St. Mark Coptic

Orthodox Church

We exist to connect people to the fullness of life found in Jesus Christ following the ancient faith of the Orthodox Church.

 
 
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All our services are held at our home building in Doraville

2600 Ancient Faith Way, Doraville, GA 30360

Lazarus Saturday 2025

This year we are blessed to celebrate Lazarus Saturday in our church home. This is a perfect day to invite a friend or someone new as we will begin with a special instructional liturgy for the kids and any one wanting to learn more. 
Liturgy will be followed with lunch and palm decorating as well as face-painting and activities for the kids. 

Sign up here if you are planning on being there. 

Holy Week 2025

Click here for the full Holy Week schedule and more resources.

Resurrection Feast 2025

We are blessed to have Metropolitan Youssef joining us for Resurrection Liturgy this year and the service will be followed by dinner together.

Sign up here to bring a dish with you to church that night. 

For questions, contact Mariam Antonious at 201-303-3386

Easter Picnic 2025

We are so excited to celebrate resurrection with our annual easter picnic at our church home this year :). 
We will be grilling and the main dishes will be provided but we need help with grilling, set-up, serving, clean-up, desserts, sides and drinks.   
Click here to sign up to bring food or help at the picnic. 

For questions, contact Maggie Ishak at 864-313-0844

Unity in Orthodoxy

Join us for an evening of prayer and unity between all the Oriental Orthodox Churches. We will be blessed with a word from His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef of the Coptic Orthodox Church along with the presence of local Orthodox fathers.  Doors open at 6pm with refreshments, followed by prayers and worship from the different Orthodox churches.

The Great Fast 2025

​The Lenten season is a time where the Church encourages us to be introspective and repentant as we walk toward the Resurrection of Christ. In addition to having a vegan fast, more time in prayer and reading is encouraged.

Join the Lent Bible plan as we read the liturgical readings each day throughout the fast.

Join the plan here via the Bible app.

Holy Week Hymns Class

Join us on Saturdays @ 4:30pm until Holy Week as the servants of GTP and deacons will be teaching and practicing for Holy Week hymns and responses.

GTP is our Girls with Timbrels and Praises group, whose services 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.

Males and females of all ages are welcome to join this hymns class. Spread the word and see you there!! 

Summer Camp 2025

We are excited for camp registrations to be open for summer 2025.

Click here to register your kids.

Click here to register as a volunteer.

For all questions, contact Carolina 'Mela' Hafzalla @ 470-661-8705.

Pre-marital Retreat 2025

Planning to get married soon or know someone who is? Join the pre-marital retreat to equip you better for the sacrament of marriage.

Click here for more information or to register.


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

 

Hospitality Snack Team

Sign up here to bring snacks for the Eight, St. Mark's second Sunday service, and to be added to the Hospitality Snack Group. 
For questions, contact Hala Haddad @ 770-365-7474

 

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 

 

Join us for weekday Liturgy

A great way to break up the week is attending our weekday liturgy services. It is open for all to attend, even if you are unable to stay for the entire service. It's a great way to connect with God and experience ancient Christian worship.

Priest Appointment

Looking for guidance or to participate in the sacrament of confession, schedule an appointment with Fr. Nate with this calendar link.

Check out the link below to get details and guided questions to prepare for confession. Available at StMarkATL.church/confession

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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 Ancient Faith Way.

*The Sunday morning preparatory service (aka Matins), begins at 8:00am.

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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.

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New Eight

All of us want things to change right now, but so many times it doesn't happen. 

Join us for a 5-week series on Sundays at the Eight and in life group discussions on how to manage waiting, especially when 'momentarily' feels like eternity and hopelessness begins to kick in.

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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.

Kids @ The Eight

Kids @ The Eight is our children's ministry program. It’s every Sunday at 11:30am from toddlers through high school

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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.

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Become the Light

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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.