THE SV
.G
OICEOF T EORGE
AUTUMN 2009
St. George Serbian Orthodox Church
Western American Diocese
of the Serbian Orthodox Church
in North & South American
3025 Denver Street • San Diego, CA 92117
telephone: (619)276-5827
web: http://saintgeorgeinsd.com
Church Officers & Staff
PARISH PRIEST
V. Rev. Protopresbyter Bratislav Krsic
email: frbratso@sbcglobal.net
PARISH DEACON
Rev. Deacon Paul Germain
PRESIDENT
Nemanja Selezan
VICE PRESIDENT
Vladan Trifunovic
2nd VICE PRESIDENT & 3rd VICE PRESIDENT
Dobrila Unheim & Simona Trifunovic
SECRETARY
Tina Zivkovic
TREASURER
Rev. Paul Germain
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Lindsay Selezan
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Melanie Milicevic
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Nada Pantovich, Vojkan Popovich, Sam Purlia,
Vladan Vladisavljevic, Vecki & Miodrag Miljkovic,
Dragan & Sonja Radic, Marko & Vera Rakic
STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY
Lydia Petric Rhoads, Chair
AUDITING BOARD
Miro Copic, President; Sean Wright, Zeljko Milasinovic
TUTORS/VESTRYMEN
Mico Lukic, Ladislav Tapavcevic, Pete Dopodja,
Alex Sekanovic, George Skaljac, Marko Rakic,
Vojkan Popovich, Miro Copic, Milan Miljkovic
S.S.S. ST. GEORGE CHOIR
Velimir Jovanovic, President
CIRCLE OF SERBIAN SISTERS (KOLO)
Sylvia Ivanovic, President
CHURCH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Mira Jovanovic
MORAVA FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE
Maria (Draskovic) Milasinovic, Director
ADULT ORTHODOX FELLOWSHIP
Nemanja Selezan
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE
Marsha Jovanovic, Editor
(619)988-0650 • FAX (619)588-5767
email: marsha@marshaj.com
In this issue...
The Colorful Course. Just as some trees turn color in fall, we decided to
turn color this fall, too. Thanks go to graphics designer Mara Bosnak for
the concept and execution of our new cover (she also did all of the
Continuing the Legacy collateral). Printing in color has long been a dream
of Father Bratso, and even though it is just the cover, we hope it will inspire
you to read the articles and news we have gathered inside. In this issue
we feature articles about the restructuring of the Serbian Orthodox Church
in this hemisphere as well as church unity. We also emphasize our
continued need to commit time, talent, and treasure to the Lord and His
Church. We are now only a few months from the 2010 Stewardship
renewal, and, in addition, we still have many parishioners, and stewards,
too, who have not pledged to the church rennovation project. Take a look
at the two lists provided by the Stewardship chair to see who has signed
up. There are 500 families in our parish, and both lists are well below this
number. If your name isn’t on either list, isn’t it time you really got serious
about your involvement with this Church. This is your spiritual center, as
well as social center. Your support is needed to continue this work in our
community.—Marsha Jovanovic
Contents
Episcopal Council Meets, Issues Statement on Reorganization 4
Letter to the Faithful of Saint George Parish in San Diego 5
Писмо Верницима Парохије Светога Георгија у Сан Дијегу 7
Growing and Working Together – Learning from God’s Creation 9
Sunday Dress Etiquette 9
The need for unity in the church 10
Demetrios The Myrrhbearer & Great Martyr Of Thessaloniki—Nov 8 11
Cosmas & Damianos The Holy Unmercenaries—Nov 14 11
Nicholas The Wonderworker, Archbishop Of Myra—Dec 19 11
From the President 12
St. George Serbian Orthodox Church - 2009 Calendar 12
From the Treasurer’s Desk 13
MPC Report on Hall Renovation 13
If a man would give all the substance of his house for love 13
Continuing Our Legacy—Onward & Upward 14
Continuing Our Legacy Pledges as of August 30, 2009 15
Religious Education Report, Fall 2009 16
San Diego Parish Celebrated the Church Feast Day 18
Kolo Sisters 19
Serb National Federation 19
Church Family News 20
St. George Stewards August 30, 2009 22
From the Stewardship Chair 22
United, We Celebrate The All-Holy Spirit! 24
Project Mexico Summer Groups from PA 26
Anniversary of Operation Storm marked 27
Karl Malden and me... an immigrant remembers 28

Communique of The Holy
Assembly of Bishops
of The Serbian Orthodox Church
on Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Holy Hierarchical Assembly of the
Serbian Orthodox Church during its
meeting on May 21, 2009, based on the
recommendation of the Episcopal Coun-
cil of the Serbian Orthodox Church in
North and South America regarding the
restructuring of the existing dioceses in
North and South America, rendered the
following decision confirming the Con-
stitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church
in North and South America, according to
which the Dioceses of our Church on that
territory will be structured in the follow-
ing manner:
1. THE METROPOLITANATE OF LIB-
ERTYVILLE-CHICAGO, with its See at
St. Sava Monastery in Libertyville (com-
prised of St. Sava Monastery in Liber-
tyville, Illinois and the Holy Resurrection
Cathedral Church with its three parishes),
whose Metropolitan shall be president of
the Episcopal and Central Church Coun-
cils and of the Church-Laity Assembly,
and thereby the ex officio representative
of the Serbian Orthodox Church on that
territory.
2. THE DIOCESE OF NEW GRACAN-
ICA-MIDWESTERN AMERICA, with
its See at New Gracanica Monastery
(comprised of all the church school con-
gregations, parishes and monasteries in
Chicago - with the exception of the afore-
mentioned Holy Resurrection Cathedral -
and of the other states of the previous
Metropolitanate of Midwestern Ameri-
can, as well as all the church-school con-
gregations, parishes and monasteries of
the previous Diocese for America and
Canada of the New Gracanica Metropoli-
tanate on the territiory of the previous
Metropolitanate of Midwestern Amer-
ica).
3. THE DIOCESE OF EASTERN
AMERICA, with its See in Pittsburgh/
Mars (comprised of all parishes the
Church-School Congregations, Parishes
and Monasteries of the current Eastern
American Diocese and the
Church-School Congrega-
tions, Parishes and Monas-
teries of the previous
Diocese for America and
Canada of the New Gra-
canica Metropolitanate on
the territory of Eastern
America)
4. THE DIOCESE OF
WESTERN AMERICA,
with its See in Los Ange-
les/Alhambra (comprised
of all the Church-School
Congregations, Parishes
and Monasteries of the cur-
rent Western American
Diocese and the Church-
School Congregations, and
Parishes of the previous
Diocese for America and
Canada of the New Gra-
canica Metropolitanate on
the territory of Western
America).
5. THE DIOCESE OF
CANADA, with its See in After the Holy Liturgy, at 9 in the morning at the Patriarchate
Toronto/Monastery Milton Chapel of St Simeon the Myrrh-gusher His Grace Bishop
comprised of all the Irinej of Australia and New Zealand, in the presence of all
Church-School Congrega- Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has served a rite of
tions, Parishes and Monas- the invocation of the Holy Spirit, which has been an opening
teries of the current of the formal session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the
Canadian Diocese and the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Church-School Congrega-
tions and Parishes of the previous Dio-
cese for America and Canada of the New Саопштење за јавност Светог
Gracanica Metropolitanate on the terri- Архијерејског Сабора СПЦ –
tory of Canada). With this decision on четвртак 21. мај 2009.
restructuring, inasmuch as it alters and
amends Article 8 of the Constitution of Свети Архијерејски Сабор Српске
the Serbian Orthodox Church in North Православне Цркве, у својој седници
and South America, the previous titles од 21. маја 2009. године, на предлог
"Metropolitanate of Midwestern Amer- Епископског Савета Српске
ica" and "Diocese for America and Can- Православне Цркве у Северној и
ada of the New Gracanica Јужној Америци, а поводом
Metropolitanate" cease to exist, and the арондације постојећих Епархија у
new borders for these Dioceses of the Северној и Јужној Америци, донео је
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and одлуку којом се потврђује Устав
South America are established. Српске Православне Цркве у Северној
и Јужној Америци, и на следећи начин
арондирају Епархије наше Цркве на
Bishop Irinej of Bachka том простору:
Spokesman of the Holy Assembly of
Bishops 1. Митрополија либертивилско-
чикашка, са седиштем у манастиру
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 3

