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]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d Anastasovski 2011, p. 49.
  4. ^ a b Anastasovski, Nick (2011). "The arrival and settlement of Macedonians in the inner Western suburbs of Melbourne" (PDF). Victorian Historical Journal. 82 (1): 47.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Prophet_Ilija_Macedonian_Orthodox_Church,_Footscray
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