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Saint Elijah the Prophet Serbian Orthodox Church, Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy, Australia · built 1993

The Saint Elijah the Prophet Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian:, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog Ilije Proroka an Eastern Orthodox church located in Coober Pedy, South Australia. Built in 1993, it is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to Saint Elijah. The church is a popular tourist attraction because of its underground location. The whole church complex, with a church, a community hall, a parish house and a religious school, is carved in the sandstone between 3 and 17 metres under the ground level.

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