Chicago, Illinois USA
Albanian American Orthodox (Greek)
The church was founded in 1944 and purchased the former Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Chicago in 1947. A new church building was constructed in 1961. On St. Nicholas Day, 1986, the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary began to weep. The church is now a Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the weeping icon of the Theotokos. The icon wept again in 1988 and 1995. The shrine is a popular pilgrimage destination.