His Grace Irinej
Светога Саве у Либертивилу (обухвата
манастир Светога Саве у Либертивилу
и Саборну цркву Васкрсења
Христовог са три парохије), чији ће
Митрополит бити председник
Епископског, Црквенонародног и
Централног савета, те ex officio
представник Српске Православне
Цркве на том подручју.
2. Епархија новограчаничка-
средњезападноамеричка, са седиштем
у манастиру Нова Грачаница (обухвата
све парохије које се налазе у Чикагу -
сем поменуте Цркве Васкрсења
Господњег - и другим државама
Средњег Запада из састава досадашње
Митрополије
средњезападноамеричке, као и све
црквено-школске општине и парохије
досадашње Епархије за Америку и
Канаду Митрополије новограчаничке
на подручју досадашње Митрополије
средњезападноамеричке).
3. Епархија источноамеричка, са
седиштем у Питсбургу/Марсу
(обухвата све парохије садашње
Источноамеричке епархије и парохије
и црквено-школске општине
досадашње Епархије за Америку и
Канаду Митрополије новограчаничке
на територији Источне Америке).
4. Епархија западноамеричка, са
седиштем у Лос Анђелесу/Алхамбри
(обухвата све парохије садашње
Западноамеричке епархије и парохије
и црквено-школске општине
досадашње Епархије за Америку и
Канаду Митрополије новограчаничке
на територији Западне Америке).
5. Епархија канадска, са седиштем у
Торонту/манастиру Милтон (обухвата
све парохије садашње Канадске
епархије и парохије и црквено-
школске општине досадашње
Епархије за Америку и Канаду
Митрополије новограчаничке на
територији Канаде).
Овом одлуком о арондацији утолико се
мења и допуњује члан 8. Устава
Српске Православне Цркве у Северној
и Јужној Америци, те њоме престаје
важење досадашњих назива:
„Митрополија
средњезападноамеричка" и „Епархија
за Америку и Канаду Новограчаничке
митрополије", и успостављају се нове
границе ових Епархија Српске
Православне Цркве у Северној и
Јужној Америци.
Епископ бачки Иринеј
портпарол Светог Архијерејског
Сабора
Episcopal Council Meets, Issues
Statement on Reorganization
Chicago, IL - On Thursday, June 18,
2009 a meeting of the Episcopal Council
of the Serbian Orthodox Church for
America and Canada was held at the
Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox
Cathedral in Chicago, under the chair-
manship of His Eminence Metropolitan
Christopher of Libertyville and Chicago
and with the participation of Bishop
Georgije of Canada, Bishop Longin of
New Gracanica and Midwestern Amer-
ica, Bishop Mitrophan of Eastern Amer-
ica and Bishop Maxim of Western
America. The meeting dealt with the cur-
rent issues from the life of the Church,
the upcoming 20th Triennial Assembly-
Sabor in Canton as well as the decision of
the Holy Hierarchical Assembly regard-
ing the restructuring of the dioceses in
America and Canada.
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 4
Particular attention was given to the
application of the Constitution, or the fur-
ther steps to be taken by the Episcopal
Council. An official Act has been sent to
ALL parishes and clergy that the Consti-
tution is in full force, along with all perti-
nent information. In the course of this
session a meeting with members of the
legislative committee was also held. The
text of the Episcopal Council's statement
follows:
No. 36
June 18, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT
to all Clergy, Parishes and Church
School Congregations
of the Serbian Orthodox Church in
North and South America
Having its goal love and unity of all in
Christ within the one organism of God's
Church, the Episcopal Council of the Ser-
bian Orthodox Church of North and
South America informs you that the Holy
Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian
Orthodox Church at its meeting of May
21, 2009 – by AC No. 49/min 147 of May
22/9, 2009 rendered the Decision of the
administrative unification and restructur-
ing of the existing dioceses of our Church
in North and South America, with certain
renaming of their titles and changes of
their Sees (see attached Act from the
Holy Hierarchical Assembly).
By Grace and gift of the Holy and Life-
creating Spirit, assuring “that all things
be done devoutly and in order” (I Cor.
14:40) in Chris's Church, the Holy
Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian
Orthodox Church by it's Act (AC No. 8/
min. 91 of the 22/9 day of May, 2007) rat-
ified the Constitution of the Serbian
Orthodox Church of North and South
America.
In the spirit of the Directive of the Holy
Synod of Bishops (No. 849/min. 513 of
June 12, 2007), the Episcopal Council of
the Serbian Orthodox Church of North
and South America as the competent
body on this territory has taken the neces-
sary measures for the implementation of
the regulations of this Constitution and
decisions of the Holy Assembly of Bish-
ops:
• Send the final text of the said
Constitution, with changes and
corrections, to the the God-given Church
fullness of Orthodox people on this
territory.
• All clergy are required to commemorate
the bishops of their respective region/
diocese at the divine services.
• In the future, parishes and church-school
congregations are to fulfill their
assessments and obligations through the
competent diocesan offices.
• All parishes and church school
congregations are to substitute their local
by-laws with the Uniform Rules and
Regulations for Parishes and Church
School Congregations and submit their
Local Addendum to their competent
bishop for approval.
• The Episcopal Council calls upon you
when you receive this Announcement to
begin implementation of the mentioned
decisions which have been sent to you for
your information and appropriate action.
With the final restructuring and
redistricting of parishes of the Church in
the US and Canada, upon ecclesial-
liturgical and ancient canonical
foundations the grace of our profoundly
sought unity and pastoral community has
been achieved. In this is manifested the
unified and cooperative love towards the
Church by which we prove our sincere
love towards God and our people.
With Archpastoral blessings,
/ss/ +Christopher
Metropolitan of Libertyville-Chicago
See of the Serbian Orthodox Church of
North and South America
/ss/ +Georgije
Bishop of Canada
/ss/ +Longin
Bishop of Gracanica-Midwest America
/ss/+Mitrophan
Bishop of Eastern America
/ss/ +Maxim
Bishop of Western America
Letter to the Faithful of Saint George
Parish in San Diego from His Grace
Maxim, Bishop of Western America
“Therefore every scribe instructed
concerning the kingdom of heaven is
like a householder who brings out of
his treasure things new and old.”
(Matthew 13:52)
In these days after Holy Pentecost,
when we rejoice in the newly pro-
claimed unity of our Church on the
American continent, we celebrate God
glorified in the Trinity: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, wishing you grace and
peace from the Lord. That unity and joy,
deeply and clearly we experience every
time when we serve the Divine Liturgy,
all the Fathers and Brothers, priests and
all the fullness of God’s Church, always
talking about the real presence and work
of the Spirit, the Comforter and the Giver
“the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the
peace”. Our God protected diocese is
visited by bishops from all corners of the
world, thus witnessing the unity and
communion of the Holy Spirit and there-
fore never doubting that in our diocese
the Mystery of Salvation in Christ is
being served and accomplished. There-
fore, the Divine Liturgy served at our
every parish, regardless of ostensible dif-
ferences, always heavenly and earthly
Mystagogy of the Holy Eucharist – the
synaxis in which the Holy Trinity is
served and glorified by all, in the liturgi-
cal peace and union of faith, love, grace,
and a common communion of the Body
and Blood of Christ.
And while our entire Church is striving
to implement the administrative unity
into reality (action), and our Diocese and
all our parishes grow in the grace and
peace, some pseudo-zealots in one of our
parishes not that long ago, impudently
confused people with the stories of so-
called “liturgical changes” and thereby
gave lectures to the priest about the Lit-
urgy. These same people talk about the
contradiction between the “old” and
“new” way of serving, by calling atten-
tion to the supposed “decisions” of the
Holy Assembly of Bishops. With their
actions they have reached such heights
of anti-church activity that during the
Holy Liturgy, entirely in an anti-orthodox
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 5
... we all serve one and
the same Divine Service,
though with minor detail
variance, as they have
always existed in the
living Church of Christ
from the East throughout
centuries...
spirit, they were handing out various
pamphlets with content that attacked the
bishop in a way that reveals the back-
ground of their activity…
Before we cite where they err, let me
remind you that during this year’s Holy
Assembly (Sabor) held in May, in Bel-
grade, Serbia, we proclaimed oneness of
the soul and mind of the Fathers of our
Church. During summoning of the Sabor
we never discussed the unsuitable ques-
tion of the so called “old” and “new”
way of serving. Contrarily, it was said
that we all serve one and the same
Divine Service, though with minor detail
variance, as they have always existed in
the living Church of Christ from the East
throughout centuries, as there is one
Gospel of Christ written by the four
Evangelists, and in them as in the Ortho-
dox Liturgy (and there are four of them),
the polyphonic symphony of the Holy
Pentecostal Grace of the Holy Spirit, the
Comforter of the Church, Who “calls all
to unity”.
And while during 2007 and 2008,
because of disorder imposed artificially
and from outside the Church, there was
confusion about liturgical order; today
these questions are overcome. So with
liturgical concelebration, today no one is
distressed if something during the Lit-
urgy varies (e.g. reading “O Heavenly
King” once or three times; invoking or
not invoking the Troparion of the Third
Hour/before the Epiclesis prayer; read-
ing aloud of all Prayers, and at the end,
reading out loud the prayer after partak-
ing of the Holy Communion by parishio-
ners; closing and opening of the royal
doors and curtain; not questioning the
faithful before Holy Communion by say-
ing “did you fast”, etc. And so is today
throughout the Orthodox Church from
one end to the other of the cosmos, and
Liturgical unity of the Orthodox Church
in the world and today it is this that
astonishes the non-Orthodox. In this way
it has served and serves every Serbian
Orthodox priest in our Diocese and the
entire Church in America – standing
before the Awesome Throne of the Lord
of Glory upon which rests the Lamb of
God out of immeasurable Love of the
Holy Trinity, for the life and salvation of
the world.
To all those who lack faith or who do not
have faith, it has become clear that in the
Church of Christ in the Serbian lands,
there exists true liturgical unity and com-
munion, as it has existed until now, and
that which will exist, thanks and glory be
to God as long as we are Christ’s disci-
ples, followers, and communicants.
At the moment when the parish of St.
George in San Diego underwent a peace-
ful and blessed rotation of priests, when
the parish received one of the most
promising priests of our Church in
America, and when it finds itself before
very important building and renovation
endeavors, there have surfaced doubts
brought in by certain individuals who
tried with their anti-church-building
behavior to undermine a healthy founda-
tion upon which the parish exists. Priest
Bratislav Krsic, despite of all this, with
his peaceful and spiritual position, over-
sees and regulates life in the parish, as a
living icon of the true pastor and bishop
of our souls – Christ (1 Peter 2:25). Fr.
Bratislav does this by coordinating all
life and work in the parish of St. George.
He will continue doing this in the future.
+++
The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the
Serbian Orthodox Church held in May of
2007 decided that “in regards to serving
the Divine Liturgy and other services we
are to follow the ancient practice of the
Church”. In May of 2008 this same deci-
sion was confirmed by stating in its com-
muniqué: “Having a goal of maintaining
the ancient prayer tradition and a
living witnessing of the Church
in a modern world, the Assembly
has confirmed its position in
regards to serving the Holy Lit-
urgy and other services in a spirit
of established century old prac-
tice of our Church”.
“The established century old tra-
dition” is a consciously formu-
lated decision of the Assembly so
that on one side, the word “mod-
ern” would be avoided and which
would fixate the life of the
Church in some newest practice,
and on the other side, situating
the Liturgy only as something
“ancient” would be avoided. The
definition “established century
old tradition” in the best way
safeguards the balance between
“old” and “new” (as according to
the Lord’s words, cf. Matthew
13:52) and it helps to overcome
division and uncertainties. So,
the decision of the Assembly
speaks about the “century old One in essence but many monastery and
practice” of our Church, and not about parish typicons.
yesterday’s, not thought through, pre-
2. There is no and there has never been “only
sumptuous, so called “old way of serv-
one Typicon” for all and always. Twenty
ing”, misunderstood Liturgical
Hagiorite monasteries today serve One
“practice” – which does not exist, not Holy Liturgy to the Living God, united in
even in the Synodal Service Book (not “the unity of the Faith and communion of
even that of Fr. Justin) – which “without the Holy Spirit”, but diversified in details.
order” according to the lack of knowl- That’s why in typicons, it says “every
edge and ignorance of the liturgical- monastery has its own typicon”, and in
canonical order and regulation in our this way serves all monasteries and
Church impose a sect of convulsive churches throughout the Orthodox world,
“spiritual people”, and their dictators, and it is so even within one local Church.
both being estranged from their canoni- The Holy Assembly of Bishops in its deci-
sion calls to practice of other Orthodox
cal Bishops.
Churches, but who from among “zealots”
listens to the Sabor or other Orthodox, in
+++ one Faith and one Church gathered broth-
ers!
Therefore, we call our faithful that in
3. Struggle for the century old practice of the
love and one thought to understand the
most holy Service of Orthodoxy should be
following:
geared toward our frequent partaking of
1. Little differences in movements and the Holy Communion during Liturgy,
actions, unimportant and changeable rather then partaking only four times a
details, in serving the Holy Heavenly year. We should also make it possible for
Mystery of the Eucharist – do not repre- our children to partake on a regular basis.
sent “departure from the Real Faith”, It is our call, in unity of faith and commu-
since it has been like that from the begin- nion of the Holy Spirit, to distribute Christ
ning, it is and it will continue to be; just as undivided in the Liturgy and with the
there is One Gospel given by four evange- Communion commonly unite with Him
lists! One but actually more Liturgies. and with each other, and therefore be
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 6

