St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church was incorporated by 20 families residing in Long Island in January 1978,[3] only five years after the first Coptic Orthodox parishes in New York were founded in Ridgewood, Queens and Brooklyn, New York.[4] For over a decade, these families used a Ukrainian church in Hicksville for accommodating weekly Liturgies.[5] In September 1989, Pope Shenouda III blessed the endowned lands in preparation for building the church.[5]