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

Ivana Todorović

Ivana Todorović je rediteljka kratkih socijalno angazovanih dokumentarnih filmova, koje je pravila u Beogradu i Njujorku. Filmovi „Ja kada sam bila klinac, bila sam klinka“, „A Harlem Mother“, „Rapresent“ i „Svakodnevica romske dece iz bloka 71“ prikazani su na preko 100 internacionalnih filmskih festivala poput 63. Festivala u Berlinu, Berlinale Shorts; IFF Rotterdam, The Traverse City Film Festival (festival Michael Moore-a), Palm Springs Shorts, Sarajevo Film Festival; Anthology Film Archive u Njujorku i Cultura Contemporiana de Barcelona. Nagradjivani su na festivalima u Srbiji, Kosovu, Americi, Rusiji, Italiji, Kanadi.

Film „A Harlem Mother“ je uvršten u online video biblioteku New York Times-a. Ovi filmovi se koriste u obrazovanju, medijskim kampanjama i NVO sektoru u Srbiji i svetu. Ivana se bavi i obrazovanjem mladih, drži radionice dokumentarnog filma i odrzala je TEDxAUK govor u Prištini. 2018te magistrirala je na katedri TV i Filmske rezije na Fakultetu Dramskih Umetnosti sa kratkim igranim filmom „ Kada sam kod kuce“. Diplomirala je na Documentary Media studies na New Schoolu u Njujorku, kao i na katedri za Etnologiju i Antrologiju na Filozofskom fakultetu. Zavrsila je u Beogradu francusku radionicu dokumentarnog filma Ateliers Varan, osnovanu od strane Jean Rouch-a. Jedna je od izabranih umetnika 2015. u Saary rezidenci programu u Finskoj. Godine 2010. bila je izabrani menti u programu New York Foundation for the Arts u Njujorku.


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Bishop Stefan (Lastavica)

The first Archpastor of the Eastern American and Canadian, come Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church was Bishop Stefan (Lastavica) (1963–1966). The consecration of the newly elected Bishop Stefan took place on the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles, July 13, 1963, at the hands of Bishops Hrizostom of Branicevo and Visarion of Banat, in the Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

Bishop Stefan was born September 14, 1908, in the village of Divos, Srem, into a priest’s family. He graduated from the Seminary in Sremski Karlovci and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at Belgrade University in 1939. Prior to the election of Bishop, he served in the highest Church hierarchical and legislative institutions. Thus, he gained vast experience in Church legislature and administration.

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Writings by and about St. Nikolai Velemirovich

Before us is a book about a theologian, a minister, a missionary, a writer, a poet, an apostle, a saint, a man of dialogue: this book is about St. Nikolai Velimirovic, Bishop of Ohrid and Zhicha (1880 - 1956), who along with his many other attributes is regarded, with good reason, as an Enlightener of the Americas, The renewed interest in this man and his works has resulted in the materialization of this book for English-speaking readers who wish to become acquainted with this extraordinary person. The collected texts provide an extensive over view of his life, present important testimonies about his personality, and offer essential insights into his theology. The authors penetrate the depths of his thought with remarkable precision and also elucidate his actions. The authros agree that the appearance of Nikolai Velimirovich marks an era of change in the ecclesiastical and theological paradigm as a result of his spirituality, ecclsiastical work, and theological position.