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- Nikola Tesla

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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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After a very successful Conference that took place in June 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia, we would once again like to invite you to come and share your academic and professional experience with our medical doctors in Serbia. With your support the medical doctors in Serbia will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with their colleagues, which will benefit the people of Serbia. We thank you in advance for your participation in this Conference and sincerely hope in achieving mutual success. The main idea behind the Conference is to establish a network between the medical staff of Serbia and Diaspora, and as a continuation of the last year’s conference.

Since we are aware of your extremely busy schedule, we are extending this invitation early in order for you to plan your attendance at Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference 2013.

Please fill in the attached form and include your short biography (up to 350 words) and email it as soon as possible to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For all technical questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For all professional questions regarding the Conference, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

It would be wonderful if you could come to the 4th Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference 2013. Please extend this invitation to your colleagues. We look forward to hearing from you and to seeing you in May.

Dusan Babac
Director
HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation

From Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference web-site

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Father Emilian Glocar

Father Emilian Glocar
Fr. Emilian Glocar was born in 1906 in Lukavitce, Moravia, Czechoslovakia to his parents, Emile and Josepha.

Originally baptised in the Roman Catholic faith, after the death of his parents, he was converted to Holy Orthodoxy under Bishop Gorazd, Bishop of the Orthodox Diocese in Czechoslovakia. The conversion took place in the Vrdnik Monastery of Ravanica at the hands of Fr. Makarije Djordjevic.

After elementary school, Emilian became a student of the Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Sarajevo from 1923 to 1928. Having graduated from the Seminary, he undertook post-graduate theological studies at the University of Belgrade, from 1929 to 1934.

In 1930, Emilian married a Serbian girl, Bosiljka Parlaceva, in the Cathedral Church of Sremski Karlovci.

On March 16, 1930, he was ordained to the Holy Diaconate at the St. Nicholas Cathedral by Dr. Irinej (Djordjevic), the Vicar-bishop of Belgrade-Karlovci. On March 23,1930, he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

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