Welcome to Saint George Belarusian Orthodox Church website. Our Church has been serving Christian Orthodox Community around Chicago and surrounding suburbs since 1958. Saint George Belarusian Orthodox Church is part of American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA under the rule of His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory.


We celebrate Divine Liturgy  in Slavonic language every Sunday at 10AM.



Schedule of Upcoming Services
January 6th, 6PM - Eve of the Nativity Vigil
January 7th, 10AM - Nativity of the Lord Liturgy
January 8th, 10AM - Synaxis of the Theotokos Liturgy
Holy Liturgy every Sunday at 10AM


History

Saint George Belarusian Orthodox Church was legalized and received a State Charter in 1958.

After the World War II, a sizable group of Belarusian immigrants chose to settle in Chicago and other parts of the State of Illinois. The local industry provided the newcomers with job opportunities needed to secure the future of their families. Even though it was a difficult task to open the new church, the founders were blessed with the assistance of clergy who offered their time and energy. Bishop of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Wasil, Archimandrite Julian Trocki, Fr. Makarewicz and Protopresbyter N. Lipitzki all visited Chicago on several occasions. All of the assisting clergy belonged to different jurisdictions of the Orthodox Church which quickly lead to a question, which jurisdiction the Belarusian Orthodox Church in Chicago should join? The church founders chose to organize within the framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate under the auspices of the Exarch of the of Constantinople in North and South America. At the time of petition, Archbishop Michael was the head of the Church in North and South America. With his approval, the Belarusian Orthodox Church in Chicago, by a majority vote of parishioners, became part of the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of America.

To this day, Saint George Belarusian Orthodox Church of Chicago is part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America as a member of American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA under the rule of His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory.  

Contact Us
email: info(at)stgeorgeinchicago.org
Father Michael's telephone:
773 area code 414 0346

Please note that Sacrament of Baptism can be scheduled no sooner than 2 weeks from the date of request.

Saint George Belarusian Orthodox Church of Chicago
1500 North Maplewood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60622

Church parking lot is located at the north east corner of  West Le Moyne Street and North Rockwell Street