sanctified with Him, Who is the Only
Holy One.
4. Our faithful should ask themselves a ques-
tion about the meaning, height, width,
unending substance of the God inspired
words of Liturgical prayers, which is a
fruit of the inexpressible breath of the
Holy Spirit (cf. Rom. 8:26), as of a soul in
the Body of the God-Man Christ. So it is
not important how loud one prayer during
Service might be spoken.
We therefore call all of you to come so
that with one mouth and one heart we
may glorify and sing the Most Holy and
Glorious Name of the Holy Trinity, the
Eternal Unity – Archetype of the
Church’s Catholicity (Sabornosti). Come
so that we all may commune from One
Bread and One Cup, so that in this way
we may visibly confess and proclaim
that we are living members of One Body
of the God-Man Christ and Savior of all
of us and the entire world (cf. I Cor.
10:16-17).
Bishop of Western American Diocese
MAXIM +
July 24, 2009
Писмо Верницима Парохије
Светога Георгија у Сан
Дијегу
„Сваки књижевник,
који се научио Царству
Небеском, домаћин је
који износи из ризнице
своје ново и старо“
(Мт.13,52).
У ове дане по Светој
Педесетници, када се
радујемо новопројављеном
јединству наше Цркве на
америчком континенту, ми
славимо Бога у Тројици
слављенога: Оца и Сина и
Светога Духа желећи вам
Благодат и Мир од Господа. То
јединство и радост, врло
дубоко и јасно, осећамо сваки
пут служећи Свету Литургију,
сви Оци и Браћа свештеници и
сва Пуноћа Цркве Божије,
увек говорећи о стварном
присуству и дејству Духа
Утешитеља и Дародавца
„јединства Духа у свези мира“
(Еф.4,3). Нашу богоспасавану
Епархију посећују епископи са свих
страна и меридијана, посведочујући
јединство и заједништво Духа
Светога, и никада не сумњајући да се
у нашој епархији збива и
свештенодејствује Тајна Спасења у
Христу. Стога је Божанска Литургија,
служена у свакој нашој Парохији, и
поред извесних разноликости, увек
небоземна Мистагогија Свете
Евхаристије – саборовање у коме
Свету Тројицу служе и славе сви, у
Литургијском миру и заједништву
вере, љубави, благодати, заједничког
Причешћа Телом и Крвљу Христовом.
И док цела наша Црква настоји да
административно јединство спроведе
у дело, а наша Епархија и све њене
парохије узрастају у благодати и миру,
неки псевдо-ревнитељи се у једној
нашој парохији недавно осмелише да
подбуњују народ причама о
тобожњим литургијским
„променама“, читају лекције
свештенику о Литурији, да говоре о
супротстављености „старог“ и
„новог“ начина служења, уз позивање
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 7
на наводне „одлуке“ Светог
Архијерејског Сабора. Чак су до те
мере антицрквености доспели да у
време Свете Литургије, потпуно
антиправославно, деле народу
разноразне памфлете против
епископа, на начин који одаје
позадину њихове делатности...
Пре него што покажемо у чему је
њихова заблуда, подсећам да је на
овогодишњем мајском Сабору у
Београду пројављено једнодушје и
једномислије Отаца наше Цркве. На
њему није уопште било разматрања
неумесних питања тобожњег „старог“
и „новог“ начина служења. Напротив,
речено је да сви једну исту Божанску
Службу служимо, макар и било
извесних детаља разлике, као што их
је увек било и бива у живој Цркви
Христовој од Истока кроз векове, као
што је и једно Јеванђеље Христово
макар да су четири Јеванћеља, и у
њима, као и у Православним
Литургијама (а и њих има четири),
пројављује се полифонична
симфонија Светопедесетничке
Благодати Духа, Утешитеља Цркве,
Који „у сједињење све призва“.
И док је током 2007/8. године због
смутње, произведене вештачки и
споља, владала једна конфузија око
литургијског поретка, данас су сва та
питања превазиђена. Тако, код
литургијског саслуживања данас
више ником не смета ако је нешто
током Св. Литургије разнолико
(читање „Царе Небески“ једном или
трипут; изговор или неизговор
Тропара Трећег часа /пре Молитве
Епиклезе/; полугласно читање свих
Молитава, а на крају гласно Молитве
по Причешћу свих; отварање или
затварање двери и завесе;
неиспитивање верних пред Причешће
„јеси ли постио“, итд.итд.). Тако бива
данас свуда у Православљу од краја до
краја васељене, и Литургијско
јединство Православних Цркава у
свету и данас је оно што задивљује
неправославне. Тако је служио и
служи и сваки српски свештеник у
нашој Епархији и целој Цркви у
Америци – стојећи пред Страшним
Престолом Господа Славе, на коме
лежи Јагње Божије, из безмерне
Љубави Свете Тројице, за живот и
спасење света.
Свима неверицама и маловерицама је
сада постало јасно да у Цркви
Христовој на Српској земљи постоји
истинско литургијско јединство и
заједништво, какво је и до сада
постојало, и какво ће, Богу слава и
хвала, постојати док смо Христови
ученици, следбеници и причасници.
У тренутку када је у парохији Светог
Ђорђа у Сан Дијегу дошло до мирне и
благословене смене пастира, када је
парохија добила једног од
најперспективнијих свештеника наше
Цркве у Америци, и када се налази
пред значајним градитељским
подухватима, појавише се од
ненависника унете сумње с циљем да
нецрквоградилачким понашањем
поткопају здраве темеље на којима
парохија почива. Свештеник
Братислав Кришић, упркос томе,
својим мирним и духовним ставом
надзире и усклађује живот парохије,
као жива слика пастира и епископа
душа наших Христа (1Петр.2,25),
бивајући координатор свега живота и
дäлања парохије Светога Ђорђа. Он ће
то и у будуће чинити.
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Свети Архијерејски Сабор Српске
Православне Цркве је у мају 2007.
године донео одлуку: „у погледу
служења Свете Литургије и других
богослужења држати се устаљеног
вековног поретка наше Цркве“. У мају
месецу 2008. године исту одлуку је
потврдио рекавши у свом саопштењу:
„У циљу, пак, очувања вековног
молитвеног предања и живог
сведочења Цркве у савременом свету
Сабор је потврдио свој став у погледу
служења Свете Литургије и других
богослужења у духу устаљеног
вековног поретка наше Цркве“.
„Устаљено вековно предање“ је
свесно формулисана одлука Сабора да
би се, с једне стране, избегла реч
„савремено“ која би фиксирала живот
Цркве у некаквој најновијој пракси и с
друге, да би се избегло свођење
Литургије само на „древност“. Она на
најбољи начин чува равнотежу између
„старог“ и „новог“ (по узору на
Господње речи, Мт.13,52) и помаже
превазилажењу подела и недоумица.
Дакле, одлука Сабора говори само о
„вековном поретку“ наше Цркве, а не
о јучерашњем, скоројевићском,
умишљеном тзв. „старом начину
служења“, секташки схваћеном
„поретку“ Литургије – каквога нема
ни у српском Синодском Служебнику
(ни оном о. Јустина) – који „/без/
поредак“ по незнању и игноранцији
литургијско-канонског реда и поретка
у Цркви намеће секта конвулзивних
„духовника“, и њихових суфлера,
одметнутих и једних и других од
својих канонских Епископа.
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Стога, позивам све наше вернике да у
љубави и једномислију схвате
следеће:
1. Незнатне разлике у поступцима и
покретима, небитним и
променљивим детаљима, при
свршавању Свете Наднебеске
Тајне Евхаристије – не
представљају „одступање од Праве
вере“, кад је то одувек тако бивало,
и бива, и биће: као што је једно па
ипак 4 Јеванђеља! Једна па ипак
више Литургија! Један у основи,
па ипак више разних манастирских
и парохијских Типика.
2. Не постоји, нити је икада постојао
„један важећи Типик“ за све и свагда.
Двадесет Светогорских манастира и
данас служе Једну Свету Службу Богу
Живоме, уједињени у „јединству Вере
и Заједници Духа Светога“, али
неједнаки (јер нису клиширани) у
детаљима, у „типицима“ (зато кажу:
„сваки манастир – свој типик“), а тако
служе и манастири и цркве широм
Православног света, па и унутар једне
и исте Помесне Цркве. Свети
Архијерејски Сабор у својој одлуци
упућује на праксу других
Православних цркава, али ко од
„зилота“ стварно слуша Сабор или
другу Православну једноверну и
једноцрквену браћу!.
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 8
3. Борба за вековни поредак најсветије
Службе Православне треба да се
усмери на наше чешће причешћивање
на Литургијама, а не само четири пута
годишње, и притом омогућавање деци
да се стално причешћују. Наш је позив
да Христа, у јединству вере и заједници
Духа Светога, у Литургији
нераздељиво раздељујемо и
Причешћем се узајамно сједињујемо с
Њиме и међусобно, и освећујемо
Њиме, Једино Светим.
4. Верници треба да се питају о смислу,
дубини, висини, ширини, бескрају
садржаја богонадахнутих речи
молитава у Литургији, која је плод
неисказивих уздаха Духа Светога
(Рм.8,26) као душе у Телу Христа
Богочовека, а не треба да буде битно са
колико тонова јачине свештеник
изговара неку молитву у Служби,.
Позивамо дакле: дођите да сви једним
устима и једним срцем славимо и
певамо Пречасно и Величанствено
Име Свете Тројице, Вечног Сабора –
Архетипа Саборности Цркве. Дођите
да се сви од Једнога Хлеба и Једне
Чаше причешћујемо, и тако видљиво
исповедамо и пројављујемо да смо
живи удови-чланови Једнога Тела
Христа Богочовека и Спаситеља свију
нас и свега света (1Кор.10.16-17).
У четвртак, 24. јула 2009.г.Еп.
Максим Западноамерички
Christ our God, who is worshiped
and glorified at all times and in every
hour in heaven and on earth; who is
most patient, loving and kind; who
loves the just and shows mercy to
sinners; who calls all to salvation
through the promise of the blessings
to come; Lord, at this time receive
our prayer and direct our lives
according to Your will. Bless our
souls and bodies. Correct our
thoughts and purify our minds. Pro-
tect us from all evil and distress. Sur-
round us with Your holy angels, that
guided and guarded by them, we
may attain the unity of the faith and
the knowledge of Your unapproach-
able glory, for You are blessed for-
ever and ever. Amen.
C E L E B R AT I O N * D E D I C AT I O N * P RO G R E S S * V I S I O N
Growing and Working Together –
Learning from God’s Creation
Scientists have discovered that geese fly
in a “V” formation because it adds at
least 71% flying range than if each bird
flew on its own. When each bird flaps its
wings, it creates an uplift for the bird
immediately following.
Basic truth #1: People who share a com-
mon direction and sense of community
can get where they are going quicker and
easier because they are traveling on the
thrust of one another.
Wherever a goose falls our of formation,
it suddenly feels the drag and resistance
of trying to go it alone, and quickly gets
back into formation to take advantage of
the lifting power of the bird immediately
in front.
Basic truth #2: If we have as much sense
as a goose, we will stay in formation with
those who are headed the same way we
are going.
When the lead goose gets tired, he
rotates back in the wing and another
goose flies point.
Basic truth 3: It pays to take turns doing
hard jobs. These geese honk from behind
to encourage those up front to keep up
their speed.
Basic truth 4: We need to be careful what
we say when we honk from behind.
Finally, when a goose sets sick or is
wounded by a gunshot and falls out, two
geese fall out of formation and follow
him down to help and protect him. They
stay with him until he is either able to fly
or until he is dead, and then they launch
out on their own or with another forma-
tion to catch up with their group.
Final truth: If we apply this science dis-
covery and wonder of God’s creation to
our parish, to our spiritual growth and
remodeling of our church property, we
will stand by each other and support one
another in order to reach our goals, e.g.
become a vibrant Orthodox parish with
renewed lives and remodeled church
property. May it be blessed!
Father Bratso Krsic
Sunday Dress Etiquette
Remember the time when people put on
their “Sunday best” to go to church? In
fact, dress clothes were often referred to
as Sunday clothes. In some parts of the
country, this is not common today. In
fact, all too often, clothing in church has
become too casual. In all areas of our
lives, we should offer Christ our best.
And the same is true of our clothes. We
should offer Christ our “Sunday best”,
not our common or everyday wear. And
we should dress modestly, not in a fleshy
way that would bring attention to our-
selves. Our attire should always be
becoming of an Orthodox Christian –
especially at church. Here are some spe-
cific guidelines for you to consider when
you visit our St. George parish:
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 9
Children: Only young children (age 7
and under) may wear shorts to church –
and then only dress shorts. Athletic
shorts, cut-offs, and spandex shorts are
never appropriate church wear (for chil-
dren or adults!). Shoes or sandals should
be clean and tied. No one should wear T-
shirts with any kind of writing on them
(“This Bud’s for You!” is definitely out).
For those serving in the altar, shorts and
shirts without collars are not appropriate.
Men: Men should also dress moderately.
While coat and tie are not mandatory,
shirts should have collars (remember,
two or three buttons undone is inappro-
priate). Slacks should be cleaned and
pressed. Jeans are usually too casual for
church, especially ones with patches and
holes. Again, shorts are not appropriate
church wear. If you’re going somewhere
after church where you need to dress
casually, bring a change of clothing with
you and change after the luncheon.
Remember, use your best judgment and
good taste when dressing for church.
After all, you don’t go to church to be
seen by everyone else, you go to meet
and worship God.
Women: Dresses should be modest. No
tank tops or dresses with only straps at
the shoulders (if you wear such dress,

