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

Listen and Ask Questions of Serbian Archeologist

at St. Nikola Church, Brookfield, Illinois

Misko Kaludjerovic, a Serbian archeologist, explored many excavations throughout the Serbian territory which proved to be one of the richest finds in Europe. It is an area of our ancestry where many empires, emperors, rulers, and battles, have taken place. Misko will begin a speaking series, introducing the archeological finds in the places of origin of our parishioners and Sunday School children. Please join us for this most insightful archeological journey with a question and answer session for you to gain additional information about your rich Serbian ancestry.

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Miško Kaludjerović, arheolog, učestvovao je u brojnim iskopavanjima na teritoriji Srbije, jednoj od arheološki najbogatijih u Evropi. U oblasti naših predaka nalaze se arheološki ostaci mnogih kultura, naroda, imperija, gradova, bitaka, seoba, careva i vladara.... Tokom ručka posle crkvene službe, u nedelju, 14. decembra u 13 sati, Miško će početi seriju razgovora upoznajući decu iz nedeljne škole i naše parohijane sa arheološkim nalazima iz krajeva odakle potiču. Molimo Vas, učestvujte u ovom uzbudljivom putovanju na krilima arheološke mašte, sa konkretnim pitanjima i odgovorima koji će dodatno obogatiti znanja o Vašem bogatom srpskom poreklu.

Date: December 14, 2014 @ 1:00 P.M.
Location: St Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church
4301 Prairie Ave, Brookfield, Illinois 60513
website: www.stnikolasoc.org/

Special Note: St. Nikola Church would like to encourage parents to enroll their children in the St. Nikola Sunday School program. It is important that your children receive a spiritual and Serbian cultural education. Misko will also be a frequent guest speaker at the St. Nikola Sunday School to discuss the archeological finds of each student's ancestral Serbian towns. There is still time to register your children this school year; classes from grades Pre-K through young adult meet every Sunday. Instructors have lessons prepared to help our young people grow in their Orthodox faith. Prayers in Serbian, Religion and History are taught every Sunday.


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People Directory

Richard Milanovich

Birth: Dec. 4, 1942, Banning, Riverside County, California, USA
Death: Mar. 12, 2012, Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California, USA

Born to an Indian mother and Serbian father, Richard M. Milanovich grew up in poverty in Palm Springs, living in a shack and receiving government handouts of surplus food. He served as in infantryman in the United States Army from 1960-1963, and later returned to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Reservation to engage in tribal politics. Eventually he was elected Chairman of the Band in 1984, and became a major figure in the development of casino operations on Indian land in the region and California. Through his vision and leadership, the Agua Caliente Band became the most prosperous group of Indians in the United States, and were able to make major contributions to the economy of the Palm Springs area. As Chairman, he was invited to the White House to consult with the President and other political officials. California Governor Jerry Brown, Congresswoman Mary Bono-Mack, Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, and Tribal Chairpersons from throughout California all eulogized Chairman Milanovich at the memorial service held in his honor held at the Palm Springs Convention Center. He was buried in a service attended by family and close friends.

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The Hagia Sophia

The Mystical Light of the Great Church and its Architectural Dress

by Charalambos P. Stathakis

Dear reader, as you run like the rest of us along the dizzy main road, stop, stay aside for a while. Let the others be dizzy, and take the secret underground trail, which will lead you through the dewdrops of the leaves, the crystal smile of the sun, the city’s underground galler- ies, your knowledge, and your feelings, to the doorstep of the Hagia Sophia. Because all dew- drops, all sunrays, and all beauty lead there. That is what you will be told by my friend, the author, whom I am fond of and whom I send you to, Charalambos Stathakis: the doctor, the warm and humane researcher, the scientist devoted to his work and his patients, who has given a series of scientific papers, who, nevertheless, retains a nest of beauty untouched in his heart, which makes him outstanding—even though he is not a specialist in architecture, nor a historian, nor a theologian, nor a Byzantinist—it makes him stand out in all these together and in entirety.

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