General Church Information

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
601 S Central Ave
Chicago, IL 60644

Phone: (773) 626-3114
Fax: (773) 626-3141

Website: www.assumptionchicago.org
Email: office@assumptionchicago.org

Proistamenos: Very Rev. Fr. Timothy Bakakos
Email: FrTimothy@assumptionchicago.org

Assistant: Rev. Fr. Athanasios Papagiannis
Email: FrAthanasios@assumptionchicago.org

Sunday Services:

Matins - 8:30a.m.
Divine Liturgy - 10:00am Main Church
Sunday School Liturgy - 9:45am St Catherine's Chapel

Summer Hours:

Matins - 8:00a.m.
Divine Liturgy - 9:30am

Welcome to Panagia

We have been busy rebuilding our website to bring you timely updates regarding the Assumption Community. We're not done yet so check back in frequently to see what we've added. See the "Spotlight" section to the right for some of the more recent changes to the site.

Sunday Bulletin
Read the Assumption weekly bulletin online and keep up-to-date with this week's parish news and events. Previous bulletins can also be reached from this link.

Online Chapel
Read today's prescribed Epistle and Gospel passages and learn about the saints commemorated by the Church on this day

Orthodox Calendar
Our online calendar listing the major saints, feasts, and fasting periods in the Orthodox Church for this month

Archdiocese Video Files
Enjoy a weekly video feature by GOTelecom on our Church's faith and life.

Iconograms
Send electronic icon greeting cards to your family, friends or loved ones on their name day or any special occasion.

Father's Message

My beloved parishioners, welcome to our new parish Web site! We will be utilizing this wonderful new medium to enhance our parish communication and outreach. more...

Watch Services Online

We are now broadcasting our services LIVE for those that are unable to attend services in person.

Each Sunday you can join us live by clicking the video tab in the main site navigation, by CLICKING HERE, or on the image above. We will also have all of our pervious services archived on our video page if you missed a service you can go back at anytime and watch the service in its entirety.

Spotlight

Please take a moment to fill out the Sunday School registration Form and the Parent Volunteer Program Sign-Up for the 2011/2012 SCS program year.

The latest editions of the Assumption Newsletter and the St Catherine Newsletter are now available online.

The Assumption Bookstore is your single source for books, icons, educational material, music, DVDs published by Archdiocesan departments and other Orthodox Christian distributors.

Add or remove your name from the General News list or the Sunday School list or both! These lists distribute our weekly bulletins and announcements regarding our Church. Sign-up today...it's fast, it's easy and it's free!

Daily Bible Readings are available on your mobile device with this new app. The Daily Readings App also lets you read the lives of the saints or lookup fasting guidelines for each day right on your device.