June 24th to July 8th 2013

Join His Grace Bishop Maxim, Bishop of Western America and Fr. Blasko Paraklis of Orange County, CA on a fascinating guided tour of famed Mt. Athos in Greece, and Serbia, including Kosovo, Montenegro and Hercegovina. The tour will include many beautiful Orthodox churches and monasteries, overnight stays at various monasteries, veneration of holy relics, an audience with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and visits to major attractions in Thessaloniki and Belgrade. Men will spend four days on Mount Athos, while the women take a cruise around Mount Athos and enjoy 4 days in a beautiful resort near the city of Uranopolis.

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Rick Quinn, owner of Opolo Vineyards of Paso Robles, California has just announced the Opolo's 2013 Adriatic Coast Tour, led by Rick himself.

Rick was born in Minnesota where he was an active member of the Serbian Church and community of Duluth. He is an avid member, player and supporter of the tambura community. Come join your favorite winery as they taste, tour and experience the fine foods, wines, and sites of that part of Europe. The tour will be June 19 - July 2 and he is inviting those who would like to join the group tour to do so at the vineyard website.

- Topic: Idealization of the West and Cultural Dissonance in Serbia

- Lecturer: Andrei Simic, Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California

- Place: Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Campus

- Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

- Time: 5:15 pm

- FREE and Open to the Public

- Sponsored by the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 510-642-3230

Šta se sve na ovom svetu promenilo u četvrtak u jedan popodne, kada je sa beogradskog aerodroma poleteo avion, jedan od mnogih tog dana? Ko to zna. Ali jesu život četvorogodišnje Marijane, iz Kraljeva, i njene nove majke, Amerikanke Linde Rahal. Njih dve će posle nekoliko presedanja završiti u glavnom gradu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, novom domu za Marijanu i, od petka, potpuno drugačijem za Lindu.

Kada bi o njihovoj sudbini neko snimao film, po scenariju kojem je pisac nepotreban, jer ga je ispisao sam život, prva scena odigrala bi se dve i po godine ranije u Lindinom stanu u Vašingtonu.