St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church, Footscray

St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church
Македонска Православна Црква „Свети Пророк Илија“ Makedonska Pravoslavna Crkva „Sveti Prorok Ilija“
St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church Location in greater metropolitan Melbourne
37°48′17″S 144°53′33″E
Location	83–85 Victoria Street, Seddon 3011, Melbourne, Victoria
Country	Australia
Denomination	Macedonian Orthodox
Website	St. Prophet Ilija Church
History
Status	Church
Dedication	St. Elijah
Consecrated	26 December 1974
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1935
Administration
Diocese	Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
Clergy
Priest(s)	Reverend Father Ljupčo Karevski

The St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church (Macedonian: Македонска Православна Црква „Свети Пророк Илија“, Makedonska Pravoslavna Crkva „Sveti Prorok Ilija“) is a Macedonian Orthodox church serving the inner western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria, Australia.^[1][2] The church borders Footscray and is itself located on the outskirts of Seddon, a inner western Melburnian suburb.^[3] Built as a Methodist Church, it was transformed into a Macedonian Orthodox Church in the mid 1970s.^[3]

History

St. Ilija became the second church established by the Macedonian community in Melbourne.^[1] It is in Melbourne's inner-western suburbs^[3] on Victoria Street in the suburb of Seddon in a former Methodist Church purchased in 1974 and renamed St. Prophet Elijah.^[3] The church consecration took place on 26 December 1974.^[1]

In 1984 the church bought a 40-acre property in Rocklyn to host large annual Macedonian community picnics.^[4] Part of the Rocklyn property is also the site of the new St. Naum of Ohrid Monastery built in the early 2010s.^[4]

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  Church entrance
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  Church hall
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  Church owned house where Macedonian is taught
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  Streetscape showing all three buildings

See also

• Macedonian Australians

References

1. Najdovski, Chris Ico (October 1997). Contested Identity: Macedonians in Contemporary Australia (PDF) (Masters). Victoria University. p. 86. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
2. "MOC Saint Prophet Elias – Footscray | Австралиско-новозеландска Епархија". Retrieved 27 October 2021.
3. Anastasovski 2011, p. 49.
4. Anastasovski, Nick (2011). "The arrival and settlement of Macedonians in the inner Western suburbs of Melbourne" (PDF). Victorian Historical Journal. 82 (1): 47.

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