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While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
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Ivana Kotov

Ivana Kotov

Ivana Kotov is a multi-oriented vocalist, musician, writer and producer. Winning the highest talent scholarship award, Ivana attended prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA - majoring in Contemporary Songwriting and Performance.

Over the years, Ivana has been performing as a lead singer, choir director and vocal arranger, contributing her artistry on tours, seminars and music projects around the world.

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Ivana's collaborations include many internationally recognized musicians, including the Acid Jazz pioneers: "The Brand New Heavies".

Ivana is showcasing her artistry on New York City stages such as The Shrine, The Bitter End, Sugar Bar, Cleopatra's Needle, and Terra Blues, living her dream of continuing The Journey Of A Soul Bird.

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Ивана Котов, вокална солисткиња и композиторка, завршила је на Берклију одсек за савремену композицију и вокално певање. Живи у Њујорку. Као вокална солисткиња сарађивала је са нашим познатим џез саксофонистом и композиторoм Јованом Маљоковићем и његовим Балкан Салса бендом.

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Bishop Firmilijan (Ocokoljić)

Bishop Firmilijan (Ocokoljić)

(1963–1992)

Te Right Reverend Dr. Firmilian, Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Midwestern America, was born on the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, according to the Julian Calendar, on the 7th of January 1910. Born into a clerical family in Kaona, Serbia, he was the son of many generations of priests, specifically, born in the family of the protopresbyter Uros Ocokoljich and his mother, Darinka, nee Plazinic, also the daughter of a priest. To the delight of this family, the parents were blessed with the birth of twins, named at baptism, Stanko (later, Firmilian) and Ranko. Stanko was the tenth child.

Having completed his elementary (in the place of his birth) and secondary education (Gymnasium, High School, in Čačak,) young Stanko was admitted into the Orthodox Seminary in Sarajevo, Bosnia, from where he graduated in the year 1930. After having served the Armed Forces of his country, Stanko was married to Nadežda Popović. Following their marriage, Stanko was ordained to the diaconate and then to the priesthood, being assigned as assistant to his father, protopresbyter Uroš, in the Village of Kaona. He was ordained to priesthood in 1930 by Bishop Jefrem Bojović, brother of well-known Vojvoda Petar Bojović. Tragically, within the first year of his marriage, Father Stanko lost both his wife and son, during childbirth.

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In the Mirror

In the Mirror

A Collection of Iconographic Essays and Illustrations

By Fr. Stamatis Skliris

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America is pleased to announce the publication of an outstanding book by Fr. Stamatis Skliris, a disciple of the great twentieth-century theologians Archimandrite Justin Popovich and Bishop Athanasius Yevtich. Fr. Stamatis is a parish priest in Athens and is renowned as an iconographer and as a writer and lecturer on Byzantine iconography.

In the Mirror is the second of a planned collection of works of contemporary theologians. It is an anthology of Fr. Stamatis’ articles which have appeared in Greek and Serbian. In it, he combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant expression of faith through the experience of Christ in the Church. The book is adorned with more than 200 striking icons and illustrations by Fr. Stamatis.

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