[1] The church is one of the largest in the Chicago area for Coptic Christians.

[2] The church is served by a number of subdeacons, several deacons, and 4 priests, the newest of which being ordained in June of 2024.

St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church was built in 1982.

[4] In 1994, Magdy Wilson from Alexandria, Egypt was commissioned to create new and update current icons within the church.

This was Wilson's first trip to the United States and the $200,000 project completed the interior of the church, a task that had been left incomplete in 1982 due to lack of funding.