St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church, Footscray

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] St. Ilija became the second church established by the Macedonian community in Melbourne.

[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.