A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

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- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Available Back Issues 1997

SERB WORLD U.S.A. November/December 1997 vol. XIV, no. 2

  • "Gary: Of Serbs and Steel, Part I: The Early Years" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "Living in Old Gary...from the federal census of 1910" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Danica and Zora...beloved names from ancient Slavic myths" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Apricot Torta" by Eva Romanowski
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Last Ring of the 'Rafters' " a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "And Heaven and Nature Sing" Christmas poems from the B. Petranovic collection of Serbian songs from Bosnia and Hercegovina, 1870
  • "Learning English 100 Years Ago: 'At Work and with Friends' " a series by Vivian Kolias
  • "Remembering True Love" by Marco Trbovich
  • "Danitza Ilitsch: A Forgotten Serbian Heroine" by Anka Dudukovich Whelan
  • "The Odyssey of Pero Adamovich" by Paul Adams, Sr.
  • "Christmas in the Old Military Frontier" adapted from the work of Simeon Curic, 1934. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "A Christmas Carol of the Military Frontier" from Simeon Curic, 1934
  • "Old Homes of 'Stari Kraj'—Thatch and Brick in the Morava-Vardar" by Dr. Jovan Cvijic, 1922. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.

SERB WORLD U.S.A. September/October 1997 vol. XIV, no. 1

  • "A Muted Meter" by William Jovanovich
  • "Master of the Double Play: Pecky Suder" by Philip D. Hart
  • "Joost to Suder to Fain" a poem by Dick Armstrong
  • "John Miljus—'Big Serb'—Early Hurler in the 1927 World Series" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Old-Fashioned Lemon Pudding Cake" by Trudi Kosich
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Vatra Ziva" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Memories of Marija: Uros Predic's Niece, Stevan Mokranjac's Wife" by Milan A. Radivoyevitch, M. D.
  • "Artist Uros Predic (1857-1953)" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Composer Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac (1856-1914)" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "The Bus Trip" by Georgina Setencich Stevenson
  • "Old Homes of 'Stari Kraj'—Stone Houses of the Balkans" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "The Adriatic Coast and the Karst" by Dr. Jovan Cvijic, 1922. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "The Hearth in Serbian Tradition" based on the work of P. Z. Petrovic
  • "The Stone Houses of the Bay of Kotor" by Father Sava Nakicenovic, 1913. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "Letters from Home" the full collection of Stevan Kosich letters from 1904 to 1911" from the Kosich "Srbin iz Like"Collection. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.

SERB WORLD U.S.A. July/August 1997 vol. XIII, no. 6

  • "Serbdom" by William Jovanovich
  • "Natalie: Boston’s Star Co-Anchor and Reporter" by Mary Nicklanovich Hart
  • "Arizona’s NemanjaLodge: Founded in Bisbee in 1905" by Mary Nicklanovich Hart
  • "Mount Lovcen: Crowned by the 'Mountain Wreath' " by George J. Vuckovich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Fish Morava Style" by Mary Nicklanovich
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Balkan Troubadours, VeseliBrdjani, Mokranjac"a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Letters from Home: from Zaluznica, Lika, 1906" from the Kosich "Srbin iz Like"Collection
  • "Learning English 100 Years Ago: 'Sending Money to Stari Kraj' "a series by Vivian Kolias
  • "The Kujachich Endowment for Balkan Studies at Berkeley" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Telling Serbian Tales: About Humorous Anecdotes" by Chedo Mijatovich, 1914
  • "Tales of Heraand Hodza"adapted from works by Chedo Mijatovich, Nada Curcija-Prodanovic, and others
  • "Old Homes of 'Stari Kraj'—Log Houses of the Balkans" by Dr. Jovan Cvijic, 1922. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.