please use a scarf to cover your shoul-
ders), no short skirts (mini-skirts), and
no skin tight dresses. Dresses should
have backs and not be cut low in the
front. If women wear pants (dresses and
skirts are traditional women church
attire) to church, they should be dress
pants (not jeans, leggings, etc.). Shorts of
any type are not appropriate for church.
Thank you very much for considering
these Orthodox Sunday Dress Etiquette
guidelines. We are honored to have you
worship our Life-giving and Undivided
Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!
God bless you and please come again to
pray with your Orthodox family.
Father Bratso Krsic
Church Slava in May 2009
The need for unity in the Church
Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love,
united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (Phil. 2:2)
One of the signs of apostasy (falling from the truth) in the Church is when there
is bickering and disunity among Christians. Jesus said that the world would
know that we were His disciples by the love that we have for one another (John
13:35).
In Col. 3:14, it says that love is the perfect bond of unity. The New Testament
speaks about us being unified in Christ (Eph. 4:5). Paul says that Christ is not
divided (1 Cor. 1:12-13). And even though Christ is not divided, many times His
body of believers is.
It is all right to have differences of opinion on the non-essential matters. Yet far
too many Christians use these non-essential differences as justification for divi-
sion and sometimes even to incite anger.
When this occurs, the love of God in our hearts is sacrificed to our pride. Instead
of saying to one another, "I am right and you are wrong," we should be saying
something like, "It is certainly possible that you are correct.
Now, let's work together to glorify God and expand His kingdom. Perhaps this
is too simplistic, but at least it displays an attitude of humility that helps to bring
unity. When we fall into the self abuse of division and bickering, the Church,
Her work, and Her Legacy cannot be successful.
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 10
Demetrios The Myrrhbearer & Great
Martyr Of Thessaloniki—Nov 8
Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a
most pious son of pious and noble par-
ents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ.
When Maximian first came to Thessalon-
ica in 290,
he raised the
Saint to the
rank of
Duke of
Thessaly.
But when it
was discov-
ered that the
Saint was a
Christian,
he was
arrested and
kept bound
in a bath-
house.
While the
games were
under way
in the city,
Maximian
was a spectator there. A certain friend of
his, a barbarian who was a notable wres-
tler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty
because of the height and strength of his
body, boasted in the stadium and chal-
lenged the citizens to a contest with him.
All that fought with him were defeated.
Seeing this, a certain youth named
Nestor, aquaintance of Demetrius', came
to the Saint in the bath-house and asked
his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-
handed. Receiving this blessing and seal-
ing himself with the sign of the precious
Cross, he presented himself in the sta-
dium, and said, "O God of Demetrius,
help me!" and straightway he engaged
Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a
mortal blow to the heart, leaving the for-
mer boaster lifeless upon the earth. Max-
imian was sorely grieved over this, and
when he learned who was the cause of
this defeat, he commanded straightway
and Demetrius was pierced with lances
while he was yet in the bath-house, As for
Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be
slain with his own sword.
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
The world has found in you a great cham-
pion in time of peril, as you emerged the
victor in routing the barbarians. For as
you brought to naught the boasts of
Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in
the stadium, in like manner, holy one,
great Martyr Demetrios, invoke Christ
God for us, that He may grant us His
great mercy.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
God, who gave you invincible power and
with care kept your city invulnerable,
royally clothed the Church in purple with
the streams of your blood, for you are her
strength, O Demetrios.
Cosmas & Damianos The Holy
Unmercenaries & Their Mother
Theodota—Nov 14
These Saints were from Asia (that is,
Asia Minor). After the death of their
father, their Christ-loving mother The-
odota reared them in piety and in all man-
ner of virtue, and had them instructed in
every science, especially that of medi-
cine. This became their vocation, and
they went about healing every illness and
malady, bestowing healing freely on both
men and beasts alike; because of this,
they are called "Unmercenaries." And
thus, having completed the course of
their life, they reposed in peace.
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth
Tone
Sainted Unmercenaries and Wonder
Workers, regard our infirmities; freely
you have received, freely share with us.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
O glorious, wonderworking physicians,
having received the grace of healing, you
reach out and restore health to those in
need. But also, by your visitation you cast
down the arrogance of the enemy, healing
the world through miracles.
Nicholas The Wonderworker,
Archbishop Of Myra—Dec 19
This Saint lived during the reign of Saint
Constantine the Great, and reposed in
330, As a young man, he desired to
espouse the solitary life. He made a pil-
grimage to the holy city Jerusalem, where
he found a place to withdraw to devote
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 11
himself to prayer. It was made known to
him, however, that this was not the will of
God for him, but that he should return to
his homeland to be a cause of salvation
for many. He returned to Myra, and was
ordained bishop. He became known for
his abundant mercy, providing for the
poor and needy, and delivering those who
had been unjustly accused. No less was
he known for his zeal for the truth. He
was present at the First Ecumenical
Council of the 318 Fathers at Nicaea in
325; upon hearing the blasphemies that
Arius brazenly uttered against the Son of
God, Saint Nicholas struck him on the
face. Since the canons of the Church for-
bid the clergy to strike any man at all, his
fellow bishops were in perplexity what
disciplinary action was to be taken
against this hierarch whom all revered. In
the night our Lord Jesus Christ and our
Lady Theotokos appeared to certain of
the bishops, informing them that no
action was to be taken against him, since
he had acted not out of passion, but
extreme love and piety. The Dismissal
Hymn for holy hierarchs, The truth of
things hath revealed thee to thy flock ...
was written originally for Saint Nicholas.
He is the patron of all travellers, and of
sea-farers in particular; he is one of the
best known and best loved Saints of all
time.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
The truth of things hath revealed thee to
thy flock as a rule of faith, an icon of
meekness, and a teacher of temperance;
for this cause, thou hast achieved the
heights by humility, riches by poverty. O
Father and Hierarch Nicholas, intercede
with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
Saintly One, (St. Nicholas) in Myra you
proved yourself a priest; for in fulfilling
the Gospel of Christ, venerable One, you
laid down your life for your people and
saved the innocent from death. For this
you were sanctified as One learned in
divine grace.
from Online Chapel, Greek Orthodox
Diocese of America
From the President
Dear Brothers and Sisters, respected
Fathers:
From August 11-13, as the president of
parish council, I was honored to attend
the 20th Triennial Sabor of Serbian
Orthodox Church in North and South
America. The Triennial Sabor was held
at Saint George Church in Canton, Ohio.
Each Sabor is a wonderful spiritual expe-
rience and unique reunion with the Hier-
archs, clergy, parish delegates, and those
that participate in the church life. But
this Sabor, more then any other, was a
historic one. After the Dioceses’
arrangements were set forth at the Holy
Assembly of Bishops this spring in Bel-
grade, parishes are finally united in spirit
and in practice. For the first time after
forty years clergy and delegates of Nova
Gracanica parishes and Patri-
archate parishes sat together
at one unified Sabor. St. George Serbian Orthodox Church - 2009 Calendar
For forty years our holy OCTOBER
church wept as her children
split in prayer and in church
life. It was long overdue that
Serbs ask for forgiveness and NOVEMBER
forgive the injustices commit-
ted to each other. It is at this
20th Sabor, four decades after
the schism, that our holy
church in North and South
America was united in one
body of Saint Sava. The
reunification of the Serbian
Orthodox Church in the
American Diaspora was the DECEMBER
main and most important
theme of this Sabor. It was DATES & LUNCHEON SCHEDULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
said that this unity occurred
for the children and for the
youth of our holy church. The message
to all parishes and all parishioners is to
live by this unity. No individual has the
right ever again to jeopardize this unity.
To those that lived through the schism,
seek and practice forgiveness. To the
young, remember this historical mistake
and never allow it to repeat.
Nemanja Selezan, St. George Church
President
Draga Braco i Sestre, donete na prolećnom zasedanju Svetog
Od jedanaestog do trinaestog avgusta Arhijerejskog Sabora u Beogradu, paro-
ove godine kao predsednik crkveno- hije u Severnoj i Južnoj Americi počele
školske opštine imao sam čast da prisus- su sa primenom ovog jedinstva i u
tvujem dvadesetom Saboru Srpske Pra- praksi.
voslavne Crkve za Severnu i Juznu
Ameriku. Sabor se održao u crkvi Svetog Četrdeset godina naša sveta crkva
Velikomučenika Đorđa u gradu Kantonu plakala je za slogom među njenom
duhovnom decom. Nakon
toliko godina odavno je
došao i trenutak da
zavađeni Srbi oproste za
SUNDAY LUNCHEON/EVENT DUTIES - MORAVA sva nedela i zlobe ucinjene
Sunday 4 Stewardship Meeting jedni prema drugima. To je
after Divine Liturgy. All are invited. na ovom dvadesetom Sab-
Saturday 17 St. Stefan and Jelena (Stiljanovic) oru četiri decenije nakon
SUNDAY LUNCHEON/EVENT DUTIES - CHOIR raskola i učinjeno. Naša
Sunday 22 Stewardship Sunday. Everyone will have sveta crkva u Severnoj i
the opportunity to bring in their steward- Južnoj Americi ponovo je
ship cards for the year of our Lord 2010. sjedinjena u jedno telo
We suggest each family after receiving a onakvo kakvo ga je Sve-
stewardship card, prayerfully consider
their commitment of time, treasure and
titelj Sava stvorio.
talent for 2010. May our Lord bless your Pomirenje i jedinstvo dve
endeavors and our families. strane bila je najveća i naj-
Thursday 26 Thanksgiving Day važnija tema proteklog
Friday 27-6 Nativity Fast Sabora. Poruka Sabora
SUNDAY LUNCHEON/EVENT DUTIES - AOF
svim parohijama i svim
vernicima je da žive po
ovom jedinstvu i slozi a
rečeno je da je do ovog
jedinstva došlo za dobrobit
državi Ohajo. Svaki Sabor predstavlja dece i omladine naše svete crkve. Ni
veliki duhovni doživljaj kao i jedinstv- jedan pojedinac nema pravo da ikada
enu uniju sa hijerarsima, sveštenstvom, vise naruši ovo jedinstvo do kojeg se
parohijskim predstavnicima i drugima mukotrpno došlo. Oni koji su proživeli
koji učestvuju u crkvenom životu i radu. kroz razdor neka oproste, a buduca
Međutim ovaj sabor sam po sebi nosi pokoljenja neka zapamte ovu istorijsku
veliki značaj i smatra se istorijskim. Po grešku i ne dopuste da se ikada slično
prvi put nakon četiri decenije dve ponovi.
zavađene strane Nove Gračanice i Patri-
jaršije Srpske dokazale su jedinstvo
zajedničkim prisustvu na Saboru u Nemanja Seležan, Predsednik Crkveno
Ohaju. Nakon administrativne podele Školske Opštine
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 12

From the Treasurer’s Desk
The second quarter financials were
audited. and all our bank accounts con-
tinue to be in good order. What is even
more encouraging is we actually gained
some additional funds this quarter, for
our cash inflows exceeded our expendi-
tures. Even through the slow summer
months and our poor national economic
condition, God continues to bless us with
the necessary funds to support our parish
and its ministries. These blessings will
surely be translated into our restoration
project, in which we will have a greater
focus in the coming months.
Please find below a snapshot of where
we stand as of June 30, 2009:
• Total Bank Account Assets as of 6-09
$237,170
• Total Asset Accounts Assets as of 6-09
$88,421
• Overall Total Cash Assets as of 6-09
$325,591
MPC Report on Hall Renovation
It is with the greatest of joy that I am able
to share with you that on August 7, St.
George Serbian Church was granted its
building permits to begin the first phase
of our Social Hall renovation. The next
step is to put together a budget to be pre-
sented to the Executive Board and the
audit committee for approval. Once this
is completed, the demolition of the hall
can be started with the hope that the first
phase of construction will be completed
by December.
We are very Blessed to have so many
people who continue to help with this
project. Most recently, Slavko Jovanovic
has stepped forward to supervise the
construction. This is a significant step in
helping us reduce costs as we move for-
ward with our first phase.
If a man would give all the substance of his house for love
The Fund Raising Committee has suc-
cessfully generated monetary pledges
toward the kitchen and the bathroom ren-
ovation, money that we will most defi-
nitely spend wisely. To help bridge the
gap between the collection of the pledges
and the construction, Mr. Tom Dyke has
graciously offered an interest free loan,
should we need it, in the amount of the
pledged money. This will guarantee us
the completion of phase one.
I cannot thank enough those who have
given of themselves so willingly to move
this project forward. Most of all, I would
like to thank all my fellow stewards. This
has been a long journey. Your support,
both financial and spiritual, continues to
make this possible. With Gods blessing
and all our hard work, Your Legacy will
continue, Our Legacy will continue.
Vladan Trifunovic, MPC Chair

See the minutes from the Q2 Steward-
ship Meeting for a full report.
I thank our Auditing Committee, Miro
Copic, Sean Wright, and Zeljko Milas-
inovic, for their outstanding support and
valuable advice during each audit ses-
sion we have. And, of course, I thank
God for our Executive Board, our
Church family, and everyone for their
patience.
The name Thomas “Tom” Dyke keeps popping up in discussions about church
renovation and the Continuing Our Legacy campaign.
For old timers (those of us who have been around St George for 30 or 40 years),
Tom is well known for the amazing and noble gesture he made in memory of his
wife, Donna Rose, who passed away in 1974 at the age of 38.
Tom, a successful San Diego businessman and philanthropist, longed to pay
tribute to Donna Rose in a significant and appropriate way, in a way that would
demonstrate the kind of love they had shared. Donna, a woman of Serbian
ancestry and dedicated to the Holy Orthodox Faith, and her family had long
been involved with the St. George community and church building. So when a
relative suggested a fitting memorial would be to retire the debt the parish
incurred to build the current building, that is what Tom did.

