Serbian Orthodox Church

We welcome all to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of St. Sava Church in Los Angeles/ San Gabriel

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The Church is One and Indivisible

A Pastoral Reflection on the administrative re-unification of our Church in North and South America

From its beginning the Holy Church has been, is, and ever shall be, above all the Body of Christ. The Apostle Paul, while imprisoned in Rome between the year 61 and 63 AD, fostering in loving kindness and with patience one part of Christ's Body, the young and tender Ephesine Christian community, wrote an Epistle, which today is known as The Epistle of Apostle Paul to the Ephesians. The main themes of the Paul's address to teh Ephesians are: Christ as the head and the cornerstone of the Church, and The Unity of the Spirit and faith in the Church. Emphasizing the importance of the unity among the members of the one Body, i.e. Church, the Holy Apostle wrote:

"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all" (Eph. 4:1-6, RSV).

The 20th Triennial Church Assembly/Sabor

His Grace, Bishop Mitrophan, The Eastern American Diocese and Saint George Serbian Orthodox Church in Canton, Ohio consider it an honor and privilege to host the 20 th Triennial Church Assembly/Sabor of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America

The Sabor will open with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and Invocation of the Holy Spirit on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.. All Sabor deliberations should conclude by Thursday, August 13, with the evening banquet. Please make your travel arrangements accordingly.

Bishop Atanasije: United, we celebrate the All-Holy Spirit!

Serbian Musicians Participate in International Conference on Orthodox Church Music

Bogdan Djakovic and Vera Carina, members of the Serbian Orthodox Church, participated in the recently concluded Third International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, hosted by the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM), at the University of Joensuu, Finland.

During the conference, Djakovic, who was a founding Board member of ISOCM, presented a paper on: Rediscovering a Serbian national style: problems in sacred architecture, church art and church music in the late 1930s: the case of the Orthodox choral music of Milenko Zivkovic and Carina presented a paper on: The Pancevo Singing Society as part of Serbian Culture.

Closer academic relationships between St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Theological Faculty of the University

Discussions on closer academic relationships between St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade, Serbia, took place in Crestwood, New York, on June 2nd and 3rd, 2009. Recognizing mutual academic and ecclesial benefits, the representatives of two institutions (Professor Fr. Vladan Perisic and Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic from Belgrade and Fr. John Behr, Fr. Chad Hatfield and Prof. John Barnett from St. Vladimir's) discussed formal relationship guidelines and conditions for a joint enterprise on master level.