SERB WORLD U.S.A. May/June 1997 vol. XIII, no. 5

  • "Vidovdan and Kosovo: The Serbian Legacy and the Ancient Slavs" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "Dan Bukovich: All-American from the Iron Range" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "Kordunke: 'Two ‘Cents’ of Money' " by Father George A. Petrovich, translated by Grace Arnokovich
  • "My Best Friend: Sam Glush" by Vida Kovacevich Glush
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Tamburasiin Old Baltimore" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Baba’sChicken and Rice" by Mary Nicklanovich
  • "Dimitrije Djordjevic’s Scars and Memory"a book review by Nicholas V. Vucinich
  • "Letters from Home" from the Kosich "Srbin iz Like"Collection, letter from Lika, 1906
  • "Sisters in Southern California: Persida Ukropina and Bernice Basich " by Jo-an Barnett
  • "My Mother’s Kitchen" by Lubitsa Nenadovich
  • "The Press Maravich Story" by Philip D. Hart
  • "The Glory of Byzantium: an exhibition at the Metropolitan" by Serb World U.S.A.staff

SERB WORLD U.S.A. March/April 1997 vol. XIII, no. 4

  • "The Last Frontier" by William Jovanovich
  • "Letters from Home" from the Kosich "Srbin iz Like"Collection, letters from Mostar, 1906. Translated by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Vila:The Serbian Fairy" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Fairy Mountain 'Vilina Gora' "a tale from Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic, translation by Glisho Suzic
  • "Songs of the Vila"from the collections of B. Petranovic and Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Milan Verni" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Milan Verni Discography" by Milan Opacich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Walnut Shortbread Pie— Pita sa orasima"by Mary Nicklanovich
  • "Vojvodina" adapted from an article in Jugoslavija(1921)
  • "Odyssey to a Ph.D." by Mitchell Soso, Ph.D.
  • "Learning English 100 Years Ago: 'At the Bank' " a series by Vivian Kolias
  • "Aliquippa: Of Serbs and Steel, Part III: Conclusion" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "Stella’s Story" by Milly Vincic
  • "Aliquippa and Sports" by Serb World U.S.A.staff

SERB WORLD U.S.A. January/February 1997 vol. XIII, no. 3

  • "Sokol:The Slavic Falcon Movement" by Mary Nicklanovich Hart
  • "Serbian Sokol Songs"
  • "Alex Pupich: Air Force Falcon Tradition Continued" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "St. Sava Monastery, We Are Here" by Yvonne Trbovich Orlich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Steaks and Wieners in Catsup Sauce" by Mary Nicklanovich
  • "Nick Vosovic: The Man, My Father" by Lawrence Vosovic
  • "Serbian Christmas at Sharkey’s" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Zerbes’ Balkan Orchestra and Sar Planina"a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Stevan Zerbes Discography" by Milan Opacich
  • "Sage: Precious Herb of the Balkans" by Michael D. Nicklanovich
  • "War in North Russia: Lazo Obradovic and the 339th" by Philip D. Hart
  • "Aliquippa: Of Serbs and Steel, Part II" by Michael D. Nicklanovich

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Milos Rastovic

Milos Rastovic was born in Sombor, Serbia where he finished elementary and Gymnasium. His father, Ilija Rastovic, was a Professor in Gymnasium high school and poet who published eight books of poetry. Zivka Rastovic, his mother, worked in the insurance business. Rastovic earned a Bachelor Degree at the University of Belgrade, Department of Philosophy, with a work: “Eternal Recurrence of the Same in Nietzsche’s Philosophy.” After graduation, he was a Professor of Philosophy for eight years in high schools in Sombor. While teaching, he created thefirst philosophy website of its kind in Serbia to make philosophy more interesting and approachable for students. He earned his Masters Degree in Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. He is a member of many professional societies in philosophy and political sciences and Slavic studies. He has presented papers at numerousacademic conferences and publishedarticles and reviews of books in the United States, Canada, and many European countries.

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The Prologue of Ohrid

St Nikolai of Zica (Velimirovic) (1880-1956) has been called the "Serbian Chrysostom" for his theological depth and golden-tongued eloquence. Now for the first time, a complete and unabridged English translation of St. Nikolai's Prologue of Ohrid has been made available. St. Nikolai's Prologue has become a much-loved spiritual classic for Orthodox Christians worldwide. An inspirational source-book of the Orthodox Faith, it contains within its pages a summation of the Church's wisdom and Her experience of sanctity through the Grace of Jesus Christ. Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies are presented for every day of the year. St. Nikolai's beautiful Hymns have never before appeared in English.

The text of this 1,450-page magnum opus of St. Nikolai has been translated from the Serbian and edited by clergy and monastics of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America.

In two volumes, hardbound, with full-color dust jackets.
New 2nd Edition 2008
Volume I: January to June, 650 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-0-4)
Volume II: July to December, 704 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-1-2)

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