August 22, 2003
Source: The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/2003/religion/0308/22/d01-251171.htm
On August 22, 2003 The Detroit News reported that Pope Shenouda III, "the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, visited Metro Detroit for the first time in 26 years to check on the progress of the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Troy, whose cornerstone he laid 26 years ago. About 450 families attend St. Mark's, Michigan's only Coptic Church according to Dr. Anis Milad, a church elder. "