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Who's Who-NIKO NEMA STO SRBIN IMADE<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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3 Holy Warriors Fresco<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Who\u2019s Who in\u2026. \u201cNiko Nema Sto Srbin Imade\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Most of the persons named in this song were from old Serbian History, and more particularly, around the Battle of Kosovo Polje (Battle of the Field of Blackbirds).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This battle the Serbs lost physically, but because of the great heroism and extreme sacrifice for Serbian Heritage and Serbian Orthodox Faith, it is still one of Serbian History\u2019s \u201cgreatest moments.\u201d\u00a0 It was when the brave Serbian Christian warriors went into battle against overwhelming odds, choosing \u201ceternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven\u201d over life in the early kingdom.<\/span>

We celebrate that day\u2014with honor, pride and dignity-each year on June 28, Vidovdan.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Click on the label above to hear the Jorgovan Tamburitza sing\u00a0“Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade.”<\/strong>\u00a0This priceless old record is from the collection of Steve Kozobarich of Cleveland.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sto Je Sveta Na Sve Cetiri Strane<\/strong><\/span>
As many people as there are in all four sections of the world<\/span>

Niko Nema sto Srbin Imade<\/strong><\/span>
No one has what the Serb has<\/span>

Srbin Ima Marka Kraljevica<\/strong><\/span>
Serbs have Marko Kraljevic
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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Marko Kraljevic was one of the most popular heroes among the Serbs.\u00a0 He was mighty of heart and deed, always championing the cause of the poor and weak; and he was the bravest warrior in the field of battle.\u00a0 He defended the Serbian people oppressed by the Turks after the Battle of Marica and Kosovo (1`371, 1380). Marko was killed in 1394 in a battle waged against General Joval Mirche of Lashija after many successful encounters with neighboring enemies.\u00a0 His father, King Vukasin, died in 1371 in the Battle against the Turks at the Marica River.<\/span>

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Srbin Ima Milos Obilica<\/strong><\/span>
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Milos Obilic was a great Serbian hero, who at Kosovo Polje went into the Turk\u2019s own camp and killed the Turkish Czar Murat.\u00a0 He was an inspiration to Serbian warriors.\u00a0 Some of our mot beautiful songs are written about Milos Obilic and his heroic deeds.\u00a0 He is often cited as an example of fidelity and dedication based on his devotion to his ruler, the Serbian Czar Lazar.\u00a0 Our greatest Serbian poet, Petar II Petrovic-Njegos, Bishop of Crna Gora, placed Milos Obilic above all Kosovo warriors because of his heroic feats.\u00a0 Milos Obilic perished on the Kosovo Polje Battlefield.<\/span><\/p>


Srbin Ima Toplicu Milana<\/strong><\/span>
Serbs have Milan Toplica

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Srbin Ima Kosanchich Ivana<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Serbs Have Ivan Kosancic<\/div>
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Ivan Kosancic was another close friend of Milos Obilic and, together with Milan Toplica, became a blood brother of Obilic.\u00a0 Many famous stories are written of the battles the three fought together and how they all died in battle on Kosovo Polje.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Srbin Ima Devet Jugovica<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Serbs Have the Nine Jugovic Brothers<\/div>
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Devet Jugovica were the nine Jugovic brothers who shed their blood and gave their lives defending their faith.\u00a0 Bosko Jugovic, the flag bearer and the last of the Jugovices to die, played a signficant role in this battle and is usually given special mention in the songs sung about the Jugovici at the Battle of Kosovo.<\/span><\/div>
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I Desetog Starog Jug Bogdana<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
And the Tenth Jugovic-Their Father, Jug Bogdan<\/div>

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Srbin Ima Slavnog Car Lazara<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Serbs Have the Famous Czar Lazar<\/div>
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Slavni Czar Lazar was a Serbian ruler who led the Serbian army in the Battle of Kosovo where he, too, lost his life.\u00a0 The Turks captured him alive and beheaded him.\u00a0 The Serbian Orthodox Church proclaimed Czar Lazar a martyred saint and Serbians commemorate him at every Vidovdan celebration, along with all the other Serbian martyrs who died defending their faith and heritage.<\/span><\/span>
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On the eve of the Battle of Kosovo, Czar Lazar had to decide between the Heavenly Kingdom and an earthly one.\u00a0 In the true spirit of Christianity, rather than compromise principles, Czar Lazar led his people into battle at Kosovo, knowing it may end in defeat and he would thereby surrender his early kindgom for eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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His earthly remains are amazingly preserved intact and even today are kept in the Saborna Crkva (Church) in Belgrade where they gather the faithful from all areas of Serbia.
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Just as they did through centuries earlier from the various monasteries in which they were kept, they gather and inspire the Serbian people in the hope and belief that better days will come.\u00a0 A special service is held, dedicated to this holy Serbian rule, Czar Lazar, who was the leading character in the epoch of Kosovo Polje.\u00a0 The Serbian people owe him a great debt of gratitude for a glorious history.
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Srbin Ima Silnog Car Dusana<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Serbs Have Mighty Czar Dushan<\/div>
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Czar Dushan was a Serbian ruler, son of King Stevan Decanski.\u00a0 Under his reign, the Serbian nation reached the peak of its power.\u00a0 In the year 1346, Dushan was proclaimed Czar in southern Serbia after the Serbian Archbishopric See was elevated to a Patriarchate.<\/span>
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He waged war successfully with his neighboring countries, but died suddenly in the year 1355 on his way to liberate Carigra from the Turks.\u00a0 His effort brought respect even from the pope, from whom he had received the title of the “Captain of Christianity.”\u00a0 Czar Dushan was buried in the Archangel Monastery at Prizren from where his remains were eventually transferred to the Patriarchate in Belgrade and later placed in the Church of St. Mark, where they are located.<\/span>
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Czar Dushan left an historical monument in Serbian culture from the Middle Ages.\u00a0 It is known as Dushan’s Law\u00a0 and regulates distinction in classes, specified punishment for violations, etc.\u00a0 It is full of the spirit of tolerance and religion, greater than many other similar monuments in Europe.\u00a0 It was after his death that the unfavorable days for the Serbian people began.<\/span><\/p>

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Srbin Ima Slavne Nemanjice<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Serbs Have the Famous Nemanjiches<\/div>
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Nemanjic was the famous dynasty of the Middle Ages (1114-1371) headed by Stevan Nemanja (St. Simeon Mirotocivi).\u00a0 From this famous Serbian dynasty came several rules and saints and the dynasty left a glorious name in the history of the Serbian people.\u00a0 All members were religious, all erected memorial churches, the most beautiful memorials of Serbian culture of the middle ages<\/span>.<\/div>
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Srbin Ima Karadjordjevice<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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St. Sava, the son of Nemanja is our most beloved Serbian descendant.\u00a0 He was the founder of independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the first Serbian archbishop-teacher and educator, who has endeared all Orthodox people and churches everywhere.\u00a0 With his father, Stevan Nemanja, he erected among other edifices, Monastery Hilandar located in Sveta Gora, Mount Athos, from where Orthodox faith and teaching emanated.\u00a0 He died in Bulgaria in the year 1235 and his remains were transferred from there to Monastery Milesevo.\u00a0 Because of the great respect he gained among the Serbian people and people of other faiths, the Turks burned his remains in 1594 at Vracar near Belgrade, hoping, but failing, to annihilate the faith of the people.<\/span><\/div>
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St. Sava did immeasurable good for the Serbian people and nation, and he won the hearts of the Serbian people in a greater degree than any of our other famous leaders.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Serbs Have Saint Sava<\/div>
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St. Sava, the son of Nemanja is our most beloved Serbian descendant.\u00a0 He was the founder of independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the first Serbian archbishop-teacher and educator, who has endeared all Orthodox people and churches everywhere.\u00a0 With his father, Stevan Nemanja, he erected among other edifices, Monastery Hilandar located in Sveta Gora, Mount Athos, from where Orthodox faith and teaching emanated.\u00a0 He died in Bulgaria in the year 1235 and his remains were transferred from there to Monastery Milesevo.\u00a0 Because of the great respect he gained among the Serbian people and people of other faiths, the Turks burned his remains in 1594 at Vracar near Belgrade, hoping, but failing, to annihilate the faith of the people.<\/span><\/div>
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St. Sava did immeasurable good for the Serbian people and nation, and he won the hearts of the Serbian people in a greater degree than any of our other famous leaders.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Serbs Have their Patron Saint’s Day (Krsna Slava)<\/div>
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Krsna Slava is the commemoration of some saint or event chosen by a Serbian household as its patron and to whom the home and its inhabitants are dedicated.\u00a0 This stems from the days when the Serbs first accepted Christianity and pledged themselves to their chosen patron in belief and dedication to Christ and His Church.<\/span><\/div>
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This occasion is celebrated festively in the company of kumovi, relatives, friends and travelers–with a slavski kolach (Festal bread), candle, koljivo (wheat) in the presence of the patron whose icon should be kept in every Serbian home.\u00a0 The kolach should be blessed and cut in Church, if at all possible.\u00a0 The Krsna Slava is unique with the Serbian people.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Slavnog Drazu Mihajlovicha<\/strong><\/div>
Frmous Draza Mihailovich<\/div>
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This translation is thanks to Marta Trklja, Toronto, Canada<\/strong><\/span>, October 27, 2008<\/span><\/p>

Our Tzar Lazar sat down to his dinner.<\/p>

And beside him Tzarica Milica,
She spoke to him, Tzarica Milica:
“O, Tzar Lazar, golden crown of the Serbs!<\/p>

You will ride forth at dawn to Kosovo<\/p>

Taking with you servants and voyvodes,
But at your court you are leaving no one.
“O, Tzar Lazar! You are leaving no man,
Who can bring you all urgent messages,
To Kosovo and bring news back to me.
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My nine brothers, my Jugovi\u0107 brothers.
O, please leave me at least just one brother
For a sister must swear by a brother.”
Then to her speaks Serbia’s Tzar Lazar:
“O, my lady, Tzarica Milica!
Which one of them would you have me leave you?
Whom shall I leave in the bright court with you?”
“Leave my brother my Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Then, again said Serbia’s Prince Lazar:
“O, my lady, Tzarica Milica!
When tomorrow the white morning arrives,
The day arrives and the white sun rises,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
On the city the door will open wide.
You will walk out in front of the town door.
There will go forth all our drawn-up army
All the horsemen under the war lances.
In front will ride our Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107.
He will carry the Crusader’s banner.
Give the blessing to Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
To some other let him give the banner,
So he can stay with you at the white court.”
When the dawn came early in the morning,
And the portal of the town opened wide,

