Page 5 - Western Diocese Annual 2023

Table of Contents
GreetingfromFather–BishopMaxim .............................................................. 4 CommuniqueoftheHolyAssemblyofBishopsoftheSerbianOrthodoxChurch ........................ 6 DiocesanDays2022inJackson,California.......................................................... 9 Bishop Grigorije of Germany Speaks at the 6th Annual Sts. Sebastian & Mardarije Orthodox Institute . . . . . . . 12 BishopMaxim’sHomilyontheFeastofSt.Sava...................................................... 16 TheFeastofSt.SavainSanGabriel,California....................................................... 19 SaintSebastianParishSlava2022inCarson,City,Nevada............................................. 22 SavedbyBeauty,DostoevskyandAmerica,SanFranciscoExhibit...................................... 24 KoloSlavaCelebrationinSaratoga,California....................................................... 26 CathedralSlavainAlhambra,California............................................................ 28 ChurchSlavaCelebratedinSanMarcos,California................................................... 30 MetropolitanJohnZizioulasofPergamon(1931–2023)FellAsleepintheLord ........................... 32 „Милост Твоја, Господе, пратиће ме...” (Поводом упокојења Митрополита пергамског Јована) . . . . . . 33 FuneralofMetropolitanJohnofPergamon(Zizioulas) ............................................... 36 V.Rev.Protopresbyter-StavrophorSlobodanJovic–MemorialEternal.................................. 37 FuneralofFatherSlobodanJovic,St.SavaMonastery,Libertyville,Illinois............................... 38 TheFallingAsleepintheLordofProtopresbyterStavrophorVelimirPetakovich ......................... 40 CatecheticalLectures“Theologia-Oikonomia-Leitourgia”............................................. 43 MagnificentSlavacelebrationwithBishopMaximinSaratoga,CA..................................... 45 TheFeastofSt.ArchangelMichaelChurchinSaltLakeCity,Utah ..................................... 49 JacksonFestivitiesinhonoroftheTheotokosandSaintSebastian ...................................... 53 BishopMaximVisitsSeattleParishes............................................................... 54 AJoyousChristmasCelebrationinAlhambra,California ............................................. 56 SlavaCelebrationatthePresentationoftheLordMonasteryinEscondido,California .................... 57 ПрославаСветогСимеонаМироточивогуЛасВегасу............................................. 58 SundayofOrthodoxyCelebratedattheSt.PaulGreekOrthodoxChurchinIrvine,CA ................... 59 ПредавањејеромонахаВасилијаГавриловићауСијетлу........................................... 61 EpiscopalVisit–SundayoftheHolyandLife-GivingCrossinDenver,Colorado......................... 62 Bishop Maxim Visits St. Stephen Archdeacon and Protomartyr Church in Portland, Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 DiocesanKoloSrpskihSestaraLentenWoman’sRetreatinAlhambra,CA............................... 64 Bishop Maxim visits Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Fair Oaks, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Great&HolyPaschainAlhambra,California ....................................................... 68 BrightTuesdayLiturgyatMonasteryinEscondido,California......................................... 70 ThomasSundayinBoise.......................................................................... 71 SanDiegoChurchPatronalFeastDay.............................................................. 72 BishopMaxim’sVisittoHolyTrinitySerbianOrthodoxChurchinButte,MT............................ 73 Vidovdan,theFeastofSt.Anastasia,EndowmentDayinAlhambra,CA ................................ 75 SummerPaschainEugene,Oregon ................................................................ 77 KoloSrpskihSestaraSlavainPortland,Oregon...................................................... 79 ImportantDiocesanEventsin2023 ................................................................ 83 OfferingtheFinestHarvestinGod’sVineyard....................................................... 84 SebastianPressoftheSerbianOrthodoxDioceseofWesternAmerica.................................. 86 TheDirectoryoftheDioceseofWesternAmerica.................................................... 99