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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
H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić, president of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly
Throughout his five years as Foreign Minister, Mr. Jeremić was actively engaged in the work of the United Nations, representing his country at key sessions of the General Assembly and the Security Council. He led the Serbian delegation at high-level segments of the United Nations Human Rights Council (2008, 2010 and 2011), at the annual General Conference of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and at high-level meetings of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
Mr. Jeremić also represented Serbia at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, 2011), the United Nations HighLevel Meeting on Nuclear Security (New York, 2011) and the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York, 2010).
.Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in the USA
Mr. Djerdj Matkovic was born in Subotica, Serbia, on May 28, 1955. He graduated from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law in 1978, International Law and International Organizations.
Career
Since February 2015 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia in the United States
April 2014 - February 2015 Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vucic
August 2012 - April 2014 Foreign Policy Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vucic
February 2012 - July 2012 Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia
2011-2012 Director of the Department for North and South America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia
2007-2011 First Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Washington, D.C., USA
2006-2007 Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia
2005-2006 Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in the USA
Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Washington DC: H.E. DJERDJ MATKOVIC
Diplomatic Staff:
- Vladimir Jovicic - Minister Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission
- Zdravko Pavicevic- Minister Counselor, Political Affairs, OAS
- Ljubomir Postic - First Counselor-Head of the Consular Section
- Aleksandar Vidojevic - Counselor, Political Affairs
- Sandra Pejic - First Secretary, Political Affairs
- Ivana Mangov - Second Secretary, Political Affairs and Press
- Zorka Kekovic - Second Secretary, Political Affairs, Congressional Relations officer
Defense Attache Office:
- Colonel Dragan Galic - Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché
- Lieutenant Colonel Dejan Vujaklija - Assistant Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché
Other Diplomatic Missions of Serbia in the USA
- PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
854 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y.10065
H.E. Mr. Milan Milanović, Ambassador
phone: (212) 879-8700
fax: (212) 879-8705
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
web: www.un.int/serbia
- CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA - NEW YORK
62 West 45th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Mirjana Zivkovic, Consul General
phone: (212) 596 4241
fax: (212) 596 4363
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
web: www.serbiaconsulatenyc.com
- CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA - CHICAGO
201 East Ohio Street, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
Dejan Radulovic, Consul General
phone: (312) 670-6707
fax: (312) 670-6787
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web: www.scgchicago.org
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Canada
H.E. Mihailo PAPAZOGLU
Ambasador
Mirjana Šešum – Ćurčić
Counselor
Miodrag Sekulić
Counselor
Milan Reljić
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Bishop Sava (Vuković)
Bishop Sava was born on April 13, 1930 in Senta. After graduating from secondary school he completed the St. Sava Seminary in Belgrade in 1950 and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in 1954. He did his postgraduate studies at the Old Catholic University in Bern, Switzerland. He obtained a Doctor of Divinity degree at the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade. His dissertation topic was “Typicon of the Archbishop Nikodim.”
He was professor at St. Sava Seminary in Belgrade prior to his election as a bishop. He received monastic vows at the Monastery “Vavedenje” (Entry of the Theotokos) in Belgrade on December 3, 1959. The monastic name he received was Sava. He was ordained hierodeacon on December 4, 1959. On June 3, 1961 he was ordained hieromonk. The Holy Bishops’ Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church elected him bishop on May 20, 1961 with title “vicar bishop of Moravica.” He was consecrated bishop on July 23, 1961 in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Belgrade by Patriarch German. Bishop Sava held the following positions: Professor of liturgies at the Theological College, member of the Orthodox Commission for Pan Orthodox Council, and representative of the Serbian Church for inter-confessional dialogues. The Bishops’ Assembly elected Bishop Dr. Sava on June 1, 1967 for a Bishop of the Eastern American and Canadian Diocese. He occupied this position until May 1977 when he was elected as Bishop of the diocese of Šumadija.
Publishing
The Prologue of Ohrid
St Nikolai of Zica (Velimirovic) (1880-1956) has been called the "Serbian Chrysostom" for his theological depth and golden-tongued eloquence. Now for the first time, a complete and unabridged English translation of St. Nikolai's Prologue of Ohrid has been made available. St. Nikolai's Prologue has become a much-loved spiritual classic for Orthodox Christians worldwide. An inspirational source-book of the Orthodox Faith, it contains within its pages a summation of the Church's wisdom and Her experience of sanctity through the Grace of Jesus Christ. Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies are presented for every day of the year. St. Nikolai's beautiful Hymns have never before appeared in English.
The text of this 1,450-page magnum opus of St. Nikolai has been translated from the Serbian and edited by clergy and monastics of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America.
In two volumes, hardbound, with full-color dust jackets.
New 2nd Edition 2008
Volume I: January to June, 650 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-0-4)
Volume II: July to December, 704 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-1-2)