She went forth then, Tzarica Milica.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
She placed herself at the door of the town.
And here came forth all the drawn up army,
All the horsemen under their war lances.
In front of them rode Bo\u0161ko Jugov\u0107,
Golden banner with crosses veils knight
O God, brother! Down to his sorrel horse.
On the banner was a golden apple.
From the apple sprang the golden crosses.
From the crosses swung the golden tassels,\u00a0\u00a0
Gently touching Bo\u0161ko on the shoulders.
And Tzarica Milica comes closer,
And then seizes his sorrel horse’s reins;
She throws her arms around her brother’s neck.
Then she whispers softly to her brother:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
“O, my brother, my Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107!
Our Tzar Lazar has given you to me.
You must not go to Kosovo’s war-field.
Our Tzar Lazar gave to you his blessing,
To whom you choose you can give the banner,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
So you can stay with me at Kru\u0161evac,
So I can swear at least by one brother.”
And then exclaims her Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107:
“Go, my sister, to your own white tower!
For I would not return there back with you,
Nor surrender the Crusader’s banner,
Though Tzar, himself, would give me Kru\u0161evac.
For all my men my act would ridicule,
See the coward, our Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107.
He was afraid to go to Kosovo,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
To shed his blood for honored cross and faith,
Afraid to die for his ancestral faith.”
Then he galloped on his horse through the gate.
Old Jug-Bogdan, her father, rode past her,
And behind him seven Jugovi\u0107es.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
She stopped them all, all her seven brothers,
But none of them would even look at her.
Shortly after, but as if time stood still,
The ninth brother Vojin came riding up.
He was leading Lazar’s reserve horses,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Caparisoned all over with pure gold.

She grabbed the reins of Vojin’s dun war-horse.
She threw her arms around her brother’s neck,
And then she started speaking to Vojin:
“O, my brother, my Vojin Jugovi\u0107!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Our Tzar Lazar has given you to me.
Our Tzar Lazar gave to you his blessing.
To give horses to whom ever you choose,
To stay with me here in Kru\u0161evac.
I should have my brother to protect me.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Then Jugovi\u0107 Vojin tells her now:
“Go, my sister, to your own white tower!
I, a brave knight, would not return with you,
Nor surrender the Tzar’s battle horses,
Though I knew now that I would lose my life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
I ride, sister, to Kosovo’s flat field,
To shed my blood for holy cross and faith;
And for our faith to die with my brothers.”
Then he rides off on his horse through the gate.
When she saw this, Tzarica Milica,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
She then fell down on to the stone cold ground,
As she fell she fainted so in pain.
Then Tzar Lazar, the glorious rode by.
When he saw her, his lady Milica,
Bitter teardrops ran down Tzar Lazar’s cheeks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
He turned himself around from left to right,
And called out to his servant Goluban:
“O, Goluban! O, my faithful servant!
You dismount now from your swan-like charger.
Take my lady away in your white arms,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Carry her up to her slender tower.
Do as I say, our God will forgive you.
Do not go forth to fight at Kosovo.
Instead, stay here at your lady’s white court.”
When the servant Goluban heard all this,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
He shed sad tears streaming down his white face.
He dismounted from his swan-like charger,
In his white arms he took away his Queen.
And brought her to her slender tower.
But he could not resist his heart’s desire,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
To ride his horse toward Kosovo’s battle,
So he collected his swan-like charger,

And mounting it, galloped to Kosovo.
The next day when bright dawn had just broken,
Two black ravens emerg’d, wings flaying.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
From Kosovo that broad field of battle,
They land upon a lone white-walled tower,
The white tower of glorious Lazar.
One of them caws, the other starts to talk:
“Is this truly honored Lazar’s tower?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Is there no one here in the tower now?”
In the tower no one overheard this,
But one who heard was Milica, the Queen.
So she walked out in front of the white tower,
She then questioned this pair of black ravens:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
“God be with you, O, you two black ravens!
Did you not come from Kosovo’s broad field?
Did you not see those two mighty armies?
Did the armies begin to fight each other?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Which of the two has gained the victory?”\u00a0\u00a0
The two ravens now gave her their answer:
“By our God’s truth, Tzarica Milica!
We came at dawn from Kosovo’s wide broad field.
And there we saw the two mighty armies.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Which yesterday did fiercely fight each other.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
At that wide field both the rulers have fallen.
And of the Turks a few are still living,
But of the Serbs even those who survived,
All are wounded, and all covered with blood.”
While the ravens were speaking in this way,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Then Milutin, the servant, came to them.
And he carried his right hand in his left,
Seventeen wounds marked his valiant body.
His knightly horse all over drenched in blood.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
And then the Queen, Milica, said to him:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
“What has happened poor servant Milutin?
Did you betray the Tzar at Kosovo?”
But Milutin, the servant, answered her:
“My Queen, help me get off my knightly horse,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
O, wash my face with the cold well water,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
And down my throat pour some of blood-red wine,
For my deep wounds are overwhelming me.”
Then Milica helped him off his brave horse,

She washed his face with the cold well-water.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
And down his throat, she poured some blood-red wine.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
When the servant came to himself a bit,
Then Milica began to speak and asked him:
“What did happen at Kosovo’s broad field?
Where did our Tzar, the glorious Lazar, fall?
And where was it that old Jug-Bogdan perished?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Where did his sons, nine Jugovi\u0107es, fall?
Where did the brave knight, the Voivode Milo\u0161, fall?
Where too did that knight Vuk Brankovi\u0107, fall?
Where did fall our Banovi\u0107 Strahinja?”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
“They all remained at Kosovo’s wide field.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
There where our Tzar, the honored Lazar, fell,
Many lances were split there in battle,
Broken lances of both the Turks and Serbs,\u00a0
But more of them were Serbian then Turkish.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
While defending, O, Queen! Our honored lord,
Lord and master, our honored Tzar Lazar.
And Jug-Bogdan, my Queen!<\/span><\/p>

He perished first,
At the outset in the combat charge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

And there fell the eight Jugovi\u0107es,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>

For none of them would betray each other,
As long as there was even one alive.
Yet, left still alive was Bo\u0161ko Jugovi\u0107,
Still his banner with cross flew at Kosovo.\u00a0\u00a0
And he still drove before him many Turks,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Just like a hawk when he haunts the pigeons.
There, where they all were drenched knee-deep in blood,
Strahini\u0107 Ban, the brave one, there he fell.
And also fell, our Milo\u0161, O, my Queen!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
By Sitnica, beside the ice-cold stream;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
There many Turks, they also perished there.
Our Milo\u0161 slew Murad, the Turkish Tzar,
And twelve thousand of the Turkish soldiers.
God have mercy for the one who bore him!\u00a0
He left behind his glory to the Serbs,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
To be sung of and told us forever,
As long as men and Kosovo exist.
But must you ask about the accursed Vuk?
May she be damned, she who gave him birth!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Damned be his tribe and his family seed,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0

For he betrayed his Tzar at Kosovo.
And he led away his twelve thousand soldiers,
All of them, O, my Queen! Heavily armed.<\/span><\/p>

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Marta Pravica Trklja
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Role of the Gusle, Guslar.....\u0423\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u0433\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0435, \u0413\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0440<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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“In the house where the gusle is not heard, both the house and the people there are dead.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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“\u0423 \u043a\u0443\u045b\u0438 \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0458\u0435 \u0433\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0440 \u043d\u0438\u0458\u0435 \u0447\u0443\u043e, \u0438 \u043a\u0443\u045b\u0430 \u0438 \u0459\u0443\u0434\u0438 \u0442\u0430\u043c\u043e \u0441\u0443 \u043c\u0440\u0442\u0432\u0438”.\u00a0(\u040a\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0448, \u0413\u043e\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0458\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0446)\u00a0<\/p>

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“They have razed and destroyed our worldly goods–They have harvested our hope—-<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

But the gusle, the Serbian gusle, Knows not how to lie!”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

(Isidor Bajic, THE DEATH OF THE GUSLAR)<\/span><\/p>

“\u041e\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u0443 \u0443\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0438 \u0441\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u0435 – \u041e\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0430 \u0436\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0443 —-\u00a0<\/p>

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“Better let the village perish than its ancient customs”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Old Serbian (1800’s) Proverb<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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S prvim drve\u0107em\u00a0koje je palo,\u00a0zapo\u010dela je kultura.\u00a0Sa zadnjim drve\u0107em,\u00a0koje\u00a0\u0107e pasti,\u00a0zavr\u0161ava.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

With the first tree that fell, culture began.<\/span>\u00a0With the last tree that will fall, it will end.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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“The Death of the Guslar “<\/strong>is one of Serbia’s most beloved poems, written by Isidor Bajic, who lived from 1878-1915. This poem defines who the Serbs are as a people. They won’t yield to tyranny. “Better a grave than a slave.”\u00a0\u00a0Bolje grob nego rob!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u0421\u043c\u0440\u0442 \u0413\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0440 “\u0458\u0435 \u0458\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0430\u0458\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0459\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0458\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0430 \u0458\u0435 \u0421\u0440\u0431\u0438\u0458\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u0458\u0443 \u0458\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043e \u0418\u0441\u0438\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u0411\u0430\u0458\u0438\u045b, \u043a\u043e\u0458\u0438 \u0458\u0435 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0435\u043e \u043e\u0434 1878-1915. \u041e\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0430. \u0414\u0435\u0444\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0448\u0435 \u043a\u043e \u0441\u0443 \u0421\u0440\u0431\u0438 \u043a\u0430\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434.\u00a0\u041d\u0435\u045b\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0458\u0443. “Better a grave than a slave:\u00a0“\u0411\u043e\u0459\u0435 \u0413\u0440\u043e\u0431 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0420\u043e\u0431.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Serbs, said John Wuchenich of Pittsburgh, \u00a0<\/strong>have always treasured\u00a0guslars<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and their instruments, the\u00a0gusle<\/span><\/strong>, a single-stringed carved wooden instrument that creates a series of long wailing notes when the bow is strung across it. Once the guslar (singer of history) had the attention of his audience, he would sing verse after verse of Czar Lazar and his heroic army, repeatedly recalling the desire and will to fight for freedom.<\/p>