I pray our God will continue to bless us
with these gifts, and I thank Him for His
mercy upon us.
In Christ our Lord,
Deacon Paul Germain, St. George
Church Treasurer
In September 1974, after parastos for Donna Rose, Thomas Dyke presented
the church with a check to pay off its mortgage in her memory. Later he donated
thousands more to help complete the mosaics that adorn the church interior.
What those donations did to encourage the growth of the small parish, we still
benefit from today. But what has stood, now needs renovation to maintain its
jewel-like character and its influence for the Orthodox Faith.
God has blessed Tom for his generous memorial; but Tom should not stand
alone in devotion to this work, nor should we hold back and depend on people
like him for their extraordinary generosity. No, it is time for each of us to make
our own extraordinary contributions in love for our beloved church.
Many of you already have donated or pledged generously. But not enough of
you have. Please prayerfully consider making a financial committment to the
renewal project. (See MPC Report and Continuing Our Legacy—Onward &
Upward.)
Yes, we have collected enough to move forward; but not enough to complete
the job.

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 13


Continuing Our Legacy—Onward
& Upward
The first round of
awareness building
and fundraising
was completed in
the Spring; how-
ever, our St.
George community
is far from com-
plete with the Con-
tinuing Our Legacy
Capital Campaign!
Thanks to Father Bratso, Mara Bosnak,
and Marsha Jovanovic, you are holding
in your hand (or viewing on your com-
puter) our latest Church newsletter that is
sporting a great cover reminding you in
full color that WE ARE CONTINUING
OUR LEGACY!
Yes, it’s true we didn’t meet our highest
financial goal during the first round; but
we did encourage a culture of giving, to
which a goodly number of you commit-
ted above your Stewardship commitment
to our ambitious and critical restoration
and building project. Praise God for that!
Thanks to Lydia Petric Rhoads, this arti-
cle is accompanied by the first publica-
tion of “The List”! That is, the list of all
who signed a pledge card indicating their
contribution to our fund to restore our
beacon of faith (and ethnicity) on the hill
above Mission Bay—St. George Serbian
Orthodox Church. Take a long look at
that list, and make sure your name is on
it if you signed a pledge card for the cam-
paign. If it’s missing, contact Father
Bratso or Lydia to check on this. It may
be because you did not turn in a card.
If you are not on the list because you did
not pledge support, ask yourself: What is
stopping me from supporting my church
during its critical time of need? Our won-
derful Church, like everything in life,
needs to be refreshed and maintained,
and no matter who you are: steward,
friend of the parish, philanthropist, suc-
cessful breadwinner, fixed-income
senior, unemployed worker, student, or
just an interested bystander, WE NEED
YOUR HELP! And no pledge amount is
too small to be considered.
Now for an update on the work of the
Continuing Our Legacy team. We met in
early July to discuss more ideas on how
to enhance and further our fundraising
efforts. Lots of ideas were dis-
cussed—running the gamut from asking
your favorite millionaire to give beau-
coup bucks to asking for some of Mr.
Obama’s stimulus package money. We
know these are hard times for many; but
your Church is your life source. Not car-
ing for it is like not feeding yourself.
Moreover, God knows our hardships and
needs better than we do. He wants us to
trust Him. He wants us to be faithful. He
will not fail us. Hey, if he cares for the
sparrow, how much more does He care
for us (Matt.10:30)!
As the committee labors on into 2010
and beyond, and as these hard times per-
sist, we must be careful not to bicker
among ourselves and let that drain our
energy. We must pray for unity of spirit
and a spirit of unity. There can be no vic-
tory when we cannot work together in
love.
To recap, here is a quick list of our
achievements and a few ideas for our
continued campaign:
• Donators Wall & Thermometer. Thanks
to Simona Trifunovic who leads the effort
to put up a thermometer in the church hall
with information on how much money has
been pledged vs. raised so that all our
parishioners can track our progress.
Please look for it.
• Another Legacy Dinner in 2010. Our first
dinner was a great success. We are
planning another dinner sometime next
year. We may be changing the format; but
it will be another event not to be missed.
Watch for details.
• Expanding Mail Campaign list. St.
George parishioners can help by
providing names and addresses of friends
of St. George to contact. If everyone can
give us a few names, this would quickly
become a larger list of friends of the
church to include in our fundraising
efforts. Please send your list to Fr. Bratso
(frbratso@sbcglobal.net).
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 14
• Updating Contact info for current
parishioners. Many of our parishioners
have moved or may no longer be residing
in San Diego. So it’s important to provide
Fr. Bratso with updated contact
information on mailing. Update your
mailing information ASAP with Fr.
Bratso.
• Grants and Other Funding Sources.
Grants (such as money available for
historic buildings, religious centers, or
San Diego landmarks) is an important
option. Nemanja Selezan will be working
on this. Please send your ideas.
In parting, Dragan Radic, unfortunately,
had to step down from his role as Vice
President of the fundraising effort
because new job responsibilities require
him to travel for extended dates. I want
to thank Dragan and his wife Sonja for
all their hard work and efforts. Their par-
ticipation was truly a blessing. Dragan
will continue supporting us outside of a
leadership role, so he will not completely
be removed. Many, many thanks to the
Radic family!
And remember: The most important
ingredient in this essential project is that
our parishioners care, participate, and
pray to help shape and sustain the future
of our beloved St. George parish.
With Blessings, Prayers, and Love,
Jennifer Milanovich, Chair, Continuing
Our Legacy Capital Campaign
Reminder
Pledge Cards/donations for the
Continuing Our Legacy campaign
and St George Stewardship are
two distinct things. Signing a
pledge to the Continuing Our
Legacy does not make you a
Steward and vice versa. We, of
course, want everyone to become
Stewards, but this implies
committment to the Orthodox Faith
as well as support for the local
church. Likewise, we pray all
St George Stewards will pledge
support to the renewal project as
the Lord leads them.
 • Popovich, Ella • Trifunovic, Stefan
Continuing Our Legacy Pledges • Purlia, Sam and Gloria • Undheim, Natasha
as of August 30, 2009
• Radojevic, Dan and Vesna • Undheim, Robert and Dobrila
• Batricevich, Slobodan and Branka • Radovanovic, Dragoslav and Ljiljana • Urosevic, Branko
• Belcevich, Milos • Rakic, Marko and Vera • Vallin, Becky
• Bosnak, Mara and Les Lambert • Selezan, Nemanja and Lindsay • Vasilia, Laurentiv and Daniela
• Bozinovska, Jadranka • Serebryanova, Elena • Villa, Brian
• Copic, Miro and Laura • Sigmreanu, Valentin and Mariana • Vukotich, Danica
• Cronemeyer, Jamie and Zorica • Simikich, R and C • Vukotich, Stefan and May
• DeGranda, Boris and Danila • Starr, Tatyana
• Denton, Natalie • Trifunovic, Katarina
• Draskovich, Proto Bozidar and Protinica • Trifunovic, Robert and Simona
Bozana
• Gavrilov, Gleb and Svetlana
• Germain, Deacon Paul and Djakonica
Natalija
• Irick, Olga
• Jedrysik, Ben and Kimberlie
• Jovanovic, Drasko and Ranica
• Jovanovic, Marsha and Misha
• Jovanovic-Vuskovic, Natasa
• Jovanovich, Martha
• Kinach, Alex and Seka
• Krsic, Proto Bratso and Protinica Lisa
• Koruga, Milenko and Jelena
• Kukulj, Dragan and Lillian
• LePage, Steve and Debbie
• McKenzie, Sally
• Masic, Milenko
• Medigovich, Milica
• Miladinovich, Ljubisav
• Miladinovich, Miroslav
• Milanovich, Jennifer
• Milasinovic, Zeljko and Marija
• Milicevic, Nikola and Nada
• Milicevic, Jim and Melanie
• Miljkovic, Miodrag and Vecki
• Miller Family
• Milosevich, Alexsandra Babic
• Nedic, Ivana
• Nedic, Sava and Spomenka
• Nedic, Milosh and Karen
• Nikolic, Dragan and Gordana
• Plavsic, Mara and Seja

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 15

Religious Education Report,
Fall 2009
Have great care of your children. We
live at a time when much freedom is
given to the expression of thought, but
little care is taken that thoughts
should be founded on truth. Teach
them to love truth. (St. Macarius of
Optino, 1834-1860)
The words of the saints are timeless, for
they apply to any age and any generation.
In his Russian Letters of Direction, St.
Macarius addressed the struggles of
Christians with blessed words of wisdom
and comfort in the nineteenth century.
Do his words have any less meaning
today with our own children?
We are beginning a new school year and
Fr. Bratislav has found some new, excit-
ing curriculum for the children. We are
all encouraged and looking forward to
working with the children. Our regular
Sunday School session will begin the
Sunday after Labor Day, September 13.
This day follows the Diocesan Days
annual celebration weekend Sept. 6.
This summer we had our second annual
Vacation Bible Camp, which was a
smashing success. The kids played
games, learned about their faith. and
enjoyed another afternoon at Boomers.
A great time was had by all. Also, we had
a number of our children attend summer
camp in Jackson, with some of our par-
ents staying the week to help in the
kitchen and work with the camp staff.
Thank you to all our participants!
On Sunday, June 14, following the
Divine Liturgy, our Sunday School stu-
dents went on a field trip to Reuben H.
Fleet Science Center. They watched the
“Under the Sea” movie and participated
in various science projects and games.
We are grateful to our great Sunday
School teaching team: Deacon Paul Ger-
main, Mira Jovanovic, Natalie Germain,
Jelena Jovanovic, and Sandie Papac. We
look forward to another wonderful Sun-
day School year starting on Sunday, Sep-
tember 27, 2009.

Deacon Paul Germain

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San Diego Parish Celebrated the Church Feast Day on
Sunday, May 3, 2009

On Sunday of the myrrhbearing women, the faithful of Saint George

Serbian Orthodox parish in San Diego together with their hierarch, His
Grace Bishop Maxim and local Orthodox clergy, celebrated Church
Slava, Feast Day, with a Hierarchical Liturgy, Procession around the
church, blessing of the Slava Kolach, and a program.
A great number of parishioners, parish friends and supporters, and
parishioners from the sister parish of St. Petka gathered at the Liturgy
that started at ten o’clock in the morning. His Grace Bishop Maxim
served the Liturgy with concelebration by the following clergy: Proto-
presbyters Velimir Petakovic, Milan Vukovic, Lazar Vasiljevic, Bratso
Krsic, deacon Paul Germain, and hierodeacon Jelisej from Kovilj
monastery in Serbia. The Liturgy was truly a communion with God
and with one another; it was a true participatory event, a communal
experience of God’s presence. The choir did an excellent job leading
and incorporating people into the Church and communal worship.
In his sermon, Bishop Maxim enthusiastically shared the joy of Pascha
- victory over death, sin, and everything that keeps us from growing in
the resurrected Lord. His Grace wished a blessed Slava to all calling
them to, like myrrhbearing women, be ever ready to serve the Lord
and to share the joyous message of Christ’s resurrection.
At the invitation “in the fear of God, with faith and love, draw near”
children and adults lined up with their arms crossed on their chest and
prayerfully approached the chalice – the cup of immortality.
Following the procession around the church and blessing of the parish-
ioners, the church, the city, and those who dwell in it, the faithful pro-
ceeded to the hall for the blessing of the kolach and a festal program.
The parish priest, Protopresbyter Bratso Krsic, welcomed His Grace,
the local Orthodox clergy, Protopresbyter Ramon Merlos and deacon
Michael Creighton, the concelebrants, and those that came for the cel-
ebration. He also expressed his thanks to his two predecessors, Proto-
presbyters Velimir Petakovic and Bozidar Draskovic, for their
continued support of St. George ministries. Fr. Bratso, on behalf of St.
George parish, expressed his thanks to Mrs. Danica Vukotich, Kuma
of the Church Slava, and for her devotion, love and care for the parish.
Mr. Nemanja Selezan, the president of the Church Executive Board,
announced that the Continuing our Legacy Stewardship Campaign so
far has raised 90K and that a friend of St. George parish, Mr. Tom
Dyke, will give an interest free loan of 81K for the remodeling of the
hall and church property.
We thank the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, for His many
blessings and entreat Him through the prayers of St. George the Great-
martyr to grant the parishioners and spiritual leaders of St. George par-
ish wisdom and guidance for continued growth. Glory be to God Who
is glorified in His saints, among them, St. George the Greatmartyr.

