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

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

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

Predrag Pedja Stojakovic

Predrag Stojakovic was born June 9, 1977 in Slavonska Pozega, Yugoslavia.

He is currently the director of player personal for the Sacramento Kings and the General Manager of the Reno Bighorns.

Stojakovic spent most of his career in the NBA. At 6'9'' he played small forward. He won the NBA Three points shootout two times, was the first European (Serbian-Greek) player to win one of the All Star Weekend Competitions.

Stojakovic made 1,760 three point field goals in his career which ranked 10th all time at the point of his retirement.

Stojakovic played for Crvena zvezda in Yugoslavia and PAOK in Greece, and for in NBA the Kings, Pacers, Hornets, Raptors and Mavericks.

He has won both Gold and Bronze Medals at the FIBA Eurobasket and has been an MVP at this event.

He also participated in the 2000 Olympics.


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George Styler

George Styler is Los Angeles based Serbian designer. His knitwear collections are sociological studies expressed through fashion where words and phrases are replaced by clothing of expressive communicative powers.He is Ones to Watch Winner of Season AW14 (London Fashion Week), and 2014 Knitwear King. His pieces have been featured in Vogue,Glamour,Esquire,Harper’s Bazar, Elle, The New York Times… and the front covers of New African Woman and Unfolded magazine. He presented his work around the world at fashion events such as London Fashion Week, LA Fashion Week, EXPO 2015 Milan, Belgrade Fashion Week, Seattle Fashion Week, His pieces are worn by many celebrities including Cara Delevingne, Georgia May Jagger…

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Publishing

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.