It was the blind guslars traveling from village to village who kept alive the Serbian sagas and actions of the Serbs against their oppressors. \u00a0<\/p>

“The Turks blinded the early-day guslars so they could not carry information of fortifications, weapons and so forth of their mighty armies, which might prove valuable to the ever-restless Serbs. However, the guslars carried their blindness like a badge of honor, and were highly respected, because though blind, the masterful craftsmen helped Serbia once again be able to “see” Victory.\u00a0<\/p>

By singing over and again the ballads of past Serbian glories would Serbs be able to bear the yolk of tyranny and eventually throw it off, be the oppressors the Turks from long ago or modern-day robbers of Serbian lands, culture and heritage.<\/p>

SERB WORLD USA of March\/April, 2000, p. 23,<\/strong>\u00a0says: “The first known mention of the guslar comes from the Polish court, only 26 years after the Battle of Kosovo in 1415, where a document mentions that a Serbian guslar was living at the palace of King Vladislav Jagelovic (1350-1434), Vladislav II, and Queen Jadviga, whom he married in 1386.”<\/p>

The article continues: “In 1530, the Hapsburg ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, sent a delegation to Sultan Suleiman in Constantinople.” One of the members was Slovenian Benedikt Kuripesic who wrote the first travelogue on the Balkans, called\u00a0ITINERARIUM<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0He described the folk singers and guslars he met on his way through Bosnia and Kosovo.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Many of us Americans of Serbian descent are familiar with the old poem by\u00a0J<\/span>ovan Jovanovich Zmaj<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>called:<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cDed I Unuk.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span>

Uzo deda svog unuka, metn’o ga na krilo,
Pa uz gusle pevao mu, Sta je negda bilo.

Pevao mu srpsku slavu – I srpske junake –
Pevao mu ljute bitke -Muke svakojake.<\/span>

Dedi oko zablistalo, Pa suzu proliva,
I unuku svome rec(h)e\u00a0 Da gusle celiva.

Dete gusle celivalo; P’ onda pita zivo:
“Je li, deda, zasto sam ja Te gusle celiv’o?”<\/span>

“Ti ne shvatas, Srpce malo! Mi stariji znamo!
Kad dorastes, kad razmislis, Kaz’\u00e7e ti se samo!”<\/span><\/div>
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__________In CYRILLIC_______<\/div>
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“\u0414\u0435\u0434 \u0418 \u0423\u043d\u0443\u043a.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>


\u0423\u0437\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0434\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0433 \u0443\u043d\u0443\u043a\u0430, \u043c\u0435\u0442\u043d’\u043e \u0433\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043b\u043e,\u00a0
\u041f\u0430 \u0443\u0437 \u0433\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043e \u043c\u0443, \u0421\u0442\u0430 \u0458\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0431\u0438\u043b\u043e.\u00a0

\u041f\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043e \u043c\u0443 \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0443 \u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0443 – \u0418 \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0435 \u0458\u0443\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0435 —\u00a0
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“\u0422\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441, \u0421\u0440\u043f\u0446\u0438 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e! \u041c\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0438 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u043c\u043e!\u00a0<\/p>

\u041a\u0430\u0434 \u0434\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0441, \u043a\u0430\u0434 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0438\u0441\u043b\u0438\u0441, \u041a\u0430\u0437’\u0446\u0327\u0435 \u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e! ”\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Most of the time I can\u2019t read this myself without tears welling up.\u00a0 It\u2019s about a grandfather who takes his grandson on his knee, and with his gusle in hand, proceeds to tell the young lad about his Serbian heritage, Serbian Slavas, Serbian heroes, bitter wars and hardships.\u00a0 As the tears fall from the older man\u2019s eyes, the grandson lovingly looks up to him and asks, \u201cBut why grandfather, why does the gusle make you cry?\u201d\u00a0 The devoted grandfather lovingly tells his little Serbian that he doesn\u2019t understand at his age what the older people know, but promises the youngster that as he gets older and thinks about it or reminisces, the gusle will speak to him too.<\/span>
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<\/strong>Here’s an English version of the poem:<\/span><\/div>
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Grandfather to Grandson<\/strong><\/span>
(The Passing of the Torch)<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>

(Translation by Christina Tepsick of Youngstown, Ohio, SRBOBRAN 21 June 2006, p. 32.)<\/span><\/p>

The grandfather took his grandson, put him on his knee, and with his gusle he did sing of all that used to be.<\/span><\/p>

He sang to him of Serbian glory, Serbian knights of old. He sang to him of battles fierce and suffering untold.<\/span><\/p>

The grandther’s eyes glistened as the tears welled in his eyes. He asked his little grandson to kiss the gusle dear.<\/span><\/p>

The child kissed the ancient gusle and then he asked in awe, “Tell me grandfather, why should I the gusle kiss?”<\/span><\/p>

“You know not, my little Serb, but we your elders do.\u00a0 When you grow up and think it through, it will all come to you.”\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

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One of the most famous Gusle players who traveled throughout America was simply known as “Perun!”<\/p>

Read more about him here:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.njegos.org\/emigrants\/perun.htm<\/a><\/p>

You can even hear him sing and play his instrument!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Matija Beckovich, one of Serbia\u2019s greatest poets, spoke about the irony of making Serbia the pariah in the world press, in a speech he made in Chicago, November, 1991:<\/h4>

\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPerhaps there was never a time when more was being said about Serbs, and at the same time less was known about them;\u00a0 never a time when more was known, yet with a more shallowly knowledge and less understanding than before; nor were the Serbs more consciously lied about, more prejudicially judged and more narrowly viewed—all in the name of international law\u2014than is the custom today.\u00a0 Where a lie spreads easily, the truth penetrates with difficulty.\u00a0 And who could refute all the lies, who could gather all the scattered feathers?\u00a0 I come from Serbia that is disheartened, shattered, dazed and isolated\u2014practically her every home houses a refugee, where there is no one who has been made a refugee from Serbia, regardless of faith or nationality.\u00a0 We take pride in this fact more than we grieve over our own misfortune.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>

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Please forgive me if this is not a direct translation, but its a Google Best Guess!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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\u00a0And those lies continued…. but there will always be guslars to carry on the torch for the truth!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mim holding the priceless gusle while at the old SNF headquarters at 3414 Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh’s OAKLAND section, under the painting of General “Cica” Draza Mihailovich.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Photo taken up at Holy Trinity’s St. Sava Picnic Grounds in Castle Shannon, PA.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Everyone loved the kind and loving Mr. Bratich!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our 3 Bizic St. George Gusles<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bishop Nikolai @ the Gusle (WWI)<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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(At Lelic Monastery-St. Bishop Nicholas’ Tomb, Aug. 2008)<\/span><\/p>

“The Serbian people sang also.\u00a0 Sitting around the fire in the long winter nights, the Serbian peasants sang their glorious past, their dark present and their hopes for the future.\u00a0 There is a Serbian instrument called the gusle, more interesting than the Greek lyre, because more appropriate for the epic songs.\u00a0 It looks also like the Indian instrument tamboura.\u00a0 Well, as the ancient Greek bards sang their Achilles using the lyre, and as the ancient Indian singers sang their Krishna with the help of the tamboura, so the Serbian epic singers accompanied the gusle with songs on their hero of old, Marko.\u00a0 Marko was a historic person, a king’s son.\u00a0 He was the never-weary champion of right and justice, the protector of the poor and oppressed, a believer in the victorious good, a man who left an impression on the coming generations like a lightning flash in the dark clouds.\u00a0 In every village house in Serbia there is a gusle, and almost in every family a good singer with the gusle.\u00a0 The blind bards sang on the occasion of the festival or a meeting.<\/span><\/p>

“The great (William) Pitt, when once asked from whom he learned the English history so well, replied: ‘From Shakespeare.’\u00a0 To the same question, we Serbs can reply: ‘From our national poetry.’ It is very rare for a people in the mass to know their past as well as the Serbs know their own.\u00a0 The Serbs regard their history not so much as a dry science, but rather as an art, a drama, which must be told in a solemn language.\u00a0 They knew their history, and therefore they sang it; they sang it, and therefore they knew it better and better.<\/span><\/p>

“…… The whole village is the stage, hundreds of singers, moonlight and open starry space.\u00a0 I am sure you would be much more fascinated by such a Serbian rustic opera than by many modern operas on a stage in London.”<\/span><\/p>

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St. Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich is the author of SERBIA IN LIGHT AND DARKNESS.\u00a0 The whole book can be read by going to this website on Project Gutenberg as it was not copyrighted in the USA.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In a way, Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914), one of Serbia’s greatest composers, can also be called a guslar, as he took many old folk songs and wove them together to form RUKOVETS, garlands of songs, to keep the history of the folk songs fresh.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Here are the words to Mokranjac’s\u00a05th Rukovet<\/strong><\/span><\/span>, one of his most popular songs…..thanks to the posting by dundy 991 on YouTube on Oct. 4, 2008. Click below to hear.<\/p>

\u00a0V Peta Rukovet-Fifth Rukovet<\/a><\/p>

\u0160ta to mi\u010de kroz \u0161iblji\u010de?
Stoj, doro, stoj, dobro,
stan’, stan’, stan’, devojko, du\u0161o moja,
stoj, ne begaj!

A \u0161to si se, Jano, rosom orosila?

… Da l’ je srna ja l’ ko\u0161uta?
Stoj, doro, stoj, dobro,
stan’, stan’, stan’, devojko, du\u0161o moja,
stoj, ne begaj!

“Konja sedla\u0161, kud se sprema\u0161,
ah, moj Kojo, ime moje,
ah, moj Kojo, Kokane?”
“Ja se spremam Beogradu,
moja Fato, moje zlato,
moja dilber-gospo\u0111o!”

