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

U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Michael Kirby opened in Belgrade late on Monday the exhibition entitled ‘The U.S. – from Serbian artists to the U.S.’ and expressed the belief that Serbia has a bright future, having in mind the quality and imagination of young Serbian artists.

Kirby said that during his mandate as the ambassador in Serbia, he had a chance to meet a rather large number of talented young people.

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У препуној великој сали Коларчеве задужбине одржан је концерт Београдске филхармоније под управом славног диригента Зубина Мехте.

На концерту и донаторској вечери, која је потом уследила, прикупљала су се средства за прву америчку турнеју Београдске филхармоније која је планирана на јесен следеће године.

Ово је пети пут у новом миленијуму да Мехта, чије име носи и Фондација Београдске филхармоније, предводи београдски оркестар, а на програму су била дела Франца Шуберта "Увертира за Розамунду" и 8. симфонија и Игора Стравинског Посвећење пролећа.

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Na završnoj sednici žirija za dodelu Nagrade „Stevan Sremac", koja je održana u Beogradu 19. aprila, žiri u sastavu Tijana Spasić, Snežana Božić i Vule Žurić, predsednik, doneo je jednoglasnu odluku da nagradu dobije Jelena Rosić za knjigu priča „Dan kada je Miz Lili postala ono što je oduvek bila", u izdanju beogradskog Arhipelaga.

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Obrazovno-istraživačko društvo Mihajlo Pupin, uz podršku Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti i kompanije Telekom Srbija, premijerno je predstavilo Virtuelni muzej Mihajla Pupina u Galeriji nauke i tehnike SANU u Beogradu. Pored upoznavanja sa važnim i široj javnosti nedovoljno poznatim informacijama o Mihajlu Pupinu, Virtuelni muzej donosi i potpuno nov način predstavljanja naučne i kulturne baštine. Ulaskom u digitalno doba, omogućen je i pristup muzejima putem Interneta, koji ni na koji način ne umanjuje pravi doživljaj posete muzeju.

IRINEJ

by the Grace of God

Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch,
with all the hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church - to all clergy,
monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church:
grace, mercy and peace from God The Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
and The Holy Spirit, with the joyous Paschal greeting:

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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ИРИНЕЈ

по милости Божјој

Православни Архиепископ пећки, Митрополит београдско-карловачки
и Патријарх српски, са свим архијерејима Српске Православне Цркве,
свештенству, монаштву и свим синовима и кћерима наше свете Цркве:
благодат, милост и мир од Бога Оца, и Господа нашега Исуса Христа,
и Духа Светога, уз радосни васкршњи поздрав:

Христос васкрсе – Ваистину васкрсе!

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It is a pleasure to inform you that the HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation and the Lifeline Humanitarian Organization in partnership with the Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia, The Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region of the Serbian Government, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Serbian Medical Association, World Health Organization, and under the patronage of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, are organising the 4th Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference 2013 at the White Palace, Belgrade, 16-18 May 2013.

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Dozens of people have run in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to express solidary with the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Tatjana Rankovich

Described by The New York Times as an "astonishingly good pianist", Tatjana Rankovich is committed to continuously expanding the boundaries of the traditional repertoire, constantly searching for and discovering new contemporary music and devoting her interest to performing rarely heard works of the past. An innate instinct to create a spectrum of different styles, old and new, known and unknown, is the very essence of her as an artist and it takes place with every one of her concerts.

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Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan

by Bishop Athanasius (Yevtich)

In 2013 Christian world celebrates 1700 years since the day when the Providence of God spoke through the holy Emperor Constantine and freedom was given to the Christian faith. Commemorating the 1700 years since the Edict of Milan of 313, Sebastian Press of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church published a book by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan. The book has 72 pages and was translated by Popadija Aleksandra Petrovich. This excellent overview of the historical circumstances that lead to the conversion of the first Christian emperor and to the publication of a document that was called "Edict of Milan", was originally published in Serbian by the Brotherhood of St. Simeon the Myrrh-gusher, Vrnjci 2013. “The Edict of Milan” is calling on civil authorities everywhere to respect the right of believers to worship freely and to express their faith publicly.

The publication of this beautiful pocket-size, full-color, English-language book, has been compiled and designed by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, a disciple of the great twentieth-century theologian Archimandrite Justin Popovich. Bishop Athanasius' thought combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant faith, knowledge of history, and a profound experience of Christ in the Church.

In the conclusion of the book, the author states:"The era of St. Constantine and his mother St. Helena, marks the beginning of what history refers to as Roman, Christian Empire, which was named Byzantium only in recent times in the West. In fact, this was the conception of a Christian Europe. Christian Byzantine culture had a critical effect on Europe; Europe was its heir, and then consciously forgot it. Europe inherited many Byzantine treasures, but unfortunately, also robbed and plundered many others for its own treasuries and museums – not only during the Crusades, but during colonial rule in the Byzantine lands as well. We, the Orthodox Slavs, received a great heritage of the Orthodox Christian East from Byzantium. Primarily, Christ’s Gospel, His faith and His Church, and then, among other things, the Cyrillic alphabet, too."