A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Pupinov govor Amerikanci prekidali aplauzom

Na današnji dan 1918. Srbiji ukazana velika počast u Njujorku. Svojom velikom borbom osvojili srca Amerikanaca.

Srpski narod je propatio u ovom ratu, kao i svi ostali narodi. Njihova borba za slobodu biće zapisana u istoriji kao jedna od najinspirativnijih borbi jednog hrabrog naroda - jedan slavan primer za ceo svet. Mi vas pozdravljamo i, preko vas, narod Srbije, koji je, svojom velikom borbom stvorio sebi mesto u srcima američkog naroda.

Ovim se rečima, pre tačno jednog veka, 19. januara 1918, srpskoj vojnoj delegaciji, kao prvoj savezničkoj misiji koja je zvanično posetila Njujork, obratio tadašnji gradonačelnik Hajlan. Svečana ceremonija održana je u Gradskoj većnici, ukrašenoj američkim i crveno-plavo-belim zastavama Srbije, a dočeku je prisustvovao i generalni konzul Srbije u Njujorku Mihajlo Pupin, član i osnivač Državnog savetodavnog odbora za aeronautiku (od 1958. godine preimenovan u NASA) i član Državnog saveta za naučno istraživanje.

Sve to zabeležio je "Njujork tajms", a na osnovu tog široj javnosti manje poznatog dokumenta, ovaj događaj, važan za bilateralne odnose dveju država, ali i biografiju našeg velikog naučnika i humaniste, biće rekonstruisan u projektu u pripremi - "Pupin", čiji je autor Miroslav Stanković. Uz dugometražni dokumentarni film, koji u produkciji "Istok filma" trenutno radi ovaj beogradski filmski i TV poslenik, projekat će činiti i monografija i izložba slika koje je Pupin kupovao.

U tekstu "Njujork tajmsa" piše i kako je Pupinov govor o borbi koju je vodila Srbija, više puta prekidan aplauzom u Gradskoj većnici.

- Mi, građani Njujorka, poznajemo vrlo dobro te istorijske borbe demokratske Srbije za održanje svoje demokratije i njenu slobodu; ali, njen istorijski patriotski heroizam, velik, kakav je uvek bio, nikada se nije uzdigao u veće visine od ovih uzvišenih visina dostignutih u njenoj sadašnjoj borbi - naglasio je tada Pupin. - Pobede na Ceru i Rudniku će zauvek stajati kao slavni primeri herojskog patriotizma, koji se usuđuje, i žrtvuje sve na oltar nacionalne časti.

Srpsku vojnu misiju, kojoj je velikim delom zahvaljujući Pupinu, u Njujorku tada ukazana velika počast, činili su dr Milenko Vesnić, srpski ministar za Francusku, profesor Sima Lozanić, bivši srpski ministar za Englesku, general Mihajlo Rašić i pukovnik Mihajlo Nenadović.

OSVOJILI SIMPATIJE CELOG SVETA

Obraćajući se srpskoj misiji, Mihajlo Pupin je svojim sunarodnicima u Njujorku uputio i sledeće reči:

- Ovim pobedama vi ste pobedili i uništili jednog moćnog neprijatelja koji je napao vašu nacionalnu čast, i nikad niste podlegli dok vas jedan novi i izdajnički neprijatelj nije ubo u leđa. Kroz tu izdaju Srbija je izgubila sve osim svoje nacionalne časti, ali u njenom materijalnom porazu ona je našla jednu veliku duhovnu pobedu; ona je osvojila srca celog sveta.

Tako je kazao Pupin podsećajući i na američke muškarce i žene koji su žrtvovali svoje živote za naši herojsku zemlju, i koji leže u miru u svetoj zemlji Srbiji.

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People Directory

Stella Jatras

Stella Louis Jatras (nee Katsetos) from Camp Hill, PA, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, as the fourth and youngest daughter of Louis (Leonidas) and Marina Katsetos, originally of Sparta, Greece, and later of Harrisburg and Carlisle.

Stella was quite literally a daughter of Sparta - and her father's name was Leonidas, no less. As Julia Gorin noted, she was Sparta, truly worthy of that heroic heritage. Axia!

In addition to the U.S. Department of State, her professional work included service with the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and the Veterans Administration.

In 1953, she married George Jatras, also the offspring of Greek immigrant parents, and began a long and varied life as the wife of a career U.S. Air Force Officer.

As a career military officer's wife, Stella traveled widely and lived in several foreign countries where she not only learned about other cultures but became very knowledgeable regarding world affairs and world politics. She lived in Moscow for two years, where she worked in the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy. She also lived in Germany, Greece, and Saudi Arabia. Her travels took her to over twenty countries.

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The Church at Prayer

by Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra

Publisher’s note

Many readers of the addresses of Elder Aimilianos, which have been published in the five-volume series, rchimandrite Aimilianos, Spiritual Instructions and Discourses (Ormylia, 1998-2003), have frequently expressed the wish for an abridged and more accessible form of his teaching. In response, we are happy to inaugurate a new series of publications incorporating key texts from the above-mentioned collection. Other considerations have also contributed o this new project, such as the selection of specific texts which address important, contemporary questions; the need for a smaller, more reader-friendly publication format; and the necessity for editing certain passages in need of clarification, without however altering their basic meaning.

Above all, the works collected in this volume reflect the importance which the Elder consistently attached to prayer, spirituality, community life, worship, and liturgy. Thus the experientially based works "On Prayer", and "The Prayer of the Holy Mountain", which deal primarily with the Prayer of the Heart, appear first, followed by the summary addresses on "The Divine Liturgy", and "Our Church Attendance". These are in turn followed by the more socially oriented discourses on "Our Relations with Our Neighbor", and "Marriage: The Great Sacrament". Finally, the present volume closes with the sermons on "Spiritual Reading" and "The Spiritual Life", which in a simple and yet compelling manner set forth the conditions for "ascending to heaven on the wings of the Spirit".

It is our hope that The Church at Prayer will meet the purpose for which it is issued and will serve as a ready aid and support for those who desire God and eternal life in Him.