Povela je Jela dva konja na vodu,
jedno bratovoga, drugo vojnovoga.
Bratovoga konja mutnom vodom poji,
vojnovoga konja bistrom vodom poji.

Moj se dragi na put sprema,
i peva, zlato moje, i peva –
a ja, jadna, konja sedlam,
i pla\u010dem, sunce moje, i pla\u010dem.

Lele, Stano, mori, malka Stano! Iha!
Za Stana se, mori, Budim bije,
Bile, bile, mori, tri godine
Budim grada, mori, bezistena.
Najmeli se, mori, kleti Turci,
pa razbile, mori, Budim-grada bezistena!
Zarobile, mori, malka Stana!
Lele Stano, mori, malka Stano!

Oj, za gorom, za zelenom,
ne\u0161to jasno podvriskuje,
ba\u0161 ko grlo devoja\u010dko.
Ode mom\u010de da obi\u0111e,
al’ devoj\u010de savezano
tankom \u017eicom ibri\u0161ima,
pak se moli mladu momku:
“Odre\u0161i me, mlad juna\u010de,
ja \u0107u tebi seja biti!”
“Imam seju i kod ku\u0107e!”
“Odre\u0161i me, mlad juna\u010de,
ja \u0107u tebi ljuba biti!”
Odre\u0161i je mlado mom\u010de,
odvede je belu dvoru.

Oj, \u0111evojko, du\u0161o moja…

Vi\u0161nji\u010dica rod rodila…

… \u0110e ‘no sino\u0107 s tobom stoja’,
ostade mi sablja moja!

… Nema vi\u0161nju koj da bere…

Ajde, more, momi\u010deto,
da igrame, da pevame!
“Kak’ \u0107e, ludo, mlado,
da igrame, da pevame?
Jo\u0161te nisam koko\u0161kite
nahranila, nakrmila!”
Ajde, more momi\u010deto,
da igrame, da pevame!
Haj, haj, ludo, mlado,
da igrame, da pevame!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(De\u0107ani Bell Tower in Kosovo)<\/p>

Unknown Author<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

(Remember, this is only a translation from the original, which can never perfectly match the meaning….)<\/span><\/p>

The GUSLE, a shiny temple, in which the Serbian guards His name, His Holy Testament.<\/p>

Hey, you GUSLE made of maple dry; To your sound, my soul flies; Like a Blessing, as when the sky is watching.<\/p>

The GUSLE is a Force, which burns my heart; with a string sound when it flies to the sky.\u00a0<\/p>

I hear the exclamation of Falcons old. I hear the voices from the Kosovo cemetery.\u00a0 That is the secret world of the shadows choir.\u00a0 I hear the moans of downcast slaves, whose sorrows are constantly becoming worse.<\/p>

The GUSLE has everything a Serbian wants, because it all started with Serbian Desire.\u00a0 When Serbians are happy they laugh, and when they feel pain, then, even then, Serbians cry.<\/p>

The GUSLE is a Soul, which the Serbians breathe of the centuries of Serbian generations.<\/p>

The GUSLE is a Book in which are written our sorrows, our trials and plagues.<\/p>

The GUSLE is a Letter, which flies through Brotherhood in which the Serbian genius awakens.<\/p>

The GUSLE is the Chalice from which “the Unity” provices a Communion to Serbian existence.<\/p>

And when the GUSLAR delicately fiddles, who among the Serbians doesn’t feel ferverently?\u00a0 That the sound of the GUSLE remarkably recalls our ancestors: Lazar Milo\u0161, Marko…. What follows, the Immortals say?\u00a0<\/p>

The GUSLE is a Journal, which swears by faith; that almost light of the white dawn lights the alam of the Nemanji\u0107 crown.<\/p>

So, let it come. Let Hell rise.\u00a0 Let there be even more evil.\u00a0 The Serbian will not bow down while he has his Serbian GUSLE with him!<\/p>

The day will come, we can already see the Rays; the Dawn of FREEDOM, which MUST come.\u00a0 And the GUSLE will celebrate it to the tune of Monastery De\u0107ani Bells!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Blind Guslar, Philip Visnich (Filip Visnic)\n\n\u0421\u043b\u0435\u043f\u0430 \u0413\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0440<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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(Image above from Wikipedia)<\/p>

Guslars are the keepers of the Serbian heritage, especially during the 500 years of struggle under the yoke of the Turk.<\/p>

From generation to generation, the guslars told and retold the stories which nurtured the Serbian spirit and kept alive their history.<\/p>

“The songs of the\u00a0guslars<\/em><\/span>\u00a0encourage persistence and strength. \u00a0They inspired hope and the belief in the triumph of justice.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Serb World, March\/April, 2000, p. 23,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

“Throughout the centuries of foreign domination, the guslar and his songs were a powerful influence maong the common people. \u00a0At times,\u00a0guslars<\/em><\/span>\u00a0were persectured and performances were banned.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Most highly prized GUSLARS by Vuk Stefanovic Karadjic:<\/p>

Tesan Podrugovic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Filip Visnjic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

from whom he derived many of his folk songs (Tesan) and learned the songs about Serbian revolts of the time (Visnjic -Visnich).<\/p>

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HARDSHIPS IMPOSED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

by the TURKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The Serbs were kept in bondage by the Turks for 500 years.\u00a0The April, 1915 issue of National Geographic<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0states:<\/p>

“Only 37 years have elapsed since Servia (note spelling) escaped the blight of Turkish rule.\u00a0 When she became independent of Turkey, she had few roads, for roads might be used to march over against the Turks, and Turkey wanted to keep every community isolated.\u00a0 Nor did she have many schools, for school would give the Serbians the power to read and write, and reading and writing are great aids when a people want to revolt against an oppressive rule.<\/em><\/p>

“BUT, Servia kept her traditions and history alive through oral epic poems, sung by bards\u00a0<\/em>playing the gusle, or grandfathers and grandmothers teaching their children.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>

“Vidovdan, the day of the Battle of Kosovo, has been commemorated ever since the fateful day in 1389 as an expression of the people’s resolve that freedom never be surrended without a struggle, no matter how fierce or bloody.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>

“Vidovdan is NOT commemorated as a lost battle or a defeat, but rather a challenge to persevere through suffering, and to see salvation through faith in God and in oneself.<\/em><\/p>

“The Serbs lost their Empire because of an overwhelming\u00a0 number of Turkish soldiers, but the Serbian people never lost their identity, or sense of purpose, even after 500 years of enslavement.\u00a0 Kosovo remains a symbol for one’s own values and ideals.”<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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One of the world’s FINEST gusles is on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.\u00a0 It contains the ENTIRE history of the Serbian nation on the gusle itself and on the gandola bow. \u00a0Every Ruler and King from Serbia’s history is recorded herein. \u00a0It’s a priceless treasure!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The incredible gusle and gundalo (bow) was purchased for the Serb National Federation by Mr. Veljko Miljus from Marko Vukcevic of Kosovo, a shoemaker who worked on it from 1926-1934. Vukcevic wanted to present the gusle to King Alexander and his family.\u00a0 Unfortunately, before it was finished, King Alexander was assassinated in Marseilles, France. A letter from Mr. Miljus to the SNF explains the whole story.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is interesting to note that Mr. Miljus’ son,\u00a0Johnny Miljus<\/a>, (<—click here) was a VERY famous baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and other teams.\u00a0 His nickname was\u00a0“Big Serb!”<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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Read more about “BIG SERB” and his role in the World Series—>\u00a0in this article from SERB WORLD<\/a>\u00a0magazine written by Michael D. Nicklanovich, the Sept\/Oct. issue from 1997.<\/div>
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Guslars in a different form:<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>
If you’d like to order SERB WORLD magazine for your home, visit this website for more information:<\/div>
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http:\/\/www.serbworldusa.com<\/a>\/\u00a0<\/div>
\u00a0Tell them “Mim” sent you!<\/div>
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A Modern Day Guslar,<\/div>
Vasa Mihailovich<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
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So far, Vasa has written\u00a0176<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0essays on\u00a0<\/span>American Serb Writers<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that have appeared in the American SRBOBRAN over the years.<\/span><\/div>
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Most recently, a review of his book\u00a0<\/span>SKITNICA I DRUGE PRICE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
was written by\u00a0Mira N. Mataric<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0in the Sept. 17, 2008 issue of the SRBOBRAN.<\/span><\/div>
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She tells us that the book represents the author’s observation of people and life, from youth to present day, in a series of 12 stories.\u00a0 “Vasa is a freedom and peace lover, and their protector-warrior, forced to become a refugee, with an inseparable shadow- awareness of imminent danger and fear for his life. This fear is a potent drive for creativity in someone who sees the danger not as a threat to his life only, but also to the world at large, the man who though losing his homeland never stopped serving it and earning another one too, building cultural bridges between people and the nations in an unending hope of better conditions for all.”<\/span><\/div>
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Mira describes Vasa as\u00a0 a “sharp, and kind observer of life and human nature.\u00a0 He responds faster with his heart than pure logic.\u00a0 In this he stands out in a crowd.\u00a0 That is a blessing and a curse of a true artist.”<\/span><\/div>
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Sasha Hadji Tanchich<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0wrote about Vasa:\u00a0 “Vasa is one of my country-men who loves the bird, but not the cage. Because of singing. And the freedom.”<\/span><\/div>
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Mira ends her review like this:\u00a0 “Vasa Mihailovich’s life is a success story, turning the devastation of war and a life of a refugee into a rich and meaningful service to freedom and education for a happier future.\u00a0 In the end, the main ingredient is love and tolerance.\u00a0 That is what Mihailovich’s life and work stand for.”<\/span><\/div>
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Congratulations, Vasa!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>
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\u00a0SERBS ALWAYS LOVED AMERICA!<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Note\u00a0Serbian flag<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0along with\u00a0Statue of Liberty<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0draped with\u00a0American flag!<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Always one in thought and mind.\u00a0\u00a0WWI and WWII loyal allies!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Stone monument reads:‘Za Krst Casni, i Slobodu Zlatnu”<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 or,\u00a0“For the Honorable Cross and Golden Freedom.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>
This beautiful print was from<\/span><\/div>
L. Radovich, General Merchandise, Main Street, Jackson, CA. (EARLY DAYS: SERBIAN SETTLERS IN AMERICA.)<\/span><\/div>
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Mr. Radovich was a “Tradition Keeper” 1st class. Slava mu!<\/span><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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VUKO R. DJURISIC<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
\u00a01915 (Montenegro)-2000 (Chicago)<\/span><\/div>
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(from Serb American Writers No. 67 by Vasa D. Mihailovich, American SRBOBRAN, Dec. 3, 2003, p. 26.)<\/span><\/div>
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I elected to put this poem by Vuko Djurisic on the\u00a0Guslars section<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0of the website because like the guslars of old, the poem captures the characteristics of the heroic Serbian people and the ideals they always strove for.\u00a0 Borivoje Karapandzich says “Through his poems Djurisic is a genuine representative of the Serbs in the free world.”<\/span><\/div>
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IF YOU CAN<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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If you can help a wounded heart<\/span><\/div>
Not to give up nor break down,<\/span><\/div>
Or calm one’s pain severe and hard<\/span><\/div>
Your wisdom and love deserve a crown.<\/span><\/div>
If you can help erring minds<\/span><\/div>
To find in life a better way<\/span><\/div>
And never to blunder nor to sway,<\/span><\/div>
But to live a happy life again<\/span><\/div>
Your life will not be passing in vain.<\/span><\/div>
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When misfortune’s stormy power<\/span><\/div>
Destroys all things man can make,<\/span><\/div>
And during tragic and grim hours<\/span><\/div>
If you can new hope in hearts awake<\/span><\/div>
For those who are near breakdown,<\/span><\/div>
And lift them up and make them strong<\/span><\/div>
During disaster not to act wrong,<\/span><\/div>
But calmly wait for sunrise again<\/span><\/div>
Your life will not be passing in vain.<\/span><\/div>
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If you can help needy ones<\/span><\/div>
To choose the way they wish to go,<\/span><\/div>
And always the truth to those announce<\/span><\/div>
To obey principles of moral law,<\/span><\/div>
And help those breaking under heavy pain<\/span><\/div>
Lost faith and power fully to regain<\/span><\/div>
And with courage, love and restored hope<\/span><\/div>
Start new and happy days again<\/span><\/div>
Your life will not be passing in vain.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Legends and 7th Century Serbian Folktale - \n 7. \u0432\u0435\u043a \u0441\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u043b\u043a\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0435 <\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you “listen” carefully, you’ll learn what the Serbian people\u00a0value dearly<\/span>…..<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

