The church was built in 1848 after a long struggle for a religious outlet of the locals, and became a dominant building in the town because of its size, height 20 meters and length 30 meters, and location, on a hill at the northern entrance of the town Dojran .St. Ilija church was destroyed along with most of the town in 1916. There are still parts from the original structure standing, as witnesses of the heartbreaking past of the region