from Western American Diocese website

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 18


Kolo Sisters
I hope that
everyone had a
nice summer
and that all
were able to
enjoy a little
rest and relax-
ation. Now
Fall is here,
and everyone’s
schedules are
getting busier
and back to normal. That goes for the
Kolo Sisters, too.
We took on the both months of August
and September for Sunday lunches, and
the contributions from those lunches is
going towards the cleaning of the church
pews, a long overdue project. It is not
only for maintenance and appearance
sake, but also for health concerns. We
thank our dear sister Vera Giles, who is
contributing the supplies and for making
arrangements for the labor and to see that
all monies collected from our lunches
will be accounted for.
Our slava is Sept. 20, and Mira
Jovanovich is the chair person. We want
to make sure we can help her in every-
way to make it a blessed event.
The church festival is also approaching
and much preparation is needed. Please
put your time and talents to good use to
help with this worthwhile and enjoyable
fund raising project. Everyone benefits.
We are making every effort to invite all
women of the parish to join Kolo—the
more the merrier. Let’s share God's love
with one another, and continue to make a
positive difference.
Now here are a few words from my
heart:
We have all heard the phrase”Love makes
the world go round.” It would be more
accurately said that ”God's love makes the
world go round.” Because of His Divine
grace, we can experience inner peace.
This peace fills us with contentment, joy,
and true love that respects life. It allows
you to experience life to the fullest. You
feel energized, you have a positive atti-
tude. You see challenging situations as
opportunities for God to work miracles in
our lives.
In turn we can then bear witness to Him
and His Glory. Don't attempt to do any-
thing with out His guidance, and as you go
about your daily routine, sing praises to
Him and glorify His name. You will feel
that inner peace. There is nothing greater
than His love. Let His light shine through
you.
May God's peace be with you and yours.
Your sister in Christ.
Sylvia Ivanovic, Kolo President
Serb National Federation
I would like to
tell you a little
about the Serb
National Federa-
tion (SNF), the
only national fra-
ternal organiza-
tion that has
worked over the
years to keep the people of Serbian
descent and their families connected to
others of like heritage all over the US
and Canada.
SNF was loosely formed 108 years ago
by some of the first Serbian immigrants
who left Europe to find a better life in our
great countries. SNF’s main goal was to
help these folks acclimate to the new
land and to come to their aid during
rough times.
As the years went by and more immi-
grants joined the growing population of
Serbs in North America, SNF was for-
mally established as a social organiza-
tion. SNF established an insurance base
that offered its members both health and
life insurance. Now you could became a
member and participant in all of its
benevolent work. And it was easy to join.
The insurance plan was 25 cents a month
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 19
for either health or life insurance. Today
SNF is a State of California regulated
insurance and savings organization.
During the 20s and 30s, SNF worked
with the Serbian Orthodox Church to
help build places of worship. Some of
these are still in use today, including the
St. Sava Church in Jackson, CA, and St
Mark’s in Lorain, OH.
When World War II ended, there were
many displaced Serbs scattered all over
Europe. SNF sponsored many of these
refugees, bringing them to the US and
Canada, finding them jobs, and helping
them find homes. Even today, political
circumstances continue to bring waves
of Serbian people to our shores, and SNF
continues to help them settle in towns
throughout the US and Canada.
Another project SNF members are very
proud to claim is the American Srbo-
bran, the oldest ethnic newspaper pub-
lished in the US. It has won several
awards for its quality. This newspaper is
still the number one connection for most
Serbs in North America. It keeps us
aware of the many social activities tak-
ing place, such as basketball, golf, and
bowling tournaments. It promotes choir
events and folklore groups to keep our
young people busy making new friends.
American Srbobran also keeps track of
important happenings in Europe and
locally that pertain to Serbian people.
SNF offers scholarships every college
season to members. It also offers mem-
bers many types of savings, insurances,
annuities, retirement accounts, and much
more.
SNF grew in membership since its
humble beginning, and today it has more
than 14,000 members and is still
growing. I would be happy to tell you
more about SNF. Just call me at 858-451-
3812, or check the internet for
information and applications for joining
at www.serbnatlfed.org. The SNF
headquarters are still at 938 Penn Ave.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Nada Pantovich
 Congratulations to Marko Ivanovic,
who is attending the Border Patrol
Academy in Artesia, New Mexico,
one of the most rigorous and
demanding law enforcement training
programs in the country. After com-
pletition, Marko will be assigned to
the Calexico station as a Border
Patrol Agent. Marko received his BA
at SDSU last year and recently com-
pleted his first year in the SDSU
graduate program in Home Land
Security. His parents, Sylvia &
Mirko Ivanovic gave Marko a going
away party in August at their home
just before he left for the Academy.
The training lasts 55 days.
Our prayers are with Ella Popovich,
who, because of her health, recently
moved from her home in San Marcos
to live with her grandson, Todd
Hebron in Temecula.
Todd writes:
Grandma is making improvements
every day, and the doctor has started
backing down some of her medica-
tions. She is working hard on her phys-
ical therapy every day and is showing
great strength and determination.
She is looking forward to another year
of holidays and seems to be very happy
as she settles into the next chapter of
her life.
Feel free to send notes and pictures for
her to my email address:
THebron@Semprautilities.com
I will print them for her to read and post
them on her bulletin board.
Father Krsic visited and blessed the
house and gave Ella a blessing of
health and happiness. Everyone at St
George sends their best wishes and
love to our beloved Ella.
Sally McKenzie Baptized at St. Herman of Alaska Serbian Orthodox Monastery,
Platina, California
On Sunday, August 16, 2009, our parish was blessed with a visit by Archimandrite
Pablo, a Greek Orthodox monk from Mexico City. Fr. Pablo served the Divine Liturgy
with Fr. Bratso on Sunday, and the following day, the two of them with a catechumen,
Sally McKenzie, and Joe Flumian went to St. Herman of Alaska monastery in northern Stewardship Sunday
California where Sally was baptized in a nearby creek. 22 November 2009
The baptism was officiated by Archimandrite Pablo, Abbot Gerasim and Fr. Bratso.
Sally received her baptismal name Anne. We congratulate our newly illumined hand-
maiden of God, Anne (Sally), and we welcome her to the Orthodox Family. God grant
you many years!

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 20

Congratulations to the Ilic family
upon the birth of Devenee Jeanne Ilic
on July 8, 2009. Grandparents are
Rosa & Petar Ilic of Ramona, and par-
ents are Boris & Chelsea Ilic.

Visit to Hollywood. “Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are
points to be scored. there are games to be won.” Luka & Anatasija Krsic and Eliza-
beth Kasic check out Dr Seuss’ Hollywood Star. A San Diego resident during his later
years, Dr. Seuss has delighted millions with his whimsical children’s books, TV spe-
cials, movies, and theatre productions.

Accidental Escort. Returning to the San

Diego from a recent trip to Serbia, Mira
Jovanovic made the acquaintance of a
young lady making her first trip to the
US—Veselinka “Veca” Mihajlovic of
Paracin. Relieved to have an experi-
enced international traveler like Mira to
link up with, imagine Veca’s surprise,
after she asked Mira if she might know
her “uncle” Misha & “aunt” Marsha Happy 103rd birthday to Ilka Puich! Ilka was born July 26, 1906 in Boka Kotor-
Jovanovic from San Diego! (“Yes, for ska and immigrated to the USA at the age of three, settling with her parents, Anna
years and years!”) As it turned out, Veca and Dusan Mandich, in Butte, Montana. She married Lazar Puich in 1929 with
was on her way to Racine, WI, to stay a whom she had two children, Virginia and Robert. In 1944, the family moved to
few months with her father’s sister, San Diego. Ilka has now resided in the same apartment building for 65 years. Ilka
Veselinka “Vicky” Petrovic (Misha’s was the oldest of the five children. Her sisters are Eda Seidel and Nina Vuk-
cousins and next door neighbors in Para- sanovich of San Diego and the late Olga O’Neil of Butte. Her brother is Milo
cin). Thank you, Mira, for taking young Mandich of Butte. Ilka has been a member of St. George since its inception. The
Veca under wing. The whole family is picture shows Ilka (on left) celebrating with family.
very grateful.

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 21

 St. George Stewards • Kukich, Branislav
From the Stewardship Chair August 30, 2009 • Kunac, Dusan and Maria
• Alemany, Lazar and Linda • Leff, Dylan
As of August 30, we have 111 families
who have made their 2009 pledge to St. • Andolsek, Tonska D. • Leff, Kathryn Thickstun
George. I have included a list of the 2009 • Aud, Matthew and Laurie • Lukich, James and Petka
stewards. If I have inadvertently left off
• Barron, Zorka • Lukic, Milos
your name or misspelled your name,
please let me know. If you are a steward, • Begovich, Michael and Samantha • Markley, Scott and Nada
you should have received a letter • Belcevich, Milos • Masic, Milenko
acknowledging your 2009 stewardship
• Benesh, Kathryn • McKenzie, Sally
pledge and the amount that our records
indicate that we have received as of June • Bulic, Branislav • Miladinovich, Ljubisav and Radmila
30. If you have any questions, please con- • Cle, Mira • Miladinovich, Miroslav
tact either Father Bratso or myself. As a
• Conner, Tom and Evelyn • Melnick, Stanley and Pauline
reminder, you can make your weekly,
monthly or yearly donations on our web- • Copic, Miro • Metrovich, Desanka
site http://saintgeorgeinsd.com. • Cronemeyer, Zorica • Mijailovic, Goran
Our yearly operating expenses are • Denton, Natalie • Mikler, Zora
approximately $175,000, about $465 per • Drakulich, Persida • Milanovich, Jennifer
day. This figure does not include any of
the costs for the renovation of the church • Draskovich, Father Bozidar and • Milasinovic, Zeljko and Marija
Protinica
property. You also should know that 100% • Miljkovic, Milan and Diane
of the operating budget comes from your • Elez, Sledjana
• Miljkovic, Miodrag and Vecki
donations. Without your donations, we • Freeman, Lillian
could not exist. • Milicevic, James and Melanie
• Fulton, Jeff and Radmila
I encourage each and every one of you to • Milicevic, Nikola and Nada
• Gavrilov, Gleb and Svetlana
make your 2009 pledge if you have not • Milovancev, Miroslav and Mira
already done so. • Germain, Deacon Paul and Djakonica
Natalija • Mitrovich, Jelena
The concept of stewardship is not new to • Mitrovich, Predrag
St. George. One of our past Presidents, • Grba, Svetozar and Christine
Wayne Papac, introduced the program • Gregovich, Ljubica • Mrja, Millie
more than ten years ago. Stewardship is • Grijakovic, Vladomir • Nedic, Sava and Spomenka
the giving of Time, Talent, and Treasurers. • Nikolic, Dragan and Gordana
With your faith and support, we continue • Hyduke, David
to build on this concept. Being a steward • Ilic, Boris • Novakovic, Drago and Dana
of St. George is more than making a finan- • Ilic, Petar and Rosa • Papac, Wayne and Sandie
cial commitment to the Church. Of • Pantich, Toma and Jelena
course, we need your financial commit- • Irick, Olga
ment to keep the church doors open every • Ivanovic, Mirko, Sylvia, Marko and • Pantovich, Nada
Sunday, but being a steward is also some- Gina • Petakovich, Father Velimir and
one who gives of their time and your tal- • Jaich, Dennis and Rhonda Protinica
ent. Painting the flag pole, cooking meals, • Petric, Alex
• Jojic, Dobrinka
teaching Sunday School, these are all con-
tributions that you can pledge as a stew- • Jojic, Vesko and Julie
ard. • Jovanovic, Martha
Continuing Our Legacy
• Jovanovic, Milivoj and Verica
Lydia Petric Rhoads, Stewardship Pledges
• Jovanovic, Misha
Chairperson See page 15 for a list of
• Jovanovic, Velimir and Mira those who have committed to
• Kennedy, Ken and Sonia our captial fund raising
• Kinach, Alex and Seka program. It is not too late.
You, too, can make a pledge
• Kostic, Tordis for our future.
• Krsic, Father Bratso and Protinica

VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 22

• Petric, Milovan and Jelena
• Plavsic, Mara-Seja
• Plavsic, Milan and Ljubica
• Popa, Cornelia
• Popovich, Dolly
• Popovich, Ella
• Popovich, Vojkan and Nada
• Pugh, Zachary and Milica
• Purlia, Sam and Gloria
• Radjenovic, Mirjana and Milica
• Radojevich, Dan and Vesna
• Radojevich, Protinica Nada
• Radovanovic, Dragoslav and Ljiljana
• Raicevic, Vladimir and Silvana
• Rakic, Marko and Vera
• Rhoads, Howard and Lydia
• Rhoads, Michael
• Saathoff, Ron and Stephany
• Savchuk, Nikolaj and Olga
• Selezan, Nemanja and Lindsay Boyce
• Serder, Sophie
• Skaljac, George and Bernadette
• Smith, Justin and Zorana
• Srbich, Alexander and Mrs.
• Srdanovic, Tom
• Stanojevic, Andja
• Tepavcevich, Ladislav
• Trifunovic, Vladan and Milica
• Trifunovich, Robert and Simona
• Undheim, Robert and Dobrila
• Vasich, Branko and Ruja
• Vasic, Milica
• Vladic, Milorad and Vladanka
• Vlasovich, Milanka
• Vukotich, Danica
• Vukotich, John and Jean
• Vukotich, Stefan and May
• Vuksanovic, Dusan
• Vulovich, Filip
• Wright, Sean and Svenja
• Zivkovic, Jovan and Tina
President of Tesla Memorial Society, Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, visited St. George with
his son, Marko Vujovic, and other local Serbian activists August 9. With his friend,
Dr. Vojin Joksimovic, he donated to the church a banner carried by surviving Amer-
ican pilots in the military parade desert Storm in New York City. The story of this
amazing event was recently published in The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of
the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Greg-
ory A. Freeman, which is available in both English and Serbian languages. The ban-
ner was made by Ilija Jaksic, businessman from Ridgewood, New York and
honored by Dr. Ljubo Vujovic. With the banner, from left to right: Mrs. Natasa Dje-
kic, Mrs. Nada Joksimovic (Serbian activist), Marko Vujovic (Web Designer, Tesla
Memorial Society of New York), V. Rev. Bratislav Krsic, Dr. Ljubo Vujovic (Pres-
ident, Tesla Memorial Society of New York), and Dr. Vojin Joksimovic (journalist,
writer and former President of Serbian Unity Congress).
Why we want you to sign Stewardship & Continuing Our Legacy Cards
Our Church Executive Board has estab- and it makes keeping track of
lished two programs for which we ask committments easier for the stewardship
you to sign a committment card: 1) chair.
St George Stewardship and 2) the Con- Also, please earmark your dona-
tinuing Our Legacy Capital Campaign. tions—tell us how you want the donation
Here are reasons this is important: to be allocated. On an envelope or check
(in the memo area), for example, mark
• When we sign the stewardship card and
stewardship, candles, bookstore, memo-
bring it to the church on Stewardship
rial, Legacy fund, etc. If necessary, we
Sunday, the act itself becomes a spiritual
endeavor. It is no longer just another thing can contact parishioners to clarify a par-
we do; but rather it is an act of worship and ticular donation, but that makes extra
I would even say a liturgical act of offering work for our already busy volunteers.
ourselves to God. This is one of the Thank you all very much and God bless
beautiful realities of our Faith—looking at
you as you prayerfully pledge yourself as
our life and eveyrthing we do as as a way
a St George Steward and/or pledge sup-
of sanctifying our life and the life of those
around us. port to the Continuing Our Legacy cam-
paign.
• And on a practical level, if a parishioner
signs a card, it makes tracking/recording
donations easier for the church treasurer Father Bratso Krsic
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 23

United, We Celebrate The All-
Holy Spirit!
Towards the beginning of 1991, when
the Holy Synod (Patriarch German was
already bedridden, as Patriarch Pavle is
today) decided by the grace of God, with
Serbian seriousness and pastoral respon-
sibility, that our unfortunate church
schism in America should be resolved
and surpassed, we wrote that the
Diaspora has for a long time been the
most complex problem of the entirety of
Orthodoxy, and for that reason it has
been included on the agenda of the future
Great Council of the Orthodox Church.
We also said at that time that the experi-
ence of Diaspora in the Church, either
with the Jews in the Old Testament or
with the Christians in the New, that is to
say the Church, is not something evil in
itself. It is an unavoidable and at the
same time a providential challenge for
God? Israel, both the old and the new,
that is, for the Jewish people and the
Church of Christ.
The Diaspora reminds all of us, as the
community of the people of God in his-
tory moving on the path towards the
Heavenly Kingdom, of the traveling and
crucified status of the Church in this
world and age: We are in the world but
we are not of this world. we are in the
House of God, but the Dispensa-
tion—the building up of the House of
God which is the Church—is still in
progress and continuing. God’s King-
dom is already present in the Church, but
as Christians we are also simultaneously
still on the path towards the Kingdom,
the Heavenly Homeland of us all.
The Diaspora poses to the Orthodox
Church two important questions: the
question of verification of our correct
ecclesiological understanding, our living
experience of the Church, and the ques-
tion of the mission of the Church in the
world. The Diaspora in the West was and
still remains a missionary territory of
Orthodoxy. Especially, North and South
America still remain missionary territo-
ries.The Diaspora presents a vital prob-
lem of Orthodox Ecclesiology to all the
Autocephalous Orthodox Churches
—one which we have apparently, under
the influence of recent world and
national political history, begun to forget
about. Namely, that the fundamental
organizational principle of the ancient
Church of the East—the Church was
born in the East and the Gospels were
spread through out the world from the
East, as St. Basil theGreat and the
Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Coun-
cil remind us—was always geographi-
cal; not by nationality or state, but
regional, local, that is, concretely
lived. When, in the last few centu-
ries, we hear the word Local
Church, we usually understand
this as National Church (or even
as certain Catholic theologians
will maliciously say: State
Church.)
In the ancient Church, however,
the Local Church meant the
Church of the respective
place—of the city, territory, or
land, regardless of the nationality,
race or color of the faithful who
live there. This understanding had
two important consequences.
Firstly, from this derived one of
the foundational and unchange-
able canons of the ancient
Church, formulated at the First
Ecumenical Council in Canon 8:
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2008 24
two Bishops cannot be in one city but
only one (see the 35th Apostolic Canon
and the 16th Canon of the First-second
council). That one bishop in one city
(usually including its vicinity) was
bishop of all the faithful of that city and
area, with no regard to ethnic or other
make-up.
In the centuries-old history of the Ortho-
dox Church and of the Orthodox
Churches, dioceses never overlapped,
nor were they coexisting on the same
geographical territory. The establish-
ment of two or more Diocesan Churches
in the same city or same area would be
ecclesiological nonsense, for that would
be a denial of the fact that the Church of
God is One and undivided. There were
exceptions in rare instances, for example
in the seventh century when the Arch-
bishop of Cyprus, because of an invasion
by barbarians, fled together with his
clergy and people to the region of Asia
Minor, to Kizik (near the Dardanelles),
and they organized themselves as a sepa-
rate Church on the territory of the Patri-
archate of Constantinople, but this was
permitted only until the liberation of
Cyprus, which occurred soon afterwards.
Or another instance, modeled after the
former, when the Serbian Church
allowed Russian refugees to organize
themselves with their clergy and people
on the territory of the Serbian Patriarch-
ate (with headquarters in Sremski Karlo-
vci).
In our proposal of 1991 aimed at over-
coming the schism in America, written
and adopted at that time with the bless-
ings of the Holy Synod, it was suggested
and was accepted by the Assembly that
liturgical fellowship, canonical-eucha-
ristic concelebration and communion be
reestablished in the Diaspora, but that the
overlapping of parishes and Dioceses
should remain only temporarily, that is,
that administrative unity would not be
reestablished immediately. From this, we
could not have and should not have con-
cluded that this state of affairs, which
was allowed to continue in our Diaspora
only through extreme pastoral economia,
should be made permanent and consid-
ered normal.
On the contrary, that status should have
been resolved long ago, and full canoni-
cal and administrative unity should have
been established through a restructuring
of the Dioceses, that is, that parishes in
one particular region, in one episcopal
unit—Diocese, be under one Bishop who
is in liturgical and canonical unity with
the other Orthodox Bishops (in this case
of our Autocephalous Serbian Church,
until all of our Holy Patriarch and
Assembly, just this May at the Holy
Assembly of Bishops of our Church, on
the feast day of St. John the Evangelist
and Theologian, 21/8 May, this liturgi-
cal-canonical and administrative unity
was finally realized, and we should thank
with all our hearts, souls and minds our
Chief Shepherd Christ the Savior and the
Inspirer the Holy Spirit, the Comforter,
that this was accepted by all of our Bish-
ops, both those in America and all the
rest of the members of the Holy Assem-
bly of Bishops.
There never was, and especially now,
there is no serious ecclesiastical, Ortho-
dox, nor Serbian reason that the previous
temporary state of disunion of not being
under one Bishop in one region should
last any longer. Anyone who would bring
into question the ecclesiological, the
church-strengthening value of this deci-
sion by this year’s Assembly, would only
demonstrate their petty, narrow-minded,
personal or group fearfulness and self-
centeredness, their un-Christian and
anti-church intolerance and, in the final
analysis, their church-destroying hatred
for their brothers. The soul-destroying
schism, as the Holy Abba Justin with
tears and prayerful lamentations used to
call it, the schism which brought poison
and drowning to the souls of our brothers
of the same faith and blood, is over and
done with, and no trace of it can be
allowed to remain.
In this year unified and unanimous deci-
sion of the entire Assembly of Bishops
there is no victory or defeat. There are no
victors or vanquished for it demonstrates
a church-building consciousness, an
Orthodox conscience and a brotherly and
salvific love in Christ our Savior towards
all. Our brethren Serbs in America, truly
ecclesiastically and Orthodox, by this
church-building unity and love, by the
act and deed of their full unity in Christ
by the grace of the Holy Spirit to the
glory of God the Father and for our sal-
vation, are also giving an example to the
other Orthodox Christians. For, as St.
Bishop Nikolai said in America itself
back in the 50s, a day is coming when the
full unity and missionary activity of
Orthodoxy in the New World will be
made manifest to us all. And this truly
ecclesial and missionary activity has
appeared through this event in America
and in the Church of Saint Sava and
Saint Nikolai, in the Church of the New
Martyrs, hieraches, and faithful of our
Cross-bearing people.
And also our brethren the Russians
recently created this unity (except for a
small number of individuals, or little
groups poisoned with hate), and we
Serbs helped them in attaining this, for
we became for them a model of reconcil-
iation and unity. God grant that we may
be a model to the other Orthodox mani-
festing the conciliar-catholic nature of
the Orthodox Church of God, which by
its full liturgical-canonical unity reveals
its Liturgical and Missionary essence in
the unity of the faith and in the commu-
nion of the Holy Spirit, as we confess at
the Divine Liturgy before the Commu-
nion of all in the Heavenly Bread and the
Cup of Life Eternal.
According to the God-inspired Psalmist:
Behold how good and how pleasant it is
when brothers dwell together in unity! It
is then that we all may with one mouth
and one heart glorify and hymn the all-
honorable Name of the Holy Trinity, the
Eternal Assembly—the Archetype of the
Unity of the Church. And it is then that
we all may commune from the One
Bread and One Cup, and thus visibly
confess and announce that we are living
members of the One Body of Christ the
God-man and Savior of us all and of the
entire world (1 Cor. 10: 16-17).
By the way, we would add that at this
Holy Assembly the oneness of spirit and
of mind of the Fathers of our Church was
revealed in that there was no more
unnecessary mention of the inappropri-
ate questions of the so-called old and
new ways of serving, for at the meeting
it was said that we all serve the one and
same Divine Service, even though there
might be variations in certain details, as
there always have been and there are in
the living and life-creating Church of
Christ from the East throughout the ages,
just as there is one Gospel of Christ even
though there are four Evangelists, and in
them, just as in the Orthodox Liturgies
and there are four of them as well there
appears a polyphonic symphony and a
symphonic polyphony of the Holy Pen-
tecostal, fiery spirit-filled Grace of the
Spirit, the Comforter of the Church, Who
calls all to unity.
The unity of the Church, in a grace-filled
unity of concelebration and communion
in the Divine Eucharist, and a canonical
unity of administration, where all things
are done decently and in order (1 Cor.
14:40), from Pentecost to today, and
from Jerusalem to America, was always
a gift and event of the presence and
action of the Holy Spirit in the Church of
the Apostles and Fathers, of the Martyrs
and faithful successors of the Lamb of
God, Whose Church is the Body of the
God-Man, Community in One Spirit, the
House of the Living God, the Pillar and
Foundation of Truth, of salvation, of
Resurrection, of Life eternal.
Bishop Atanasije Yevtich
Holy Pentecost, 2009

