St. George Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic Orthodox church that was established in Pennsylvania during 1969 [6] and was incorporated in May 1973 [2] with 30 families at the time.[7] Several Coptic Orthodox priests served the congregation in churches of other denominations until 1980, when the Conshohocken building was purchased. Pope Shenouda III assigned Father Samuel Thabet Samuel to head that church in September 1983, and Father Samuel and his wife and two children left Egypt and moved to Roxborough.