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 Composer Arsenije Jovanovic Won Award At New York Radio Festival

Director, composer and writer Arsenije Jovanovic won an award at New York Festival’s International Radio Programs & Promos Competition for the piece entitled “Sogno di un automobile,” according to Avant art magazin.

Jovanovic won the bronze radio award in a field of participants from 36 countries, where he was the only one from the former Yugoslavia.

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The New York festival awards the best radio programs and productions in all formats and is open to radio stations, networks and independent productions. The festival, which has been around for 50 years, has built an excellent reputation and has a strong field of competitors.

As in previous years, the jury was made up of award-winning directors, producers, reporters and other radio professionals from across the world, including representatives of major networks (BBC and ABC among others).

Jovanovic has already had success at the New York festival, where he was a finalist twice with the pieces “Archipelago Prospero” and “Homo politicus vulgaris.”

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Djordje Popovich

Djordje Rativoj Popovich was born May 5, 1942 in Belgrade, Serbia and passed away on September 8th, 2012 in Portland, Oregon, after a car accident.

Djordje R. Popovich immigrated to the United States in June 19th 1969 from Pula, Croatia. He lived in various places in the USA: Chicago, Santa Ana, and retired to Vancouver, WA. Mr. Popovic was a computer engineer and received high reviews from his employers.

He loved photography and computers. Djordje was very independent, he lived alone, yet took the best care he could of himself and his property, especially his yard. He had big blue eyes and could be very charming. The clerks at his bank were very fond of him.

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Residents of Heaven

An Exhibit of Byzantine and Modern Orthodox Icons

Residents of Heaven is a book of Icons by Father Stamatis Skliris which were prepared for "An Exhibit of Byzantine and Modern Orthodox Icons" held at the "David Allan Hubbard Library, Fuller Theological Seminary" in Pasadena, California, June 10 - July 5, 2010.

The iconographer, V. Rev. Stamatis Skliris, attended the opening of the exhibit with His Grace, Bishop Maxim who gave the Introduction. The mounting of the display was done by Jasminka Gabrie and the staff of the Fuller Library. The opening event was organized by Dr. William Dyrness, Director of the Visual Faith Institute, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, Fuller Seminary.