George Long, in a 1951 issue of National Geographic wrote:\u00a0 “I watched a new film “THE MAGIC SWORD” being made from a\u00a07th Century Serbian fairy tale<\/span>.<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0 I watched enthralled while a lowly shepherd won the hand of a princess by defeating all of his rivals answering a riddle:<\/p>

What is the\u00a0SHARPEST<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0thing in the world?<\/p>

What is the\u00a0STRONGEST<\/strong><\/span>?<\/p>

What is the\u00a0MOST BEAUTIFUL<\/span><\/strong>?”<\/p>

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Take some time and read those 3 questions again. What would you have answered?\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0?????????????????\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The young lad thought for a moment and spoken like a true Serb, he said:<\/p>

The\u00a0SHARPEST<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0thing is the world is the\u00a0TRUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/u>.<\/p>

The\u00a0STRONGEST<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0thing in the world is\u00a0LOVE<\/strong>.<\/span><\/u>\u00a0<\/p>

The\u00a0MOST BEAUTIFUL<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0thing in the world is\u00a0LIBERTY!<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>

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“The song has kept us alive…..”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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More wisdom-loving FAIRY TALES FROM THE SERBS:<\/p>

\u00a0The Prince and the Dragon<\/strong><\/a><\/div>

\u00a0is another Serbian fairy tale you may enjoy reading.\u00a0 It came from Andrew Lang’s FAIRY BOOKS, from the oral tradition of the SERBS.\u00a0 This story was written down by A.H.Wratislaw in 1890, in his book entitled: Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources.<\/p>

Here’s One More:\u00a0<\/p>

The Goat Ears of Emperor Trojan<\/strong><\/a>
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and here’s another one!<\/p>

The Story of the Three Beggars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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How about THIS Serbian version of Cinderella?<\/p>

Only she’s called\u00a0Papalluga<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0here!\u00a0<\/p>

This is from the\u00a0Serbian Folk-lore: Popular Tales selected and translated by Madame Csedomille Mijatovics.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0London, 1874.\u00a0 pp. 59-66.<\/p>

Woislav Petrovitch, in his book entitled\u00a0Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians<\/em>, called her\u00a0Pepelyouga.<\/a><\/p>

\u00a0Great stories with the themes of “Good vs. Evil”<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Alexander Sergevich Pushkin<\/p>

by Vasily Tropinin from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I always liked\u00a0Alexander Sergevich Pushkin<\/span>\u00a0before.\u00a0 Now even more so after reading this poem he wrote about the Serbs rising up against the Turks…<\/strong>
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Voivoda Milosh\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

(Translated from Russian) by\u00a0 Milorad Pavich: The Western Slavs’ Songs”<\/strong><\/span>
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Lord have mercy over Serbia!
Janissary-wolves are tearing us
slashing off our guiltless heads
violating and dishonoring our wives
snatching away our sons
making our girls sing
disgraceful songs and dance
Moslem dances.
The elders agree
They have stopped calling us
Having enough of Unfairness
And the guslar fiddlers directly scold us:
“How long will you tolerate janissaries?
Suffer their blows?
Are you not Serbs but gypsies
old women but not men?\u00a0<\/span>Leave your<\/p>

Fair homes<\/p>

And go to the Velisha cave,
Where a storm is collecting
Against the Turks,
That old Serb, Voivoda Milosh
is gathering a band of armed men……”<\/span>
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Pushin’s painting is by Vasily Tropinin and found on Wikipedia.\u00a0 Pushkin was born June 6, 1799 in Moscow (Russian Empire), and died Feb. 10, 1837 at age 37 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.\u00a0 He came from generations of Russian nobility.
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Pushkin is considered the founder of modern Russian literature.\u00a0 He published his first poem at age 15, widely recognized by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo by the Establishment.\u00a0 His most famous play or drama was BORIS GODUNOV.
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Here’s a line drawing that appeared in a large London, England newspaper called PUNCH or the London Charivari on October 27, 1915.\u00a0 The title of the illustration is “HEROIC SERBIA,” and was made by one of the WORLD’S most famous illustrators at that time, Bernard Partridge, Jr.\u00a0 Although surrounded on all sides by enemies, the heroic, courageous Serb fights on for his ideals.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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NOW, it’s time for YOU to tell the story of Kosovo!<\/p>

Here are some things to help you. Remember when YOU make any kind of poster boards, take time to make them very neat.\u00a0 These boards weren’t made in an hour or two.\u00a0 They took days! Look at how the pictures are mounted on construction paper to make them look better.\u00a0 Always allow yourselves lots of time to always do your best for ANY school projects!\u00a0<\/p>

There is a round mirror by Czar Lazar.\u00a0 It’s to show that Kosovo MIRRORS the spirit of the Serbian people.\u00a0 But it’s also there for another reason.\u00a0 When YOU look into the mirror, you don’t just see yourself.\u00a0 You see all the people who came before you, and all the people (YOUR descendants—YOUR children and grandchildren!) who are coming after you. So always do your best work!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I read something about the Serbs being like tillers of the soil everywhere:\u00a0\u00a0Confirmed individualists, natural born democrats, and with a fair-minded sense for individual’s rights.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Radaje Radovanovic<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, in a poem about the love of truth and freedom bred into every Serbian, wrote:\u00a0\u00a0“We are the sons of a country where the smallest child, as soon as he learns to walk, already knows how to die.”<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“\u0417\u0430 \u041a\u0440\u0441\u0442 \u0426\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438 \u0438 C\u043b\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0443\u00a0\u0417\u043b\u0430\u0442\u043d\u0443 \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Even buttons can tell stories!<\/p>

This one shows that every\u00a0Vidovdan<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Anniversary is important to the Serbs.\u00a0 Note the hero of the Battle of Kosovo,\u00a0Milosh Obilich<\/strong><\/span>, painted in the middle, with the dates 1389-1937<\/strong><\/span><\/span>. It came from the Wilmerding parish, now Monroeville, near Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania, USA.\u00a0 This button was purchased at the auction of George Musulin, famous American Serb in the OSS who led Operation HALYARD, which rescued 500 American flyers from behind German-occupied lines in Yugoslavia.<\/p>

Be sure to read the new book THE FORGOTTEN 500 by Gregory Freeman that tells all about this rescue!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Better a grave than a Slave\"\n\nBolje grob nego Rob! <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hats or caps can tell stories too.\u00a0 Look at this Serbian Montenegrin’s hat. It is said that the Serb wears his Kosovo history on his head!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 152, No. 5, November\u00a01977,<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Bryan Hodgson of the National Geographic Staff wrote on p. 673:<\/p>

Wearing his Country’s History on His Head.\u00a0\u00a0“The black border of his “kapa” stands for the terrible defeat of his Serbian ancestors by the Turks in 1389; the red is the Montenegrin blood spilled in combat; the gold braid on top, the number of centuries of warfare with the Turks.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0Hodgson also tells this story right below:<\/p>

“When a\u00a019th Century<\/span>\u00a0Turkish commander asked how far it was to Cetinje<\/strong>, then the capital in the mountains, a Montenegrin replied,\u00a0“It depends.\u00a0 A friend can get there in six hours; a foe, maybe never!”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cards can tell stories too!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There’s the White Angel, Vuk Karadjic, King Peter I, the 2nd Serbian Uprising and so many more!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Look at who the ACES are in this card deck!\u00a0 Sveti Sava, Karadjordje, Petar Njegos, Queen Milena, Jelena and more!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The 3 of Hearts card shown here is of the 3 Holy Warriors.\u00a0 Do you know where the original fresco of the Holy Warriors is? It’s absolutely breathtaking to see!.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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3 Holy Warriors in Manasija\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Monastery, Despot Stefan Lazarevic, founder, completed from 1407-1418, near Despotovac, Serbia.<\/span><\/p>

The Holy Warriors are Areta, Naser and Nikita!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

