Maksim Vasiljević
Maksim Vasiljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Максим Васиљевић; born June 27, 1968 as Milan Vasiljević) is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[1]
Maksim Vasiljević | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | |
 Bishop Maksim in 2013 | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Western America |
| Installed | July 30, 2006 |
| Predecessor | Jovan Mladenović |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1996 |
| Consecration | 2004 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Milan Vasiljević June 27, 1968 |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox Christian |
Previously, he had occupied the throne of the vicar bishop of Hum, in the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He used to lecture at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Foča. He taught Patristics for thirteen years at the University of Belgrade's School of Orthodox Theology. In 2019, he was discharged from the university position.[2]
He was enthroned by Bishop Longin of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate, in the Cathedral of St. Stefan the First-Crowned in Alhambra, California. He also succeeded Bishop Longin, who previously served as the Administrator of the diocese. Bishop Maksim was elected to the see of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America at the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, held sometime in May 2006.
Selected works
- Vasiljević, Maksim, ed. (2015). The Christian Heritage of Kosovo and Metohija: the Historical and Spiritual Heartland of the Serbian People. Los Angeles: Sebastian Press. ISBN 9788682685395.
References
- westsrbdio.org (3 May 2017). "Bishop Maksim". Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- "Serbian Bishop Maxim of Western America Removed from Theological Faculty in Belgrade".
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