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

Serbian Movie Festival 2017

To Preserve Serbian Cultural Heritage & to Enrich and Promote Greater Pittsburgh’s Cultural Diversity

Friday, March 17th to Saturday March 18th, 2017
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
Room 232
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

FREE ADMISSION – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sponsored by the Serb National Federation, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, Washington, D.C., & Kosutnjak Film, Belgrade
FRIDAY, MARCH 17 AT 6:00 P.M.

SATURDAY, MARCH 18 AT 12:00 P.M.

For more information please contact the SNF at 412-458-5227 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Paja Jovanović

Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Јовановић; June 16, 1859 – November 30, 1957) was a Serbian Realist painter. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings are the Serbian Migrations, the Crowning of Stefan Dušan, the Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of the Bride, and the Fencing Lesson. He also painted many famous portraits. His works can be found in many European museums across the continent.

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Publishing

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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