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

Natasha Pavlovich

Natasha Pavlovich is a Serbian-American entrepreneur; an accomplished Hollywood actress, International Beauty Queen, Aviatrix, Future Astronaut, and soon to be published author. She is a descendent of Grand Duke Pavle Radenović of Bosnia (late 14th Century). She was born to Serbian parents and spent her early years in former Yugoslavia before immigrating to America to join relatives in Chicago, Illinois.

Her childhood interests in acting led to a move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. She was accepted into the prestigious Hollywood Professional School, and  graduated with honors at age sixteen. Ms. Pavlovich earned a Bachelors Degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. Simultaneously, she attended twelve years of acting school under the direction of legendary Hollywood acting coach, Sal Dano.

While Natasha's beauty earned her international titles, she wasn't always cast in glamorous roles. Hollywood heavyweights took notice of this powerhouse of an actresses  talents, her chameleon like ability to transform into various looks, languages, comedies, and dramas, and speak roles  in Spanish, Romanian, Russian, Czechoslovakian, Serbian, Arabic, and French, in  more than 50 prime time, network television productions. She has worked alongside Academy Аward winning actors, directors, and producers and appeared on hit shows such as: Nip/Tuck, J.A.G, Vegas, Judging Amy, Monk, The Son of the Pink Panther movie, and many others. Natasha also had a recurring role on the popular Serbian television series, Gorki Plodovi, (Bitter Fruit), filmed in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Bishop Georgije (Djokić)

(1984–2015)

Bishop Georgije, baptized Djordje Djokić, was born on May 6, 1949 in the village of Crnjelovo, Bjeljina, of parents Krsto and Krunija. After elementary school he resided in the monasteries Tavna, Ozren and Kosijerevo. He completed monastic school in the Monastery of Transfiguration 1963/1964. From Savina Monastery he went to the Studenica Monastery and remained until 1966 when he went to School at the Ostrog Monastery. After finishing Monastic School he was tonsured into monastic rank at the Monastery Ozren on February 11, 1971 and was given the monastic name Georgije. He was ordained hierodeacon on February 15, 1971. In June 1971, he was appointed spiritual father of Tavna Monastery by Bishop Longin. From there he graduated from the Seminary in Sremski Karlovci and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. While in England, Fr. Georgije was appointed by Bishop Lavrentije to serve the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in Derby, England. While there he was elected Bishop for the Canadian Diocese, on May 16, 1984. On June 8, 1984, he was consecrated a bishop by Patriarch German and installed in 1984 at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Hamilton.

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An American Apostle, Sebastian Dabovic

Missionary and Visionary

Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovic on DVD

This DVD is an historical video presentation on the life and work of Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovic, a man referred to by St. Nicholai (Velimirovic) of Zhicha, Serbia, as "the greatest Serbian Missionar of modern times."

We encourage every Orthodox Christian family to purchase a copy of this DVD to share with their children, family, and friends so we remember the first american-born Serbian Orthodox Apostle to America, Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovic.