Just like its edifice, St. Mary & St. Mark is an enduring Congregation consciously reconciling the traditions of its historic, ethno-national faith with the new challenges brought by diaspora and the passage of time. As is apparent in its social origin, community engagement, and treatment of preceding parishioners, the Congregation truly lives out the greatest spirit of the Gospel. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34–35)