About Us:

St. Thomas, the apostle, founded the Malankara Orthodox Church of India in the year A.D. 52. St.Thomas first arrived in ‘Maliankara’ near by the port of Musiris in Kerala State on the west coast of South India by the Arabian Sea. The St. Thomas Christian community has acquired the Malankara Church which term could be related to this place Maliankara

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Cathedral, Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.A., is a parish of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India. The Patron of this Church is St. Gregorios of Parumala, the first Canonized Saint of the Malankara Orthodox Church from Kerala, India.
The St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church was organized with the leadership of Rev. Fr. Daniel George in 1994. With the great mercy from the Almighty, His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church in America, celebrated the first Holy Divine Liturgy on May 22, 1994. Since then regular worship was being conducted at St. Cyprians Episcopal Church in Chicago.

It was a day of great rejoicing when the New Church Building was consecrated and dedicated to continue the mission of Jesus Christ by His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios with the assistance of Cor-Episcopos and Priests on the Memorial Feast day of St. Gregorios of Parumala, the Patron Saint of this parish in October, 2000.