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

Đoković otvorio vrata Holivuda za "Montevideo"

Samo nekoliko sati posle sjajne pobede na mastersu, u Indijan Velsu, Novak je sa užim krugom svojih saradnika specijalnim letom stigao u Los Anđeles, gde su ga sačekali reditelj Dragan Bjelogrlić, zvezde filma Miloś Biković, Viktor Savić, španska glumica Elena Martinez i producenti „Intermedia Network“ Dejan Petrović i Zvonimir Šimunec.

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Među pozvanima je bio i slavni producent Robert Evans, koji je potpisao mnoge kultne filmove kao što su "Kum 1 i 2", "Kineska četvrt", "Maratonac" i drugi.

- Poznajem Dragana Bjelogrlića, režisera filma, već dugi niz godina. Čak me je i pozvao da glumim u prvom delu filma i sada mi je žao što tu ulogu zbog obaveza nisam prihvatio. Ali, ovo večeras je na neki način moj doprinos filmu. Gledao sam ga pre mesec i po dana u Beogradu i zaista je bio velika inspiracija za mene - rekao je Novak najavljujući "Montevideo".

- U filmu ćete videti i ljubavnu priču, priču o prijateljstvu,odanosti i poštenju, a sve su to vrednosti kojima sam bio veoma inspirisan kada sam pogledao film. Za mene je bilo posebno važno i to što ovaj film na jedan potpuno drugačiji način predstavlja Srbiju u odnosu na ono što Holivud prikazuje proteklih 20 i nešto više godina. Činjenica je da postoji nekakav stereotip o likovima i filmovima iz Srbije, koji je po mom skromnom mišljenju, a nadam se da mi nećete zameriti – negativan. Ovaj film je suprotnost onome što je naša kinematografija predstavljala u proteklih 30 godina. Zaista sam osetio potrebu, a kasnije video i mogućnost da ovako nešto podelim sa vama. Nadam se da ćete uživati u filmu koliko sam i ja. Kao sportistu, film me je iskreno dotakao a ono što mi se posebno dopalo jeste to što se u filmu promoviše puno pozitivnih životnih vrednosti - ispričao je Nole.

Reditelj Dragan Bjelogrlić, i sam nekada stanovnik Holivuda, zahvalio se gostima što su pokazali intersovanje za srpski filmski i televizijski hit, a posebno je izrazio divljenje za Novakovu pordšku filmu:

- Novak nije samo vrhunski teniser, po meni danas najbolji na svetu, već je učinio gest koji govori koliko je veliki čovek. Prepoznao je neke vrednosti našeg filma i kao Srbin koji voli i bori se za status svoje domovine, poželeo da ovakvu Srbiju vide i moćni ljudi iz šou biznisa, a moguće i gledaoci širom sveta. Sada više nije bitno da li će se bilo kakva poslovna varijanta realizovati, za mene i ekipu filma je najvažnije da nas je Novak učinio ponosnim što je stao iza filma i prepoznao ono zbog čega smo i snimili „Montevideo" - rekao je Bjelogrlić.

- Projekcija u Los Anđelesu, posebno ovakvom sastavu poslovnih ljudi, sama po sebi predstavlja ozbiljan poslovni domet. Ali, ako se ima u vidu da se sve odigralo uz podršku i organizaciju Novaka Đokovića, to daje događaju poseban značaj i čini čast producentskoj kući „Interemedia Network" - dodao je producent filma Dejan Petrović.

Izvor: Blic, 18. 3. 2014.


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Nenad Vukićević

Born: Jagodina, Serbia. Education: Graduated from University of Belgrade, Electrical Engineering. Emigrated to USA in 1984. Provides consulting and software development services in the area of embedded systems, systems software, and communications. President of the Serbian Unity Congress 2002-2005, former President of the local Serbian church Board in Saratoga for many years and provides web and Internet support for SUC. President, founder and creator of the Serbian Blago Fund. Married with three children, and resides in Los Altos, California.

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Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan

by Bishop Athanasius (Yevtich)

In 2013 Christian world celebrates 1700 years since the day when the Providence of God spoke through the holy Emperor Constantine and freedom was given to the Christian faith. Commemorating the 1700 years since the Edict of Milan of 313, Sebastian Press of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church published a book by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan. The book has 72 pages and was translated by Popadija Aleksandra Petrovich. This excellent overview of the historical circumstances that lead to the conversion of the first Christian emperor and to the publication of a document that was called "Edict of Milan", was originally published in Serbian by the Brotherhood of St. Simeon the Myrrh-gusher, Vrnjci 2013. “The Edict of Milan” is calling on civil authorities everywhere to respect the right of believers to worship freely and to express their faith publicly.

The publication of this beautiful pocket-size, full-color, English-language book, has been compiled and designed by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, a disciple of the great twentieth-century theologian Archimandrite Justin Popovich. Bishop Athanasius' thought combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant faith, knowledge of history, and a profound experience of Christ in the Church.

In the conclusion of the book, the author states:"The era of St. Constantine and his mother St. Helena, marks the beginning of what history refers to as Roman, Christian Empire, which was named Byzantium only in recent times in the West. In fact, this was the conception of a Christian Europe. Christian Byzantine culture had a critical effect on Europe; Europe was its heir, and then consciously forgot it. Europe inherited many Byzantine treasures, but unfortunately, also robbed and plundered many others for its own treasuries and museums – not only during the Crusades, but during colonial rule in the Byzantine lands as well. We, the Orthodox Slavs, received a great heritage of the Orthodox Christian East from Byzantium. Primarily, Christ’s Gospel, His faith and His Church, and then, among other things, the Cyrillic alphabet, too."