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

Naše postojanje skriva mračne i svetle strane, i veliko je umeće prepoznati ih i razlučiti

Nesvakidašnja knjiga „Portreti junaka i junakinja Dostojevskog“ vladike Maksima je i monografija i teoretsko-filozofski pogled na književnost velikog ruskog pisca, a u njoj su sabrani i likovni radovi vladike inspirisani Dostojevskim i njegovim junacima. Knjiga je uz prisustvo vladike predstavljena 8. novembra 2022. u knjižari Delfi SKC. O knjizi je govorila i urednica Dubravka Dragović Šehović koja je istakla da i sama izuzetno voli ovog ruskog klasika i da je rasla i sazrevala čitajući njegova dela: „Specifičnost ove knjige u odnosu na druge koje se bave likom i delom Dostojevskog jeste činjenica da je ovo monografija obogaćena sjajnim esejima koji su veoma lepo povezani u celinu tako da u njoj mogu da uživaju i oni koji vole Dostojevskog i oni koji tek treba da ga otkriju.“

Na pitanje o motivima da se ovako studiozno i uz brojnu literaturu bavi Dostojevskim vladika Maksim je odgovorio:

„Čini mi se da je glavni podsticaj za bavljenje Dostojevskim i njegovim junacima bio on sam, to jest njegovo dejstvo na sve nas od davnih dana, ali i u novije vreme. Dostojevski me je oduvek privlačio jer je posmatrao tamnu stranu postojanja, ne samo svetlu, pa samim tim mi je postao zanimljiv. Još je Umberto Eko rekao da se velika literatura bavi gubitnicima. Dostojevski je bio takav i zahvaljujući tome je postao glas bezglasnih i nada za obeznađene. Priče o uspešnima i pobednicima nisu zanimljive. To me je privuklo: njegova dubina i svest da naše postojanje skriva i mračne i svetle strane, i da je veliko umeće prepoznati ih i razlučiti.“

Vladika Maksim je istakao da u svetlu novih političkih zbivanja nije prestalo interesovanje za Dostojevskim na Zapadu.

„Kod Dostojevskog nije tema samo Bog, niti je tema samo čovek, ni duša, već iskonska potreba čoveka da živi autentično. On opisuje neuspehe i promašaje na izuzetan način. Možda ne toliko stilski ubedljivo kao drugi ruski pisci, ali u svakom slučaju to čini širokim potezima poput Van Goga koga sam i prepoznao u njemu, a povezao sam ih upravo zbog tragičnosti sa kojom su se nosili.“

Knjiga sadrži brojne radove vladike Maksima, uglavnom akril na platnu, a oslikani su starac Tihon, Ivan Karamazov, Sonja Marmeladova, Klara Olsufjevna, Nikolaj Stavrogin, ali i sam Dostojevski i mnogi drugi likovi.

Izložba likovnih radova vladike Maksima „Silazak u podzemlje“ sa radovima iz knjige trenutno se može videti u Galeriji Narodne biblioteke „Dr Dušan Radić“ u Vrnjačkoj Banji, a publika bi početkom naredne godine mogla da je vidi i u Beogradu.

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Louis Cukela

Louis Cukela (May 1st, 1888 - March 19th, 1956) was a famous United States Marine. He was awarded both the Navy and Army Medals of Honor, as well as numerous decorations from France, Italy, and his native Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He was born and raised in Split (while it was still under Austro-Hungarian rule), and subsequently attended the Merchant Academy and later, the Royal Gymnasium, both for two years. In 1913, Cukela emigrated to the United States and, with his brother, settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On September 21st, 1914, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Three years later, on January 31st 1917, with war raging in Europe, he enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. Following the United States' entry into the conflict, he went to France and fought alongside his servicemen in the 5th Marines.

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On The Holy Liturgy

by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich

The Divine Liturgy is at the center of Orthodox Christian life. It is through the Eucharist that the faithful are united with Christ and therefore with one another. Every Eucharistic gathering is an image and a reality of the Heavenly Liturgy, i.e. unceasing Synaxis of angels and saints around God’s throne. Thus the Liturgy is the proclamation of and a real image of God’s Kingdom in this world.

In this television interview conducted by the Logos, a renowned Orthodox theologian and retired Bishop of Zahumlje and Hercegovina, his Grace Atanasije, brings forth these essential points citing historical development of the Liturgies bringing to light the present misunderstanding of certain Liturgical actions and movements.

Bishop Atanasije aptly points out the necessity for Liturgical renewal, i.e. moving away from passive liturgical attendance to active participation and immersion of the soul and body into a full communion with Christ.

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