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Bishop '''Maxim (Vasilijevic)''' (, also '''Maksim Vasiljevic'') was enthroned as [', is the [bishop]] of the Diocese of Western America under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]] on [[July 30]], 2006. Previously, he was the Bishop of Hum, [[auxiliary bishop|Vicar bishop]] in the Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosna, in the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

==Life==Bishop Maxim graduated from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1993. He was enthroned by Bishop [[Longin (Krco) continued his education at the University of America and Canada|Longin]] Athens where he received a Masters of Theology in 1996. Three years later, in 1999 he defended his doctorate at the New Gracanica Metropolitanate, University of Athens in the field of dogmatics and [[Cathedralpatristics]] . He worked for one year on his post‐doctorate degree in Paris and then from 2003 to 2004 at Sorbonne in the field of Byzantine history and [[Churchhagiography]] . During this time, he also delved into the theory and practical application of painting at the French Academy of StFine Arts in Paris. [[Apostle Stephen Bishop Maxim is docent of the Divinity School at the Theological Faculty of the Protomartyr|Steven University of Belgrade, and previously taught Christian anthropology and sociology at the First-Crowned]] in AlhambraUniversity of East Sarajevo. Bp. Maxim speaks Greek, French, Russian, Californiaand English.  Bp. Maxim was elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2006. Bishop Maxim is docent On [[July 30]], 2006, he was [[enthronemententhroned]] by Bp. [[Longin (Krco) of America and Canada|Longin]] of the Divinity School at New Gracanica Metropolitanate, in the Theological Faculty [[Cathedral]] [[Church]] of St. [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Steven the University of BelgradeFirst-Crowned]] in Alhambra, and previously taught Christian anthropology and sociology at the University of East SarajevoCalifornia.

Bishop Maxim graduated from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1993. He completed his Masters of Theology at the University of Athens in 1996, and then three years later, in 1999, at the same university, he defended his doctorate in the field of [[dogmatics]] and [[patristics]]. He worked for one year on his post‐doctorate in Paris and the Sorbonne in 2003‐04, in the field of Byzantine history and [[hagiography]]. During this time, he also delved into the theory and practical application of painting at the French Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Bishop Maxim speaks Greek, French, Russian, and English. Currently, in In addition to his Archpastoral duties in the Western American Diocese, Bishop Maxim is a Professor of [[patrology]] at the [[St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology (Libertyville, Illinois)|St. Sava School of Theology]] in Libertyville, Illinois. He is the editor of ''Theology'', the journal of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade. He also leads the Diocesan [[iconography|iconographical]] school, which is inspired by Byzantine and Serbian medieval fresco painting and Fr. Stamatis, a famous [[iconographer]] from Athens, Greece.

Some recent works: ==Writings==#*"An existential interpretation of dogmatics: Theological language and dogma in the face of the culture of pluralism," ''St. Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly'' 51 (2007), pp. 395‐422. #*"La conception de la sainteté dans l'oeuvre hagiographique de Syméon le Métaphraste," ''Revue des Études Byzantines'' 66 (2008), pp. 191‐207. #*"Holy Icons and the ultimate state of being," ''Annual 2007 of the Western American Diocese'', Los Angeles (2007), pp. 37‐39. #*"The Orthodox Marriage and Family," a lecture given at the KSS Annual Retreat in Jackson, 2007 (to be published). #*"[http://www.westsrbdio.org/latest_news/Visits_Fall2007/PanOrth_Liturgyi.html St. John the Chrysostom, Commemoration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Repose of St. John Chrysostom]," St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, November 13‐14, 2007.#*"Ecclesiological provincialism compared to the Church's concrete unity," ''The Path of Orthodoxy'', May 2007.  

==External linksSources==*[http://www.westsrbdio.org Official website of the Serbian Diocese of Western America]