See if you can find more information about who Stefan Lazarevic was, or learn more about some other frescos! If “evic or evich” or “ovic or ovich” means “son of,” perhaps you have a clue!<\/span><\/p>

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Here’s a MAGNIFICENT piece of folk art done by an American Serbian pioneer from the Midwest:\u00a0a wooden lamp that tells WWI history<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 It features Serbian soldiers (WWI Dobrovolci) all around the base.\u00a0 There is a carving of King Peter on his horse near the top. The Serbian crest with the 4 C’s is at the very top of the lamp. This lamp is on display at the HEINZ History Museum in Pittsburgh, #423 in the Serbian Section of the Ethnic Room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lamp that was donated to the Serb National Federation, now at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Prayers for You... \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0441\/Candles<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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All these famous Serbs knew “Oce Nas” (The Lord’s Prayer: OUR FATHER, and about the Battle of Kosovo.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Click the lower right hand corner to expand photo<\/span><\/p>

How many can you name?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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The Lord’s Prayer-\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

“\u041e\u0447\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0448”<\/h3>

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.\u00a0 Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.\u00a0 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>

Otce nas, ize jesi na nebesjeh.\u00a0 Da svjatitsja imja Tvoje, da pridet carstvije Tvoje, da budet volja Tvoja, jako na nebesi i na zemlji.\u00a0 Hljeb nas nasushnij, dazd nam dnes i ostavi nam dolgi nasja, jakoze i mi ostavljajem dolznikom nasim. I ne vovedi nas vo iskushenije, no izbavi nas ot lukavago.<\/span><\/em><\/p>

\u041e\u0442\u0446\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0441, \u0438\u0437\u0435 \u0458\u0435\u0441\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0458\u0435\u0445. \u0414\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u0458\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0441\u0458\u0430 \u0438\u043c\u0458\u0430 \u0422\u0432\u043e\u0458\u0435, \u0434\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0446\u0430\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0458\u0435 \u0422\u0432\u043e\u0458\u0435, \u0434\u0430 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0459\u0430 \u0422\u0432\u043e\u0458\u0430, \u0458\u0430\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0438 \u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u0459\u0438. \u0425\u0459\u0435\u0431 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0443\u0441\u0445\u043d\u0438\u0458, \u0434\u0430\u0437\u0434 \u043d\u0430\u043c \u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u0438 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u043c \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0433\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0458\u0430, \u0458\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0437\u0435 \u0438 \u043c\u0438 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0459\u0430\u0458 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0437\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043c. \u0418 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0432\u043e \u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443\u0441\u0445\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0458\u0435, \u043d\u043e \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u043e\u0442 \u043b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0433\u043e.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Amin.\u00a0<\/p>

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\u00a0\u00a0Prayer to the Most-Holy Mother of God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Rejoice o Mother of God and Virgin Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.<\/p>

Bogorodice Djevo, radujsja blagodatnaja Marije, Gospod s toboju! Blagoslovena ti v zenah i blagosloven plod chreva tvojego, jako Spasa rodila jesi dusam nashim.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\u00a0<\/p>

Each time the Nicene Creed is recited, Orthodox Christians proclaim their belief that the Risen Lord has returned to His heavenly kingdom, reunited with the Father. The writers of the Holy Gospels tell us that this blessed event took place 40 days after our Lord’s Resurrection.\u00a0 In the presence of His faithful followers, Christ ascended from the Mount of Olives, disapperaring from their sight as He rose into the clouds above them.\u00a0 (St. Elijah S.O. Church Bulletin, June 1, 2008, Aliquippa, PA)\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>

The Creed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth, and all things visible and invisble.\u00a0 AND in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages.\u00a0 Light of light, true God of true God, begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made.\u00a0 Who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.\u00a0 And, He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate and suffered and was buried.\u00a0 And the third day, He rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father;\u00a0 And he shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.\u00a0 AND in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and gloried.\u00a0 who spoke by the prophets.\u00a0 And in ONE Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.\u00a0 I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.\u00a0 I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0<\/p>

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“For the vision\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0yet for an appointed time;<\/span><\/div>
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.<\/span><\/div>
Though it tarries, wait for it;<\/span><\/div>
Because it will surely come,<\/span><\/div>
It will not tarry.”<\/span><\/div>
Habukkah 2:3<\/span>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Here is the Creed in Serbian, thanks to the folks at St. George’s Serbian Orthodox Church in Lenaxa, Kansas:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Simbol Vere<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\u00a0<\/div>

Verujem u jednoga Boga, Oca, Svedrzitelja, Tvorca neba i zemlje i svega vidljivog i nevidljivog.

I u jednoga Gospoda Isusa Hrista, Sina Bozijeg, Jedinorodnog, rodjenog od Oca pre svih vekova, Svetlost od Svetlosti, Boga istinitog od Boga istinitog, rodjenog ne stvorenog, jednosusnog Ocu, kroz koga je sve postalo;

Koji je radi\u00a0 nas\u00a0 ljudi i radi nasega spasenja sisao s nebesa, i ovaplotio se od Duha Svetoga i Marije Djeve i postao covek;

I Koji je raspet za nas u vreme Pontija Pilata i stradao i pogreben;

I Koji je vaskrsao u treci dan kao sto je pisano;

I Koji se uzneo na nebesa i sedi s desne strane Oca;

I Koji ce opet doci sa slavom da sudi zivima i mrtvima, i Njegovom Carstvu nece biti kraja.

I u Duha SVetoga, Gospoda, Zivotvornoga, Koji od Oca ishodi, Koji se zajedno sa Ocem i Sinom\u00a0 obozava i slavi, Koji je govorio kroz propoke.

U jednu, svetu, sabornu i apostolsku Crkvu, Ispovedam jedno krstenje za otpustenje grehova.

Cekam vaskrsenje mrtvih, I zivot buducega veka.\u00a0\u00a0 Amin.<\/span><\/p>

In Cyrillic: \u00a0<\/p>

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\u0418 \u0443 \u0414\u0443\u0445\u0430 \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0430, \u0413\u043e\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430, \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433, \u041a\u043e\u0458\u0438 \u043e\u0434 \u041e\u0446\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438, \u041a\u043e\u0458\u0438 \u0441\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0458\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0430 \u041e\u0446\u0435\u043c \u0438 \u0421\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0438 \u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0438, \u041a\u043e\u0458\u0438 \u0458\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u043a\u0440\u043e\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0435.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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Prayer to the Guardian Angel:<\/span><\/p>

O angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from heaven, safeguard my life in the fear of Christ God, set my mind on the right path, and strengthen my soul in the love of God; so that guided by You, I may receive a great mercy from Christ the God.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>

Andjele Bozji, Cuvaru moj sveti, sacuvay moj zivot u shtrahu prema Hristu Bogu; utvrdi moj um na pravome putu i ucvrsti moju dusu u Bozjoj ljubavi; da tobom vodjen dobijem od Hrista Boga veliku milost.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Some people say this another way in song<\/strong>:<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here.\u00a0 Ever this day, be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide.\u00a0 Amen.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andja & Nikola Mamula were always reading religious material, and led by example. \u00a0Photo by Milan Karlo.\u00a0<\/p>

Prayer before lessons: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

O Most merciful Lord, send us the grace of your Holy Spirit, who enlightens and strengthens our spiritual powers.\u00a0 Help us be attentive to the teachings presented, so that we may grwo up for the glory of Thee, our Creator, for the joy of our parents, and for the benefit of our Church and our Country.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>

Molitva pre ucenja:<\/span><\/p>

Premilostivi Gospode, posalji nam blagodat tvoga Svetog Duha, koja nas prosvecuje i ojacava nase duhovne snage.\u00a0 Pomozi nam da pazimo na ucenje koje nam se predaje kako bi porasli tebi, nasem Tvorcu, na slavu, roditeljima nasim na radost, a Crkvi i otadzbini nasoj na korist.\u00a0 Amin<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>

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Fr. Rodney Torbic,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

St.George Serbian Orthodox Church, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost. St.Nestor, Martyr. 11\/9\/08<\/span><\/p>

You can hear the St.George radio broadcast at\u00a0www.stgeorgeserbian.us<\/a><\/p>

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Orthodox Chants and Liturgical Services<\/a><\/p>

Click above for a fantastic listening experience!\u00a0<\/p>

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When a radio interviewer asked Nikola Manojlovich about the experience of singing with the 56 voice St. Sava Choir choir they have in Missasauga, Ontario (near Toronto) at the Serbian All Saints Church on Dixie Road north of the QEW, he answered thusly:<\/p>

“It\u2019s so rewarding because you\u2019re at once transported, you are facilitating a conversation with God. The priest begins the Liturgy: ‘Blessed is the Kingdom of the Lord,” and the choir will answer with ‘Amen,’ and then starts this dialogue, where the choir facilitates the responses of the people. So the priests and the community follow through a Divine Liturgy that will run two hours. Which is souly an offering of praise to God . At the end of it you\u2019ve sung this together, you\u2019ve prayed together , you\u2019ve struggled through difficult musical pieces, you walk out of church and you just feel like a million bucks. That\u2019s what the reward is I think. “<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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“O Lord, who blesses those who bless You and sanctifies those who put their trust in you, save Your people and bless Your inheritance.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

“Preserve the fullness of Your Church.\u00a0 Sanctify those who love the beauty of Your house; glorify them in return by Your divine power, and forsake us not who put our hope in you.\u00a0 Grant peace to Your world, to Your churches, to the priests, to our civil authorities, to the armed forces, and to all Your people.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

“For every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from You, the Father of Lights, and to You we exalt glory, thanksgiving, and worship to You, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto Ages of Ages, Amen.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Lighting Candles in Sts. Constantine & Helen Serbian Orthodox Church in Galveston, Texas 9\/27\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Only a week ago I was in Houston, Texas, visiting with my family.\u00a0 I was anxious to attend the Galveston Sts. Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church because I truly wanted to teach young Jocelyn about the joys of lighting candles before church, where we silently pray for all the members of our family living and dead, near or far, and also members of our extended family, never failing to mention our beleaguered Serbian Orthodox people living in Kosovo and elsewhere where life is so difficult for them.\u00a0 At this time, we also pray for the wise guidance of the President of America, the welfare of our Armed Forces, and also the wisdom and well-being of other leaders around the world.\u00a0<\/p>

