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Mark I. Lipa was born in Istanbul on December 25, 1919.
He was educated at the lyceum in Korca<ref name=stnicholasalbanianchicago>http://stnicholasalbanianchicago.org/thealbanianorthodoxchurch.html</ref> and then graduated from the Patriarchal Theological School of Chalki in Turkey<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19820326&id=dU5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6850,862167</ref>. A group of clergy and laity who knew of his chanting skills when he accompanied Archbishop [[Christopher (Kissi)]] in the early 1930’s supported his initial efforts upon his coming to Boston, Massachusetts, a city with perhaps the largest concentration of Albanian Orthodox communicants<ref name=stnicholasalbanianchicago/>.
On 10 September 1950 in Constantinople he was ordained titular Bishop of Levka for the needs of the of [[Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America]] under [[Church of Constantinople|Conatatinople Patriarchate]] with headquarter in [[Boston]]<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19580819&id=UgUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4QAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7193,3023028</ref>.