Monday, June 30, 2014

Прослава Видовдана и парастос страдалим борцима Бококоторског корпуса у манастиру Подластва код Будве June 28, 2014 / Бане Јевтић


Прослава Видовдана и парастос страдалим борцима Бококоторског корпуса
у манастиру Подластва код Будве June 28, 2014.
Foto zahvaljujući: Bane Jevtic
 
 
Прослава Видовдана и парастос страдалим борцима Бококоторског корпуса у манастиру Подластва код Будве June 28, 2014
 
У манастиру Подластва, зборном духовном месту Грбљана надомак Будве јуче је одржано традиционално обележавање Видовдана. Простор око манастирске цркве био је препун народа и већина није могла стати у цркву тако да је већина свету Литургију пратила преко разгласа. По завршеној литургији испред манастирске цркве обављена је сеча славског колача. Било је дирљиво видети стотине људи који су положеном руком на рамена славара испред себе направила везу са онима који су у првим редовима са свештенством ломили славски колач. Јединствени и збратимљерни показали су своју дубоку прврженост видоваданском наслеђу, својим српским коренима и неугасивој традицији. После сече славског колача одржан је парастос страдалим борцима Бококоторског корпуса. Ради потсећања, 80 бораца ове славне бригаде било је на превару заробљено од партизана на крају рата и на монструозан начин поубијано у Бару. Сви побијени родољуби били су закопани у необележеној гробници у близини зидина старог барског града и тамо су чекали пуних 48 година да буду пренесени, опојани и сахрањени на достојан начин у порти манастира Подластва. Сахрана посмртних остатака ових новомученика је обављена на најсвечанији начин. Опело је обавио благопочивши патријарх Павле и митрополит Амфилохије са многобројним свештенством. Био је присутан и један руски владика који је у име руског патријарха донео грумен руске земље којим су покривене кости наших новомученика. Од тада, ево већ 23 године на велики празник, Видовдан, верни народ Грбља и околине у великом броју долази да прославе овај велики српски празник, помоле се над сенима наших страдалих бораца и одају дужну почаст.
 
Прослава Видовдана је настављена пригодном академијом где су надахнутим беседама евоциране успомене на овај велики празник, косовске страдалнике и на све оне које су у каснијим ратовима положили животе за веру православну, краља и Отаџбину. Беседници говорима и песници својим стиховима пробудили су у овим тешким данима  код присутних осећај заједништа, патриотизма и неугаслог српства. На крају гуслари и фолклорна друштва су развеселили све присутне пригодним песмама и играма. Сестринство манастира се потрудило да сви буду угошћени и под великом шатром приређен је ручак за све присутне. Захвални сестринству, организаторима из грбаљских братстава понели смо осећај задовољства и поштовања са данашње свечане, богоугодне и братском љубављу надахнуте прославе Видовдана.
 
Бане Јевтић
29. Jun 2014.
 

 
 
 
 
 
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Annual DRAZIN DAN hosted by the Movement of Serbian Chetniks Ravne Gore (POKRET) / Schererville, Indiana Sunday July 20, 2014



PARASTOS FOR DRAZA FOLLOWING THE DIVINE LITURGY AT ST. GEORGE CHURCH WITH BANQUET AND PROGRAM AT GENERAL DRAZA MIHAILOVICH MEMORIAL HALL IN SCHERERVILLE, INDIANA
 
SUNDAY JULY 20, 2014
 
BANQUET AND PROGRAM BEGIN AT
1:00 P.M.
 
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO FLOOD RELIEF
IN SERBIA AND REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
 
(All food being donated by the Movement so that all donations given at the banquet will go directly for flood relief)
 
Serbian and Chetnik Flag of the Movement of Serbian Chetniks Ravne Gore (Pokret) at Chetnik Memorial Hall in Schererville, Indiana.
Photo by Aleksandra Rebic May 19, 2013
 
 
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society presents: "100th Anniversary Commemoration of The Great War (1914-1918) and the Sacrifices of the Serbian People." / June 18, 2014 Alberta, Canada

 
 
From Mr. Bob Ivkovic of the Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society:
 
Dear Friends,
 
I would like to take this opportunity and  invite  you to a 100th anniversary commemoration  of The Great War (1914-1918) and the sacrifices of the  Serbian people.
 
There will be a special display of photos from World War I which have been carefully chosen for their significance from several sources including the Valjevo National Museum.
 