Jocelyn was delighted to light the candles, although I\u2019m sure at her young age, she was just happy with her new-found power to light the flames, and have the candles sink deep into the sand base placed at her level of reach.\u00a0 But she did repeat after me, invoking prayers for the health and wellbeing of our relatives, especially Teti Donna, Uncle Pete, Cousin Jules, and Aunt Mimi, and a safe journey home for her Mom attending a wedding in Cleveland.\u00a0<\/p>

Kids\u2019 eyes, minds and hearts light up, as they learn well by example.\u00a0 Concurrently, parents or grandparents standing close by see the sparks in their children\u2019s\/ grandchildren\u2019s eyes and feel the heat from God\u2019s flame igniting their hearts in thankfulness to Him for giving them such precious progeny to teach, to stand next to in worship to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.\u00a0<\/p>

The fire couldn\u2019t have burned brighter than when in the middle of the service so ably conducted by Fr. Serge Veselinovich,\u00a0 little Jocelyn reached out her left hand to me, and simultaneously, her right hand to her father, my son.\u00a0<\/p>

May the precious memory of that special \u201cHoly Trinity\u201d forever be embedded in my shifting dendrite strands\/sands.<\/p>

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Lighting Candles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u201cWords of a Shepherd: The Life and Writings of the +Very Reverend Protostavrophor Vojislav Dosenovich,\u201d Compiled and Edited by Nicolae Roddy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

(I purchased this book on the way out of the Galveston Church ($20 and well worth the donation!) and was thrilled to find this story on lighting candles as we drove home. \u00a0\u00a0Surely it was just meant to be!)<\/span><\/p>

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Why do we light candles and votive lights in our church and in our homes?\u00a0 Many people ask this question, continuing the practice without ever really knowing why.\u00a0\u00a0Bishop Nikolai,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0one of the most renowned authorities in our Church, explains this practice on the basis of the word of God revealed in\u00a0Scripture<\/span><\/strong>, as well as through the Fathers in the\u00a0Tradition<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0of the Church.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First, Bishop Nikolai states that we light the candles as symbols of the light of our faith, for Christ is the Light to the World.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second, we are reminded of the character of the Saints, especially the Saints before whose icons our votive candles burn.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Third, the light of our candles serve to symbolize the dispelling of our dark deeds and mean thoughts.\u00a0 It is also our invitation to walk the road of the Gospel\u2019s light, thus bringing out the Savior\u2019s commandment to let our light shine before people, allowing them to see our good deeds.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fourth, the candle is a small token of our sacrifice to God, Who sacrificed Himself for us.\u00a0 It is an expression of our gratitude and love for the one we petition in prayer for life, health salvation, and the rest of the limitless bounty His heavenly love provides.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fifth, the candle drives away the apparitions and dark powers that sometimes interfere with our prayers and draw our thoughts away from our Maker.\u00a0 These dark powers like the darkness and cringe whenever light assails them, especially when it is the light emanating from God through His Saints.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sixth, candles remind us of courage and self-sacrifice.\u00a0 As the oil and wick burn inside the votive light, so to do our souls burn with the flame of love in all sufferings, ever obedient to the word of God.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finally, seventh, the lighting of the candle instructs us that, just as it cannot be lighted without fire, so too, must the holy fire of God ignite our hearts.\u00a0 The virtues are our fuel, but it is the fire of God that lights them.\u00a0 Our life is a candle light at our birth, which is called upon to give off virtue until the end of its earthly life.\u00a0 So let us continue this beautiful practice, ever mindful of its rich meaning.<\/p>

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O heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, present in all places and filling all things, the treasury of blessings and the Giver of life: Come and abide in us and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One!<\/p>

You have raised me from bed and sleep, oh Lord; enlighten my mind and heart, and open my lips that I may praise You, O Holy Trinity:\u00a0 Holy, Holy, Holy are You, O God.\u00a0 for the sake of the Mother of God, have mercy on me.<\/p>

Grant unto me, my Lord, that with peace in mind I may face all that this new day is to bring.\u00a0 Grant unto me grace to surrender myself completely toYour holy will.\u00a0 Instruct and prepare me in all things for every hour of this day.\u00a0 Gobern my thoughts and feelings in all that I do and say.\u00a0 Teach me to behave sincerely and reasonably toward every member of my family and all other human beings, that I may not cause confusion and sorrow to anyone.\u00a0 Bestow upon me, my Lord, strength to endure the fatigue of the day and to bear my share in all its passing events.\u00a0 Guide my life, O Lord, and teach me to pray, to believe, to hope, to forgibe, and to love.\u00a0 Through the prayers of the holy Fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.<\/p>

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Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.<\/span><\/h3>

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It is truly meet to bless you, O Birth-giver of God, ever-blessed and most pure and the Mother of God.\u00a0 More honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim: without defilement you gave birth to God the World: true Birth-giver of God, we magnify you.\u00a0<\/p>

Dostojno jest, jako voistinu blaziti tja, Bogorodicu, prsnoblazenuju i preneporocnuju i Mater Boga nasego.\u00a0 Cesnjejsuju heruvin i slavnjejsuju bezsravjenija seafin, bez istljenia, Boga Slova rozdsuju, suscuju Bogorodicu, tra velicajem.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

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Do you want to learn more about the\u00a0TEN COMMANDMENTS<\/span>\u00a0and other\u00a0 wonderful things about Orthodoxy?\u00a0 Then be sure to click here on the Serbian Eastern Diocese’s website!<\/p>

http:\/\/www.easterndiocese.org\/a<\/a>bout_orthodoxy.html\u00a0<\/p>

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The Sunday church bulletin of July 7, 2008 says we are lucky as we have 3 invaluable tools to help us enhance our worship experience every time we come to church and learn more about our faith.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Icons<\/span><\/strong><\/span>– and sometimes called\u00a0“The Windows of Heaven,”<\/span>\u00a0“The Scripture in Colors”<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0“Bible for the Illiterate.”<\/span><\/p>

Icons reveal the presence of God, made man thought art and color.<\/p>

We are surrounded in church by a\u00a0“cloud of witnesses”<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that have already achieved salvation and lead the way. (Apostle Paul wrote about this in his Letter to the Hebrews.)<\/p>

Living Icons:\u00a0 Sunday Bulletin, First Sunday of the Great Lent:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0“We too, are called to be “Living Icons”-for we have been created in the likeness of God.\u00a0 As “living icons,” each of us is called upon to be a reflection of Christ, the “Perfect Icon.”\u00a0 Just as we gaze upon an icon of a saint and see solemnity, others should be able to look at us and see the Lord brought to life in our actions, a challenging task.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>

Viewers are welcomed to partake in “a mystical journey.”\u00a0Click below to see a fantastic display of icons\/frescos at 360 degrees!<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Butte, MO Icons<\/a><—click here<\/p>

Hymns<\/span><\/strong><\/span>-The Orthodox Church as a rich reposistory of hymns that offer a great contribution to the worship experience. The melodies inspire us, but the words serve to explaine some of the most complex doctrines of our Theology.\u00a0\u00a0Our hymns have been handed down for centuries, composed and written by saintly monks and Holy Fathers of the Church.<\/span><\/p>

Click here to hear the Kosovo Men’s Choir from Eastern Ohio sing “Oce Nas” at the Mala Gracanica Church in Trebinje.<\/a><\/p>

Scriptures<\/strong><\/span><\/span>-The prophets wrote the Old Testament while Christ’s disciples wrote the New Testament.\u00a0 We hear two readings at every Divine Liturgy, and the service iteself is filled with scriptural references in its various prayers.<\/p>

\u00a0These 3 elements, writes the Orthodox Weekly Bulletin from Vestal, New Jersey, combine in perfect harmony, for us to experience the richness of our service.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0One of the greatest old hymns is\u00a0Kol Slaven or “How Great Is Our God.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Click the link below to not only have the music and words, but also click to HEAR the song from centuries ago.\u00a0 it’s one of my all-time favorites!<\/p>

How Great is Our God\u00a0<\/a><\/p>

Hear it here! Click below.<\/p>

Kol Slaven\u00a0<\/a><\/p>

Words in English:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

The glory of our Lord in Zion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

No mortal language can declare; His Throne in Heav’n on earth each blossom,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Reveals Him great beyond compare.\u00a0 In all is God to glory unwaning, By night, by day, in splendor reigning.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

John Buffalini singing<—-<\/a><\/p>

In Heav’n, O God, Thy Habitation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Unto our voice of prayer attend<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

And let our humble adoration<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Like morning dew to Thee ascend.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Our hearts we raise as Altars before Thee o Lord<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

And offer praise and glory.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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More prayers from the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Butte, Montana, and another section which also explains the meaning of the Creed’s “one Holy, CATHOLIC, and Apostolic church.”<\/span><\/p>

http:\/\/www.holytrinitybutte.org\/prayers.html<\/a><\/p>

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\u00a0BOG CUVA SRBE\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>

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MORAS ZNATI KO TE CUVA\u00a0<\/p>

KO TO TAKO CUVA NAS\u00a0<\/p>

TO JE GOSPOD NA VISINI\u00a0<\/p>

TO JE HRISTOS SVIMA SPAS\u00a0<\/p>

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Mim’s best translation\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>

You have to know who watches over you<\/p>

Who staunchly guards you and me<\/p>

That is God from up on Heaven high\u00a0<\/p>

That is Christ our Savior, He.\u00a0<\/p>

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Archpriest Victor Potapov wrote:<\/p>

“True repentance is when, standing before the face of God, Who, as the Apostle Peter says \u201chath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light,\u201d (I Peter 2: 9), we understand that life was given to us so that we might become children of God, so that we might commune of the Divine Light.\u00a0 True repentance is reflected not so much in words as in deeds: in readiness to come to one the aid of others, to be open with our neighbors, and not become involuted onto oneself.\u00a0 True repentance is understanding that, while we do not possess the power to become true Christians, God is capable of making us so.\u00a0 As it says in the Great Canon \u201cwheresoever God wishes, the order of nature is overcome.\u201d\u00a0 That is to say, where God so wishes, supernatural events occur: Saul becomes Paul, Jonah is brought out of the belly of the whale, Moses crosses the sea on dry land, the dead Lazarus is resurrected, Mary of Egypt is turned from a harlot into a great righteous one.\u00a0 For, according to the Savior \u201cwith men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.\u201d (\u041catt. 19:\u00a0 26).<\/p>

