Diocese: Diocese of the Midwest
Deanery: Chicago Deanery
Address
7549 W 61st Pl
Summit, Illinois 60501-1617
Website: saintpanteleimon.org
Parish Contacts
Summit, IL 60501
Directions
From I-55 (North Side, Downtown & South-west Suburbs):
Take exit for Rt. 171/1st Ave. SOUTH. At first light turn right (Rt.171/S. Archer Ave.). Proceed through two lights. Turn left onto W 61st Place (look for an Ace Hardware on the Corner). Church is one block down on the right. OR Take exit for Rt. 43/Harlem Ave. SOUTH. Take Harlem to W 63rd St. exit, turn right onto W 63rd St. Proceed to S. 76th Ave. (Archer Bank on the Corner) turn right. The Church is three blocks down on the right. Park wherever you find a spot.
From the West & North Suburbs:
Take I-294 SOUTH (Indiana) to I-55 NORTH. Take exit for Rt. 171/1st Ave. SOUTH. At first light turn right (Rt.171/S. Archer Ave.). Proceed through two lights. Turn left onto W 61st Place (look for an Ace Hardware on the Corner). Church is one block down on the right. Park wherever you find a spot.
From the South (I-294 & South Suburbs) via 171 North
Get on Rt. 171 NORTH. Proceed to 61st Place and turn right.
From the South (I-294 & South Suburbs) via 43 North
Get on Rt. 43 NORTH. Proceed to W 63rd St. exit, turn right onto W 63rd St. Proceed to S. 76th Ave. (Archer Bank on the Corner) turn right. The Church is three blocks down on the right. Park wherever you find a spot.
Schedule of Services
9:40 AM Third and Sixth Hours; 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy.
Sunday Morning
For a complete list of upcoming services, please visit the Monthly Calendar on the parish website.
Parish Background
In 1937, pastoral outreach work began in the Argo neighborhood to minister to Orthodox Christian workers at the Argo Corn Products plant and their families. The majority of these families were Slavs from the former Austro-Hungarian lands, but there was also a significant number of Greek families in the area. St Panteleimon Church was formally organized in 1938 as the first local Orthodox parish outside the city limits of Chicago. An existing church building was soon secured in the neighborhood, which was remodeled and consecrated in 1940. The intervening decades have witnessed periods of both growth and decline, the transition from a neighborhood church to a commuter congregation, and many other changes—but through it all, the parish has continued to experience the faithfulness of God from generation to generation, with thanksgiving for His mercies thus far and renewed hope for the future. (For a more detailed historical account, see the Parish History page.)
