Archangel Michael Orthodox Church

About Us

Our parish is a member of the Orthodox Church in America, Diocese of the Midwest (Chicago Deanery). We are conveniently located in Burbank, IL three miles due south of Chicago's Midway Airport. You are cordially invited to join us in worshipping the Holy Trinity, surrounded by the saints of North Ameria. Come to experience the spiritual beauty of Orthodoxy and meet our warm community.

If this is your first visit to an Orthodox Church, you may find this introduction helpful. Please feel free to contact us. May the Lord God bless you!

Parish History

Archangel Michael parish traces its origins to 1903, when the first documented liturgical act took place: a baptism performed in a private home by St. John Kochurov, a Russian immigrant priest who later returned to Russia and was the first priest to be martyred by the Bolshevik Communists in October of 1917.

In 1909, the community formally organized into a parish and built a church in their South Side Chicago neighborhood. By the 1960's, the "neighborhood church" was a thing of the past—the parish community had gone from local immigrants to primarily English-speaking suburbanites. They decided to build a new church and in 1970, purchased land and began moving to the near-suburb, Burbank. After the rectory and the social hall were built, the last and largest structure–the white brick church–was construted in 1982, largely through the labor of the members. On November 10 and 11, 2007 we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the consecration of this temple. You are invited to join us for this occasion.