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

Đoković otvorio vrata Holivuda za "Montevideo"

Samo nekoliko sati posle sjajne pobede na mastersu, u Indijan Velsu, Novak je sa užim krugom svojih saradnika specijalnim letom stigao u Los Anđeles, gde su ga sačekali reditelj Dragan Bjelogrlić, zvezde filma Miloś Biković, Viktor Savić, španska glumica Elena Martinez i producenti „Intermedia Network“ Dejan Petrović i Zvonimir Šimunec.

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Među pozvanima je bio i slavni producent Robert Evans, koji je potpisao mnoge kultne filmove kao što su "Kum 1 i 2", "Kineska četvrt", "Maratonac" i drugi.

- Poznajem Dragana Bjelogrlića, režisera filma, već dugi niz godina. Čak me je i pozvao da glumim u prvom delu filma i sada mi je žao što tu ulogu zbog obaveza nisam prihvatio. Ali, ovo večeras je na neki način moj doprinos filmu. Gledao sam ga pre mesec i po dana u Beogradu i zaista je bio velika inspiracija za mene - rekao je Novak najavljujući "Montevideo".

- U filmu ćete videti i ljubavnu priču, priču o prijateljstvu,odanosti i poštenju, a sve su to vrednosti kojima sam bio veoma inspirisan kada sam pogledao film. Za mene je bilo posebno važno i to što ovaj film na jedan potpuno drugačiji način predstavlja Srbiju u odnosu na ono što Holivud prikazuje proteklih 20 i nešto više godina. Činjenica je da postoji nekakav stereotip o likovima i filmovima iz Srbije, koji je po mom skromnom mišljenju, a nadam se da mi nećete zameriti – negativan. Ovaj film je suprotnost onome što je naša kinematografija predstavljala u proteklih 30 godina. Zaista sam osetio potrebu, a kasnije video i mogućnost da ovako nešto podelim sa vama. Nadam se da ćete uživati u filmu koliko sam i ja. Kao sportistu, film me je iskreno dotakao a ono što mi se posebno dopalo jeste to što se u filmu promoviše puno pozitivnih životnih vrednosti - ispričao je Nole.

Reditelj Dragan Bjelogrlić, i sam nekada stanovnik Holivuda, zahvalio se gostima što su pokazali intersovanje za srpski filmski i televizijski hit, a posebno je izrazio divljenje za Novakovu pordšku filmu:

- Novak nije samo vrhunski teniser, po meni danas najbolji na svetu, već je učinio gest koji govori koliko je veliki čovek. Prepoznao je neke vrednosti našeg filma i kao Srbin koji voli i bori se za status svoje domovine, poželeo da ovakvu Srbiju vide i moćni ljudi iz šou biznisa, a moguće i gledaoci širom sveta. Sada više nije bitno da li će se bilo kakva poslovna varijanta realizovati, za mene i ekipu filma je najvažnije da nas je Novak učinio ponosnim što je stao iza filma i prepoznao ono zbog čega smo i snimili „Montevideo" - rekao je Bjelogrlić.

- Projekcija u Los Anđelesu, posebno ovakvom sastavu poslovnih ljudi, sama po sebi predstavlja ozbiljan poslovni domet. Ali, ako se ima u vidu da se sve odigralo uz podršku i organizaciju Novaka Đokovića, to daje događaju poseban značaj i čini čast producentskoj kući „Interemedia Network" - dodao je producent filma Dejan Petrović.

Izvor: Blic, 18. 3. 2014.


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Metropolitan Irinej (Kovačević)

(1963–1998)

Milan Kovačević was born to Sreten and Kristine Kovačević on 6 September, 1914, in the village Vrnčani near Gornji Milanovac in the Kingdom of Serbia. Milan completed primary school in his village, and high school in Gornji Milanovac. After completing the course at the Teachers High School, he served as a teacher in the village Ljutovnica near Gornji Milanovac.

In 1941, during World War II, because he was at that time an army reserve officer, he was taken by the Nazis to a camp in Germany, where he remained until 1945. After the liberation, Milan went to England, where he temporarily attended a seminary in Dorchester.

In 1950, he emigrated to the USA, and he enrolled in the Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York, and also in Columbia University.

In October, 1953, Milan entered the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint Sava in Libertyville, Illinois. On 30 December, 1953, he was tonsured to be a monk by Archimandrite Firmilian (Ocokoljić), and he was given the name Irinej. On 31 December, 1953, the Monk Irinej was ordained to the Holy Diaconate in the monastery by Bishop Dionisije, while on April, 1954, the Hierodeacon Irinej was ordained to the priesthood in the monastery by Bishop Dionisije. On 31 August, 1956, the Hieromonk Irinej was elevated to the dignity of igumen (abbot).

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The Meaning of Reality

Essays on Existence and Communion, Eros and History

by Christos Yannaras

The collection of articles traces the thought of Christos Yanaras through his long journey in discovering the meaning of existence, communion, eros, and history. It is a cause of immense joy that no fewer than twenty articles of passionate significance and substance have at present been gathered together in this volume under the title The Meaning of Reality.

Yannaras is undoubtedly one of the most significant thinkers of our time. Kallistos Ware once described him as "the most creative and prophetic religious thinker at work in Greece today," while Rowan Williams characterizes him as "one of the most significant Christian philosophers in Europe." His very wide and no less deep education helps him to develop an inimitable blend of philosophy, theology, and social criticism, and to speak in an original way about the traditional and contemporary issues of human existence, as well as the latest challenges of modern empirical science and political engagement. A detailed knowledge of the writings of the Holy Fathers has always been his foundation amidst the labyrinth of modern thought - which is inimately bound up with psychoanalysis, environmental issues, human rights, postmodernism, and pluralism , to mention just a few. Insistence on the primacy, uniqueness, and eternal value of human personality prevails in almost all his works and inspires his own vigorous theological and ecumenical engagement, based on the Orthodox eucharistic and ascetic tradition.