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St.Ephraim of Syria Prayer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

O Lord and Master of my life, cast from me the spirit of sloth, despondency, lust for power and idle talk.<\/p>


But grant unto me, Thy servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love.<\/p>


Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to judge my brothers and sisters. For Thou art blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>

O God, cleanse Thou me a sinner<\/p>

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Thanks to\u00a0Lana Balach<\/strong>\u00a0for the above two links and this link to\u00a0The Great Compline.<\/a><\/p>

Canon of St. Andrew of Crete<\/a><\/p>

Blessed Great Lent.<\/p>

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Here’s a delightful poem called “Stvorio je Bog” or “God Created” \u00a0–\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/strong><\/span>–<\/p>

Here it is in Cyrillic first:<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 Bog<\/p>

\u0421\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433,<\/p>

\u041c\u0438\u0448\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0433,<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433!<\/p>

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\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/p>

\u041d\u0435\u0431\u043e \u0412\u0438\u0441\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/p>

\u041c\u043e\u0440\u0435 \u0434\u0443\u0431\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433!<\/p>


\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/p>

\u041c\u0430\u043c\u0443 \u0438 \u0422\u0430\u0442\u0443<\/p>

\u041c\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u0438 \u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/p>


\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/p>

\u0421\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0448\u0446\u0435 \u0434\u0430 \u0441\u0458\u0430<\/p>

\u0421\u0432\u0435 \u0448\u0442\u043e \u0432\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043c \u0458\u0430<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433!<\/p>


\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433<\/p>

\u0418 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0443 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u0443<\/p>

\u0414\u0430 \u043f\u0458\u0435\u0432\u0430 \u0445\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0443<\/p>

\u0421\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043e \u0458\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433!<\/p>

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In English:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0God created<\/p>

The great elephant,<\/p>

The tiny mouse,<\/p>

God created!<\/p>

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God created<\/p>

The sky so high<\/p>

The sea so deep<\/p>

God created!<\/p>

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God created<\/p>

Mom and Dad<\/p>

Me and my brother<\/p>

God created<\/p>

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God created<\/p>

Sunshine to shine<\/p>

Everything I love<\/p>

God has created!<\/p>

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God created<\/p>

A small soul<\/p>

To sing His praises<\/p>

It was God who created!<\/p>

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Here it is in Latinica:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>
Slona<\/span>\u00a0velikog<\/span>,<\/span>
Mi\u0161a<\/span>\u00a0malenog<\/span>,<\/span>
Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>!<\/span>

Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>
nebo<\/span>\u00a0visoko<\/span>
more<\/span>\u00a0duboko<\/span>
Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>!<\/span>

Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>
Mamu<\/span>\u00a0i<\/span>\u00a0Tatu<\/span>
Mene<\/span>\u00a0i<\/span>\u00a0bratu<\/span>
Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>

Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>
Suna\u0161ce<\/span>\u00a0da<\/span>\u00a0sja<\/span>
Sve<\/span>\u00a0\u0161to<\/span>\u00a0volim<\/span>\u00a0ja<\/span>
Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span>!<\/span>
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Stvorio<\/span>\u00a0je<\/span>\u00a0Bog<\/span><\/span><\/p>

I<\/span>\u00a0du\u0161u<\/span>\u00a0malu<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Da<\/span>\u00a0pjeva<\/span>\u00a0hvalu<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Stvorio je Bog<\/span><\/span><\/p>

From a book called HVALA BOZE, Pesmice za decu by M. Atanacija at Rukumija Monastery, 2002.<\/p>

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11\/6\/11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Ja sam Srpsko dete<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Od glave do pete<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Srpsku slavu volim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

I Bogu se molim!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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I’m a Serbian child<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

From my head to my toes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

I love my Serbian Slava<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

And I pray to God!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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6\/30\/12: from the Internet and Facebook: \u00a0“\u0417\u0430\u043f\u0430\u043c\u0442\u0438-\u0411\u043e\u0433 \u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u045b\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0448\u0442\u043e, \u0430 \u0434\u0430 \u0433\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438” \u00a0\u043d\u0435\u0447\u0438\u043c \u0431\u043e\u0459\u0438\u043c.”\u00a0\u00a0which means,\u00a0“God will never take something away without substituting it for something better.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Slava (Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade)\n SLAVA-Celebration (No One Has What the Serb<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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“Where there is a Slava, there is a Serb!”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

“Gde je Slava, tu je Srbin!”<\/p>

“\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0458\u0435 \u0421\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0430, \u0442\u0443 \u0458\u0435 \u0421\u0440\u0431\u0438\u043d!”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

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If you click on the bottom right corner, you will be able to view this article about SLAVA much better.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sts. Cyril and Methodius are the two saints credited with converting the Slavs from paganism to Christianity in the late 9th century.\u00a0 The saintly apostles traveled from village to village, baptizing the inhabitants in Christ’s name.<\/p>

Tradition holds that the Slava date chosen was closest to the time of a saint’s birth when the people of the village were baptized en masse by the two apostles of Christ.\u00a0 That’s why you will find that many Serbian families whose ancestors came from the same area, celebrate the same “Slava.”\u00a0<\/p>

Serbians remember the day their early ancestors converted to Christianity by keeping their family’s “Slava” or Celebration Day holy and very special.\u00a0<\/p>

The Slava date is passed down from generation to generation through the head of the household.\u00a0 Therefore, you know that when you celebrate your Slava, you’re reaching back into history through the centuries, secure in the knowledge that one of your family’s DIRECT ancestors celebrated that day also.\u00a0 It’s a\u00a0“ties that bind”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0trait that Serbians value dearly.\u00a0 It’s the “birthday” of their family’s faith in Christ, the “Christening” of their first baptized ancestor.\u00a0 It’s one of the\u00a0most valuable of all treasures or gifts a family can pass on to their progeny<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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St. Paul said every Christian home is like a little church.\u00a0 Serbs pray to God every day for the health and well-being of their family members. On the Slava Day, it’s a chance for the family to pause and thank God and the Patron Saint for the family’s many blessings.\u00a0 Most families begin their day in church.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nicky and Nick Jovanovich & Proto Stevan!\u00a0 Look how young they are here from the time I started the website in 2008!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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St. George celebrants in St. Elijah’s Serbian Orthodox Church in Aliquippa, PA,\u00a0May 6,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a02013<\/strong><\/span>, with Pastor, V.Rev. Father Stevan Stepanov.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Since the above people celebrate St.George as their Krsna Slava, isn’t it wonderful to be able to hear this old record called “Oj Djurdjev Danak” – St. George’s Day by the Jorgovan Tamburitzans!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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+Kum Rudy Ignatovic was so devout\u00a0 in his love of his St. Archangel Michael Slava!<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Slava mu!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Popular Slava dates include St. Nicholas (Dec. 19), St. George (May6), St. John the Baptist (Jan.20), St. Stephen (Jan.9), St. Archangel Michael (Nov. 21) and St. Demetrius (Nov.18), St. Trifun (Feb.14),\u00a0 and there are many more.\u00a0<\/p>

St. Sava’s Day (January 27) is the Slava of ALL Serbs, especially the Serbian children, and to him children recite poems (“declamaticas”) to honor the Archbishops’ teachings.\u00a0 It was St. Sava who first introduced the Slava canonically to the Serbs. “St. Sava” is the most popular church name.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Here is a very fancy kolach from out west that was made for St. Nicholas’ Day, 2010 by Protonica.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Each Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates a “Slava” in honor of the saint to whom the church was dedicated.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This special embroidered cloth of St. Elijah was made by one of the MANY\u00a0thousands of Serbian refugees<\/strong>\u00a0forced from their homes in the Srpska Krajina (Military Frontier\/Croatia) in 1995, now living in refugee camps in Belgrade, Serbia that would break anyone’s\u00a0 heart.\u00a0 Thank God for people like the “4 Kolos” in Illinois and Indiana, where four Serbian area churches all work together to sponsor a dinner to send whatever aid they can.\u00a0 But the needs are so great! However, the “Mothers Against Hunger” need to be congratulated for making a difference however they can!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\u00a0Krsna Slava<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0gives us Confidence, Strength, Freshness, Stability, Spiritual and Physical Peace, the Ability and Incentive to do good and to lend a hand to others.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ko Slavu Slavi, Njemu i Bog Pomaze!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

“Whoever celebrates his\/her Slava, God Watches & Helps”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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How to make a Slavski Kolach<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

(Serbian Bread for Slava)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Kolach and \u017dito made by Georgette Brnjilovich Osman<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“There are 4 basic elements that have to be present on Slava table: candle, slava bread cake called Kolach, red wine and cooked wheat or Zhito.<\/p>

Slava cake iKolach) is ritually cut either by a priest in the church on the morning service or by the man of the house and first guest that comes.<\/p>

The Slava cake (Kolach) represents Christ\u2019s body, wine is his blood, cooked wheat is a symbol of resurrection while a candle proclaims Christ as the light of the world.<\/p>

Usually families prepare large feasts for their guests and entire roasted pigs and lambs can be found onthe table followed with many side dishes, salads and desserts.<\/p>

However, if a slava falls during one \u00a0of 4 big fasts (before Christmas, Easter, day of St. Peter and Paul and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary) then the food should be prepared by the rules of \u00a0the fast which means without meat, eggs and dairy products, but fish is allowed.<\/p>

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Although most Slavas are celebrated with traditionally rich foods, some Slavas are celebrated as strict Fast days, such as St. Nicholas (Dec. 19).\u00a0 No meat, no dairy products are allowed that day, but that doesn’t stop families from celebrating bountifully (see photo below).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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St. Nicholas’ Day is very special, because on Dec. 19, Serbians “plant” their wheat in order to have a beautiful “psenica” for Serbian Christmas (January 7), which, according to custom, promises good fortune for the coming year!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Some people plant the wheat in dirt.\u00a0 Others just use water.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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