St Mary & St Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church

I can never say enough wonderful things about St. Mary’s School. My grandson has learned so much in the last 3−½ year since going to St. Mary’s. The teachers are excellent and the amount of love and attention given to the children is amazing. I would recommend this school to parents who are looking for the best education for their children.

One of the Best Churches that I ever attended. They have youth meetings and liturgies for both English and Arabic speakers (i mean not a lot of churches offer that). Liturgies are held like 5 or 6 days a week (who does that but St. A church). They also have senior citizen gatherings and retreats for all ages. In addition, they hold a Prom party so the young adults don’t have to attend regular proms at schools where there are troubles. They have the center of LOGOS TV. which is a big responsibility. Furthermore they help a lot the new comers. I really love my church.

I have heard from a friend who’s child used to attend St. Mary’s church. I heard about the gross things going on there. And was amazed to learn it is still open with the same staff. Take it from my best friends experiences, he thought sending his first child here would be a good idea. When in reality disgusting people and horrible ethics

Very horrible and judgmental church. I could not believe what I was hearing when I heard a family member went to complete his community service here and was not allowed to enter based on his ethnicity and looks. Church is meant to be a loving and welcoming place. This place should be shut down and I will be making sure the right authority knows of this incident. Ibrahim Mervat, was the man’s name at the church. It is incidents like this that make me look down on organized religion.

Saint Mary and Saint Athanasius is a great Orthodox church. Of the Coptic churches in Southern California, they are one of the biggest.
They are newly renovated, and have a massive cross shaped church with beautiful hand made wood work and iconography all shipped in from Egypt.
They also have a large gym, recording studio (audio and television) and a youth lounge.
They also own the housing next door and use it to house elderly/​needy folks.
Finally they have a school onsite (Saint Mary’s) which was initially just a pre-​school, but I believe they have increased the scope of it.
It’s one of the most complete offerings I’ve seen in a Coptic Orthodox church.
The priests are also very nice — I actually grew up with Father Anthony as on my of Sunday School servants when I was a kid.
There is also a Thursday night youth group that meets called New Life Youth Group that is flourishing at the moment, as well as a Friday NIght Graduates and Young Professionals Bible Study.
St. A’s serves Northridge and the San Fernando Valley well!

I love this Coptic church, people are warm and inviting ;)