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.
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Available Back Issues 2002

SERB WORLD U.S.A. November/December 2002 vol. XIX, no. 2

  • "Dalmatia: A Land of Natural Beauty" by Heinrich Noe (1892), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "The Long Adriatic Shore," a map drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "California Memories of Family and Friends" by Blanche Banjanin Sutton
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Down Memory Lane, Part I" 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: "Cookies for Christmas: Birds' Nests, Pticije gnezde"
  • "America 1916: Help for Bosnia and Hercegovina" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "An Old Letter Tells a Story about a Serbian Society of Oakland" a 1916 letter courtesy of Chedo Chuchkovich, translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "Christmas in Vojvodina: Bozic 1891" by Antonije Hadzic (1891), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "From Montenegro to Michigan: Mitar and Violet Glusac, Part I" a memoir by their children, edited by Ann Glusac Oklejas and Michael Glusac
  • "People of the Adriatic: Hajduks in the Hinterland, Merchants on the Sea" by Jovan Cvijic (c. 1927), translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "The Dinaric Area," a map drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "The Serbian Bokelji Brotherhood of Montana, 1909-1910" by Serb World U.S.A.staff

SERB WORLD U.S.A. September/October 2002 vol. XIX, no. 1

  • "Through the Mountains of Zumberak: An Uskok Refuge" by Dragutin Hirc (1900), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "Map of Zumberak" drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "More about Zumberak" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Quarantines and the Balkans" by Dr. Mirko Drazen (1962), translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "America 1916: Help for Bosnia and Hercegovina" 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: "Potatoes and Sour Cream:Krompir sa kiselom pavlakom"
  • "Pioneer Aviator: Mitchell Miskovich" from Spiro Radonich with research by Antone Golemac
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Building Tamburas, Preserving the Art" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • Christmas Gift Ideas, 2002
  • "Breaking the Magic Spell" a Serbian folk tale from Vuk Karadzic, translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "'Milosh Obilich' and the Serbian Societies of Chicago" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "The Serbian Singing Society 'Obilich' of Chicago" by Milan Vlajsavljevich (1934)
  • "Transhumance: Some Remembrances from My Childhood" by Wayne S. Vucinich

SERB WORLD U.S.A. July/August 2002 vol. XVIII, no. 6

  • "Along the Kupa River: Through the Old Military Frontier" by Milan Senoa (1900), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "Map of the Kupa River Region" drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "Foods at the Crossroads in the Lands of the South Slavs" from the work of Borivoje Drobnjakovic (1925), translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Lazy Pie or Lenja Pita"
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Another Life: Tamburitza and Classical Music" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "The Serbs Settle Gomirje and the Dobra River Valley" by Milan Radeka (1975), translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "Joe T. Milloy: His Integrity Was Peerless" by Vic Lumovich
  • "Seven Miles from the 'Old Country'" a short story by Milla Zenovich Logan
  • "McKeesport's Serbs and Their Many Firsts" by Serb World U.S.A.staff

SERB WORLD U.S.A. May/June 2002 vol. XVIII, no. 5

  • "The Highlands: The Kapelas to the Sea" by Dragutin Hirc (1900), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "Map of the Highlands Area" drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "More about the Highlands Area" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Nina Zobenica: A Young Woman of Many Accomplishments" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: 'Tamburitza Testimonials' of 1969 and 1970" 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: "Adriatic-Style Grilled Chicken"
  • "Serbian Parties and Laughter" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Vaso Pelagic on Laughter and Social Gatherings" by Vaso Pelagic (1879), translated by by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "The Serbs of Farrell: The Great Depression, World War II, and a New Era" by John Kasich
  • "War Veterans among the Serbs of Farrell" compiled from memory by Nick and Sylvester Gracenin
  • "Becoming Americans: American Naturalization and the Great Immigrations" by Philip D. Hart
  • "The Citizenship Test, 1926" from F. A. Bogadek

SERB WORLD U.S.A. March/April 2002 vol. XVIII, no. 4

  • "Banja Luka: The City's Sights and Sounds in 1897" by Heinrich Renner (1897), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "The Banja Luka Area," a map drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "More about Banja Luka: Ottoman, Austrian, Yugoslav" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "'Serb Words' from 'Stari Kraj'" from Michael Martinovich
  • "The Snake Bridegroom" a Serbian folk tale from Vuk Karadzic, translated by Serb World U.S.A.
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Magdalenas"
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Tamburitza Smithsonian-Style"a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "The Serbs of Farrell: The Early Years 1898-1929" by John Kasich
  • "Early Members of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church" founded in 1924 in Farrell, Pennsylvania
  • "William Jovanovich Remembered" by Linda Lee Bradley

SERB WORLD U.S.A. January/February 2002 vol. XVIII, no. 3

  • "Through Northern Hercegovina: Mostar to Nevesinje, Gacko, and Bileca" by Heinrich Renner (1897), translated from German by George Kosich
  • "Northern Hercegovina," a map drawn by Philip D. Hart
  • "North through Hercegovina: Along the Roads" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "My Chicago 1919-1945: Prohibition, the Depression, and World War II" by Danitza Ignatich
  • "Andja's Century: Baba Andja Bjeletich turns 100" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "'Serb Words' from 'Stari Kraj'" from Michael Martinovich
  • "Of Interest" a regular feature of 2 to 5 pages of short items about events, facts, awards...
  • Recipe: "Bosanski Lonac, the Bosnian Pot"
  • "Milan Opacich Presents: Olga Kolman & Emory Grecni" a regular music feature by Milan Opacich
  • "Our Memories of Grampa" by the grandchildren of Sava "Sam" Maletich
  • "A Glimpse of Our Past: 1916 Immigrants and the Great War" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "Welcome to 'Cheklich Road'" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "St. Sava's of Gary Remembers the Volunteers in the Great War" by Serb World U.S.A.staff
  • "The Story of Two Saints: St. Sava the Serb and St. Sava of Jerusalem" by Philip D. Hart

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Ilija Ika Panajotovic

Ika Panajotovic
Ilija "Ika" Panajotovic (25 April 1932 - 18 July 2001) was a Serbian film producer and tennis player.

Panajotovic, who made the junior semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1948, won back to back Yugoslavian Junior Championship titles in 1948 and 1949.

The Serbian competed in 12 Grand Slam tournaments during his career, all in the 1950s. He appeared at Wimbledon seven times and played in the French Championships on five occasions. From 1953 to 1959, Panajotovic participated in Wimbledon every year and made the third round in the 1958 Championships. He had a five set win over Akhtar Ali in the second round, before exiting to tournament with a loss to sixth seed Kurt Nielsen. In the men's doubles he also had success, with Panajotovic and his partner Ivko Plecevic reaching the quarter-finals.

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Prayer Book
The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America is pleased to announce the publication of a beautiful pocket-size, full-color, English-language Prayer Book, which has been compiled and designed by our newly enthroned His Grace, Bishop Maxim, and printed in Serbia. The book contains prayers commonly used by Orthodox Christians, lists of Scriptural Commandments, and brief articles on the precepts of Faith, proper conduct in church, and the meaning and practice of prayer. It is adorned with striking icons and illustrations by Fr. Stamatis Skliris, a parish priest in Athens who is renowned as an iconographer and as a writer and lecturer on Byzantine iconography. Full-color on coated stock throughout, 36 pages, 3¾" × 5½" format, paperback, saddle-stitched.

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