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Project Mexico Summer Groups
from PA
Father Michael Kallaur, a Greek Ortho-
dox priest from the Pittsburgh, PA, and
dear friend of Millie Mrja (she calls him
“son”), brought a small group of young
people from three different churches in
the Pittsburgh area to do a short-term
work assignment for Project Mexico in
Tijuana this summer.
Father Michael has been bringing youth
groups to Project Mexico for 12 years
now. His groups are typically drawn
from Orthodox churches in the Pitts-
burgh area, usually number 40-50 peo-
ple, and cost about $1000 per person.
The young people raise their own fund-
ing to come on the trip. Father Michael
makes the arrangements to get the
groups here, transport them by bus or
van to Tijuana, then to manage the work
crews.
Project Mexico began in Orange County,
California, through the efforts of Greg-
ory Yova, Founder and Executive Direc-
tor. Greg was alarmed by the
increasingly desperate plight of youth in
North America which directly affects
society as a whole. In the Fall of 1988,
Project Mexico developed from Greg's
desire to provide young people an oppor-
tunity to look beyond themselves and
reach out personally to those in need.
Greg felt compelled to get them involved
in the relief of suf-
fering in neigh-
boring Mexico.
Though geo-
graphically close,
Mexico is a Third
World country
and has a great
need for basic
human services.
In 1988, the goal
was simply to
help some strug-
gling families
make a better life
for themselves by
providing them with secure, safe, perma- Over the years many groups have come
nent homes. “The work caught on like and worked exclusively at the orphan-
wild fire as more people experienced the age, helping us to complete a great num-
joy of giving in a hands-on way,” accord- ber of important projects.
ing to Yova. By 1991, Yova was spend-
ing three weekends a month in Mexico Father Michael said the attendance was
with volunteer groups from Southern down this year because of the “H1N1”
California. Then, in 1992, he received a scare, the stories of violence in Mexico,
call from a group in Chicago who wanted the economy, and new service project
to come build a home. opportunities for the young people in the
PA area. Nevertheless, even a small
In 1992, Greg quit his “day job” to fully group can help, and the overall impact of
organize the group and give it his total the experience on the individual is still
attention. In 1990, Project Mexico began completely stunning.
coordinating with a group of Mexicans
to establish an orphanage for teenage “Living a week in Mexico, being isolated
boys in Tijuana. This effort to address a from the common luxuries of our lives,
critical social problem was a natural out- being able to observe first hand the living
growth of our goal to relieve suffering in conditions of those less fortunate, gives
Mexico. everyone a new perspective. And this
can become a stepping stone to doing
After extensive other missionary work in other places
labors to receive around the world,” Father Michael adds.
official approval
from the Mexi- St George young people participated in a
can government, project in November 2008, and on sev-
St. Innocent eral other occasions. They also confirm
Orphanage the effect Father Michael mentions: that
opened its doors the experience gives you a new perspec-
in September tive to be acting upon Christ’s command-
1996. At that ment to care for the poor.
point, the
orphanage began For more information about Project
serving as the Mexico, check their website:
home base for projectmexico.org or call Greg Yova at
Project Mexico 619.426.4610.
where groups
eat, sleep, pray
and can be a part Marsha Jovanovic
of the boys' lives.
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Anniversary of Operation Storm
marked
BELGRADE, Aug. 6—The Serbian peo-
ple and the Serbian Orthodox Church
today marked the 14th anniversary since
a Croat military onslaught on the coun-
try's Serb area of Krajina that ended in
the murder of more than 2,000 people.
The attack, known as Operation Storm,
also saw over 200,000 Serbs driven out
of Croatia as refugees.
The Veritas center for documentation
and information says that in the former
Sector South alone 22,000 Serb homes
were pillaged, demolished or set on fire.
The 1995 assault came despite the fact
that the area was under UN protection.
In Belgrade's St. Mark’s Church the dead
were remembered in a memorial service,
followed by a commemoration for the
fallen Serbs in Croatia. President Boris
Tadic was in attendance.
Several dozen refugees traveled from
Serbia to their hometowns in Croatia,
where they too attended services in
rebuilt Serbian Orthodox churches. Then
they were to place flowers along Petro-
vacka Road, along which they fled to
become refugees 14 years ago.
In Belgrade on Monday, President Boris
Tadic said the return of refugees, prob-
lems concerning the return of Serb prop-
erty in Croatia, and the exhumation and
identification of the victims are the
issues that must be resolved as part of
improving the overall relations between
Serbia and Croatia.
Tadic met with a delegation of the Asso-
ciation of Families of the Missing and
Killed in Croatia.
The delegation informed him about their
problems and expressed dissatisfaction
because the exhumation and identifica-
tion of the victims of the war in Croatia
is proceeding slowly.
According to the delegation's figures,
some 2,230 Serbs are still listed as miss-
ing in Croatia.
Following the cleansing of Serbs from
the Krajina, Croatia declared the date of
Operation Storm a national holiday
which is celebrated every year in that
country.
DAILY PRAYER FOR PEACE
We thank Thee, Master and Lover of mankind, King of the ages and giver of all
good things, for destroying the dividing wall of enmity and granting peace
to those who seek thy mercy. We appeal to Thee to awaken the longing for a
peaceful life in all those who are filled with hatred for their neighbors,
thinking especially of those at war or preparing for war. Grant peace to
thy servants. Implant in them the fear of Thee and confirm in them love one
for another. Extinguish every dispute and banish all temptations to
disagreement. For Thou art our peace and to Thee we ascribe glory: to the
Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto ages
of ages. Amen.
We pray, Lord our God, for all those who suffer from acts of war, especially
for the victims and all those in the struggle in
[............................]. We pray for thy peace and thy mercy in the
midst of the great suffering that people are now inflicting on each other.
Accept the prayers of thy Church, so that by thy goodness peace may return
to all peoples. Hear us and have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Lord our God, remember and have mercy on our brothers and sisters who are
involved in every civil conflict. Remove from their midst all hostility,
confusion and hatred. Lead everyone along the path of reconciliation and
peace, we pray You, hear us and have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.
Let all believers turn aside from violence and do what makes for peace. By
the strength of thy mighty arm save thy people and thy Holy Church from
all evil oppression; hear the supplications of all who call to Thee in sorrow
and affliction, day and night. Merciful God, let their lives not be lost, we
pray Thee, hear us and have mercy.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.
But grant, O Lord, peace, love and speedy reconciliation to thy people whom
Thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make thy presence known to
those who have turned away from Thee and do not seek Thee, so that none of
them may be lost, but all may be saved and come to the knowledge of the
truth, so that everyone, in true love and harmony, O long-suffering Lord,
may praise thine all holy Name. Amen.
VOICE OF ST. GEORGE • AUTUMN 2009 27
Karl Malden, 97 years old, passes away
in Los Angeles
Karl Malden died July 1, 2009 in Los
Angeles. An Academy Award-winning
American actor, Malden had a career that
spanned more than seven decades, fea-
turing dozens of classic films and even
more television roles.
He was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chi-
cago on March 22, 1912, the son of an
immigrant mother from the nation that
later became Czechoslovakia and a Ser-
bian father, who was a milkman. Malden
spoke little English until his family
moved from their Serbian enclave in
Chicago to the steel-mill town of Gary,
Indiana, when he was 5.
Malden's father staged Serbian plays at
church and in Serbian organizations in
Gary. As a teenager, Malden often
appeared in them and in plays in high
school. He also played high school bas-
ketball. After graduating high school in
1931, he spent three years working in a
steel mill before deciding to enroll in the
Goodman School of Drama at the Art
Institute of Chicago.
At the school, he underwent strenuous
training to rid himself of the remains of
his Slavic accent. After graduating from
Goodman in 1937, he worked briefly as
a milkman in Gary, then headed for New
York with $175 in savings.
In Manhattan, he met Harold Clurman
and Elia Kazan of the Group Theater, a
legendary repertory company. Kazan,
who would play a prominent role in
Malden's stage and film career, urged
young Mladen Sekulovich to change his
name. The actor devised his stage name
by taking his maternal grandfather's first
name Karl then turning Mladen into
Malden.
Malden often found ways to say “Seku-
lovich” in films and television shows in
which he appeared. For example, as
General Omar Bradley in Patton, as his
troops slog their way through enemy fire
in Sicily, Malden says “Hand me that
helmet, Sekulovich” to another soldier.
In Dead Ringer, as a police detective in
the squad room, Malden tells another
detective: “Seku-
lovich, gimme
my hat.” In Fear
Strikes Out,
Malden, playing
Jimmy Piersall's
father John,
introduces
Jimmy to a base-
ball scout named
Sekulovich. In
Birdman of Alca-
traz, as a prison
warden touring
the cell block,
Malden recites a
list of inmates' Rade & Jelena Plavsic, Karl Malden, Misha Jovanovic, & Carla Malden
names, including Sekulovich. Perhaps A few years later, we rented one of Karl
the most notable usage of his real name Malden’s lesser known movies called
was in the TV series The Streets of San Twilight Time, the bittersweet tale of out-
Francisco. Malden's character in the pro- migration in a small village in Slovenia.
gram, Mike Stone, employed a legman Again, the talented star portrayed his eth-
(played by Art Metrano) with that name, nicity with honor and authenticity in this
who did various errands. Also, in On the touching story.
Waterfront, in which Malden plays the
priest, among the names of the officers of In 1997, Karl Malden published his auto-
Local 374 called out in the courtroom biography, When Do I Start? My wife
scene is Mladen Sekulovich, Delegate. Marsha had already bought the book for
me when she noticed he and his daughter
In 1938, he married Mona Graham; they Carla would be in La Jolla at a book sign-
remained together until Malden's death, ing. So now after so many years of
more than 70 years. They had two admiring him as an actor, I was able to
daughters, Carla and Mila. meet him in person.
Karl Malden and me... an immigrant With Rade and Jelena Plavsic, we spent
remembers at least half an hour chatting with this
Almost 40 years ago, as a college student unbelievable man. I was so surprised he
in former Yugoslavia, every week I was spoke fluent Serbian even though he was
watching what most of the country con- born in America. And just like so many
sidered the most exciting TV show of all of the characters he had played in movies
time: The Streets of San Francisco, star- and TV, he was down-to-earth, friendly,
ring Karl Malden. He made us Serbs feel and sincere—a real gentleman.
so proud even if he had changed his real
name from Mladen Sekulovic. As we were leaving, he put his long arms
around all of us together and said: Mi
Shortly after my arrival in the San Diego, smo svi Srbi (We are all Serbs). What an
USA, in late 1979, I was happy to find unforgettable moment. I will truly miss
our “golden boy” starring in another TV this great American Serb who, in spite of
series called Skag, the story of Pete his huge success, never forgot his heri-
“Skag” Skagska, a 56-year old foreman tage.
in a Pittsburgh steel mill, and his way-
ward family. It only lasted for 10 epi- Vjecnaja Pamjat!
sodes, but to me, a new immigrant, it
again made me proud as I identified with
the problems the series illustrated with Misha Jovanovic
the immigrant life and, of course,
because its star was so obviously Serb.
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 Time to visit home

THE HOUSE
Along with the first false sun
We got a visit from Agim
The woodman from near Pristina
He brought us two red apples
Wrapped in a scarf
And the news that he'd finally got a
house.
At last you've a roof over your head, You've four walls at least
Agim
I've not even got four walls
No, no roof All I have is a house like I said
The wind tore it off
The rest will be easy
You've a door and windows then
—Vasko Popa
No door and no windows either
The winter carried them away

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