This evening will feature two guest speakers Scott Taylor and James Bissett , who will highlight some of their heartfelt thoughts and knowledge of WWI history.
 
There will be an open bar and refreshments.
 
Date: Wednesday 18. June 2014
Time: 7:00pm
Location: St. Simeon Serbian Orthodox Church Hall (downstairs of church)
Address: 16025 - 243 Ave. E, DeWinton, AB Canada
 
Event Synopsis

On Wednesday June 18th at 7pm at our St Simeon Serbian Orthodox Church, the Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society in conjunction with our Church committee will be hosting guest speakers Scott Taylor (military historian, author and publisher of Esprit de Corp magazine) and James Bisette (former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia). They will be discussing Serbia's contribution and heroism during WW1 in honour of the 100 year commemoration. They will provide a non-Serb perspective to Serbia's contribution and sacrifice for the allied victory.

I hope you can all attend so that our hall is full and our guests can see how proud we are of our history but more importantly how proud we are of those brave Serbian men and women who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Serbia lost one third of its population during WW1; the least we can do is honor them in attending this commemoration. These speakers will also present at various military venues during their stay but will have a special presentation for us and our guests at our new Church. Therefore, please make an effort to attend this Wednesday evening, invite some friends, both Serb and non-Serb. If you are unable to attend please pass the information along, the presentation is free and it is a great opportunity to educate your children and Canadian friends on the Serbian allied war effort.

It is important that all Serbs and their friends attend this event to show support for Canadians who represent the truth and continue to fight for the Serbian truth.

God bless,
Bob Ivkovic
Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society

 
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

VIDEO: GEN. MIHAILOVICH honored in U.S. Congress June 11, 2014 / Congressman TED POE of Texas - "Today, I want to commemorate one of our most important allies: the people of Serbia." / CONGRESSIONAL RECORD / Američki Kongresmen Ted Poe: Srbi su jedan od najvažnijih saveznika SAD

United States Congressional Record
113th Congress
Washington June 11, 2014
Congressman Lloyd "Ted" Poe (R-Texas 2nd District)
U.S. - SERBIAN ALLIANCE

Honorable Lloyd "Ted" Poe
(R-Texas 2nd District)
U.S. House of Representatives
Photo courtesy of:
 
 Hon. Ted Poe (R-TX 2) Congressional Record June 11, 2014 Page 1 of 2
 
Hon. Ted Poe (R-TX 2) Congressional Record June 11, 2014 Page 2 of 2
 
Congressional Record courtesy of Danielle Sremac
and the SERBIAN INSTITUTE
 
HONORABLE TED POE OF TEXAS
House of Representatives
U.S.-SERBIAN ALLIANCE
June 11, 2014
 
Mr. Speaker, since our founding, Americans have always had to fight for the liberty and freedom that we have. Throughout our history, we have had allies from other parts of the world on our side ready to help us, and we have been ready to help them stand together for freedom over tyranny.
 
Today, I want to commemorate one of our most important allies: the people of Serbia. For more than 130 years, we have had a close relationship with the Serbian people.
 
I have on my staff here in Washington a Serbian American, Blair Bjellos, who is my victim's advocate. When I was in Texas as a judge, my chief of staff, Elaine Dudich Stolte, who now runs the best children's assessment center in the world, worked for me. Both are of Serbian descent.
 
Our friendship with the Serbians is based on our shared belief in democracy and standing up for liberty. During both World War I and World War II, our two countries fought on the same battlefield and our people shared and shed blood together. Because of that brotherhood, we have a special relationship.
 
During World War I, Austria-Hungary tried to pick a fight with Serbia, through the July Ultimatum. Of course, the Ultimatum wasn't a deal at all, and it was purposely unacceptable and meant to provoke a war with the two nations. Despite being 10 times smaller than Austria- Hungary, Serbia, an independent, freedom-loving nation, refused to back down to the aggressor. Like a true David versus Goliath, the Serbian people fought valiantly with us against the central powers in World War I. In the end, 25 percent of the Serbian population was killed during that war.
 
Despite the toll World War I took on Serbia, when World War II started, they were allies again. There are numerous accounts of bravery that the Serbs conducted during World War II, and a lot of that was not known to the world until recently. I just want to talk about one of those.
 
Perhaps the most inspiring report of bravery and brotherhood was shown during the Halyard Mission, when Serbian General Draza Mihailovich and Serbian American George Vujnovich led a mission to save American pilots that had been shot down by Nazi planes behind the lines in Serbia.
 
