardless if you have done it before or don't know where to even begin, check out www.StMarkATL.church/confession.
You can schedule with Fr. Nate by contacting him directly at FrNathanael@StMarkATL.church
COME AS YOU ARE
People who were nothing like Jesus gravitated towards Him, and what is true of Christ should be true of us. Regardless of your background or past, your Savior invites you to come and see.
Transcendent Worship
Liturgical & personal worship points us to something so much bigger than ourselves. Our participation in the sacramental life is the foundation of our ancient faith and allows us to enter into a transformational life in Jesus.
Become the Light
The call to carry the True Light to our world applies to us just as much as it did to the early Christians. And we have been entrusted to continue to bring His Light not only to our lives but to our city of Atlanta.
