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Bishop '''Maxim (Vasilijevic)''' (also ''Vasiljevic'') was enthroned as [[bishop]] of the Diocese of Western America 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.  
 
Bishop '''Maxim (Vasilijevic)''' (also ''Vasiljevic'') was enthroned as [[bishop]] of the Diocese of Western America 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.  
  
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He was enthroned by Bp. Longin of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate, in the [[Cathedral]] [[Church]] of St. [[Steven the First-Crowned]] in Alhambra, California. Bp. Maxim was elected to the [[see]] of the Serbian Diocese of Western America at the regular session of the [[Holy Synod|Holy Assembly of Bishops]] of the Serbian Orthodox Church, held in May, 2006. Bp. Maxim succeeded Bp. Longin, who previously was the Administrator of the [[diocese]].
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He was enthroned by Bishop Longin of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate, in the [[Cathedral]] [[Church]] of St. [[Steven the First-Crowned]] in Alhambra, California. Bishop Maxim was
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elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of 
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the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South 
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American at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of
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the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia in 
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2006. Bishop Maxim is docent of the Divinity School 
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at the Theological Faculty of the University of
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Belgrade, and previously taught Christian Anthropology 
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and Sociology at the University of East Sarajevo. 
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Bishop Maxim graduated from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian
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Orthodox Church in 1993. He completed his Masters of Theology at the University of 
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Athens in 1996, and then three years later, in 1999, at the same university, he defended 
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his doctorate in the field of Dogmatics and Patristics. He worked for one year on his 
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post‐doctorate in Paris and the Sorbonne in 2003‐04, in the field of Byzantine History 
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and Hagiography. During this time, he also delved into the theory and practical application 
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of painting at the French Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Bishop Maxim speaks Greek, 
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French, Russian and English.
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Currently, in addition to his Archpastoral duties in the Western American Diocese, 
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Bishop Maxim is a Professor of Patrology at the St. Sava School of Theology in 
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Libertyville, Illinois.  He is the editor of “Theology” – the journal of the Faculty of Orthodox 
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Theology, University of Belgrade.
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He also leads the Diocesan iconographical school, which is inspired by Byzantine and Serbian
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medieval fresco painting and Fr. Stamatis, a famous Iconographer from Athens,
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Greece.  
  
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Bishop Maxim is docent of the Divinity School at the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade, and for Christian Anthropology and Sociology at the Theological Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo.
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Bishop Maxim’s scholarly studies and articles include essays on the Holy Fathers and Saints; 
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he has also written on hagiographical and iconographical themes.
  
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Bishop Maxim graduated from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1993. In 1996 he completed his Masters of Theology at the University of Athens. Just three years later, in 1999, he successfully defended his doctorate in the field of Dogmatics and Patristics at the same university. He worked on his post-doctorate in the field of Byzantine History and Theology for one year in Paris and the Sorbonne in 2003-04. During this time, he also explored the theory and practical application of painting, under the guidance of A. Pinkas at the French Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He speaks Greek, French, Russian and English.
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Some recent publications: 
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1. “An existential interpretation of dogmatics: Theological language and dogma in the face 
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of the culture of pluralism“, St Vladimir’s Seminary Quarterly 51 (2007), 395‐422.
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2. “La conception de la sainteté dans l’oeuvre hagiographique de Syméon le Métaphraste“,
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Revue des Études Byzantines 66 (2008) p. 191‐207. 
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3. “Holy Icons and the ultimate state of being“, Annual 2007 of the Western American 
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Diocese, Los Angeles 2007, 37‐39.
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4. “The Orthodox Marriage and Family“, a lecture given at the KSS Annual Retreat in
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Jackson, 2007 (to be published).  
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5. St  John the Chrysostom, Commemoration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Repose of
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St. John Chrysostom, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, November 13‐14, 2007 
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(http://www.westsrbdio.org/latest_news/Visits_Fall2007/PanOrth_Liturgyi.html) 
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6.  “Ecclesiological provincialism compared to the Church's concrete unity", The Path of 
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Orthodoxy, May 2007.
  
  

Revision as of 17:39, June 5, 2008

Bp Maxim of Western America

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

He was enthroned by Bishop Longin of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate, in the Cathedral Church of St. Steven the First-Crowned in Alhambra, California. Bishop Maxim was elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South American at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia in 2006. Bishop Maxim is docent of the Divinity School at the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade, and previously taught Christian Anthropology and Sociology at the University of East Sarajevo.

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 addition to his Archpastoral duties in the Western American Diocese, Bishop Maxim is a Professor of Patrology at the 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 iconographical school, which is inspired by Byzantine and Serbian medieval fresco painting and Fr. Stamatis, a famous Iconographer from Athens, Greece.

Bishop Maxim’s scholarly studies and articles include essays on the Holy Fathers and Saints; he has also written on hagiographical and iconographical themes.

Some recent publications:

1. “An existential interpretation of dogmatics: Theological language and dogma in the face of the culture of pluralism“, St Vladimir’s Seminary Quarterly 51 (2007), 395‐422.

2. “La conception de la sainteté dans l’oeuvre hagiographique de Syméon le Métaphraste“, Revue des Études Byzantines 66 (2008) p. 191‐207.

3. “Holy Icons and the ultimate state of being“, Annual 2007 of the Western American Diocese, Los Angeles 2007, 37‐39.

4. “The Orthodox Marriage and Family“, a lecture given at the KSS Annual Retreat in Jackson, 2007 (to be published).

5. 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 (http://www.westsrbdio.org/latest_news/Visits_Fall2007/PanOrth_Liturgyi.html)

6. “Ecclesiological provincialism compared to the Church's concrete unity", The Path of Orthodoxy, May 2007.


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Maxim (Vasilijević) of Western America
Preceded by:
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Serbian Orthodox Church
2004-2006 		Succeeded by:
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Serbian Orthodox Church
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