St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church, Epping

St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church (Macedonian: Македонска Православна Црква „Св. Ѓорѓи и Пресвета Богородица“, Makedonska Pravoslavna Crkva „Sv. Ǵorǵi i Presveta Bogorodica“) is the Macedonian Orthodox church in Epping, a suburb of northern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1][2][3]

St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church
Македонска Православна Црква „Св. Ѓорѓи и Пресвета Богородица“
Makedonska Pravoslavna Crkva „Sv. Ǵorǵi i Presveta Bogorodica“
St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church is located in Melbourne
St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church
St. George & St. Mary Mother of God Macedonian Orthodox Church
37°39′27″S 145°01′15″E / 37.65762°S 145.02082°E / -37.65762; 145.02082
Location512 High St, Epping 3076, Melbourne, Victoria
CountryAustralia
DenominationMacedonian Orthodox
WebsiteSt. George & St. Mary Mother of God Church
History
StatusChurch
Foundedc. 1995
DedicationSt. George, St. Mary
Consecrated1995
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)G. Petridis
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
DioceseMacedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia - Sydney
Clergy
Priest(s)Reverend Father Kliment Stankovski

Constructed in 1995, the church is next to the Macedonian Community Centre.[1] services are conducted in Macedonian and, starting in the late 2010s, in English as well.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Danforth, Loring (2000). "Ecclesiastical Nationalism and the Macedonian Question in the Australian Diaspora". In Roudometof, Victor (ed.). The Macedonian Question: Culture, Historiography, Politics. East European Monographs. p. 54. ISBN 9780880334518.
  2. ^ Najdovski, Chris Ico (October 1997). Contested Identity: Macedonians in Contemporary Australia (PDF) (Masters). Victoria University. p. 89. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Црква "Свети Георгиј и Пресвета Богородица" – Епинг, Мелбурн (Викторија) – Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia (Австралиско – Сиднејска Епархија)". mpcaus.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ Vasileva, Margarita (5 October 2018). "At the church of St. George and St. Mary in Epping, orthodox services in English". SBS. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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