In 1944, hundreds of B-17 and B-24 fighter pilots and their crews were shot down by the Nazi Luftwaffe over what we now know as Serbia. General Mihailovich immediately began finding those pilots and members of the crew and hid them in barns and farmhouses throughout Serbia, wherever he could find them shelter. He and his men and local Serbian civilians hid our troops. They risked their lives in doing so, and many of them later paid the consequences when the Nazis found out about it.
 
When Mihailovich radioed Washington to alert them of his actions, here in the United States, Vujnovich, an OSS agent of Serbian descent, found out and planned a daring rescue mission. Vujnovich would train Allied Forces on how to act like Serbs and sneak them into Nazi territory to save the downed pilots and their crews. Once in, they would help guide U.S. planes into the country to pick up the downed pilots.
 
With the help of local Serbs, the undercover U.S. soldiers and General Mihailovich built a makeshift runway in just 9 days. They had no sophisticated tools or machinery. They just used oxen, wagons, brute strength, and the tools that they could find. Over the next 6 months, Allied planes flew right under Nazi noses to land on that crude airstrip.
 
I was most fortunate to have known one of those brave men. Serbian George Dudich was among those who risked his life to save those American downed pilots. When Mr. Dudich and his family later came to the United States after Communist Tito took over, he took time to find many of those downed pilots and crew members to meet with them once again. In total, the Halyard Mission saved 512 U.S. airmen. Not one American was lost, although many Serbs died in those rescues. Unfortunately, the United States took the wrong side after the war and we supported Tito, a communist, rather than Mihailovich, to lead Serbia.
 
We did not recognize Mihailovich's deeds until recently, and now he has been awarded the Legion of Merit; and Vujnovich, at 95 years old, received a Bronze Star from the United States.
 
Many Americans and many American Serbs served together then, and I want to congratulate the relationship and commemorate the relationship between the United States and Serbia during the wars and the relationship the two countries have today.
 
And that's just the way it is.
 
____________________
 
 
Američki Kongresmen [Ted Poe]: Srbi su jedan od najvažnijih saveznika SAD
 
There must be Justice
Branko Ilic
June 13, 2014
 
Američki Kongresmen Ted Poe  je pred Američkim Kongresom 11.06. 2014 izjavio da je jedini pravi američki saveznik Srpski narod
 
U svom govoru on je izjavio da je Srbija bila lojalni saveznik u oba svjetska rata.
 
Ističući da je u  Prvom  svjetskom  ratu Srbija kao jedan od pobjednika rata pretrpjela strašne gubitke.
 
“Ne treba zaboravitivelike žrtve  koje je i Srpski narod dao i u drugom svjetskom ratu “, kaže on.
 
Tokom Drugog svjetskog rata Srpski  narod pod vodstvom generala Draže Mihailovića spasio više od 500 američkih pilota.
 
“General Mihailović je sa svojim ljudima spasavao pilote sakrivajući ih u Srpske kuće u selima da ih nebi pronašli nacisti”, navodi  dalje Poe.
 
Za šest mjeseci tokom spasilacke misije Haliard” spašeno je 512  Amerikčih pilota.
 
“Niti jedan Američki pilot tokom misije spasavanja nije stradao dok su Srbi pretrpjeli strašne gubitke da bi se oni evakuisali bezbedno” navodi Poe.
 
Nažalost, na kraju rata smo izabrali pogrešnu stranu.
 
Odabrali smo Tita umesto Mihailovića.Nismo prepoznali njegovo požrtvovanje”,  na kraju navodi Poe.
 
 
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The speech of U.S. Congressman Ted Poe
before the House of Representatives
U.S. - SERBIA ALLIANCE
June 11, 2014
 
Kompletan video  govora Američkog Kongresmena Ted Poe pred Kongresom
 
Posted on You Tube by



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Saturday, June 14, 2014

TRIBINA - ČEMU (BEZ)UMNA IZLOŽBA U IME NARODA!? / Četvrtak 19. Jun 2014. Beograd


 
 
 
Sa velikim zadovoljstvom Vas pozivamo da u četvrtak 19.06.2014. godine u 18:00 dodjete na tribinu:

ČEMU (BEZ)UMNA IZLOŽBA U IME NARODA!?

Diskusija o karakteru izložbe sa njenim kritičarima kao i potrebi sučavanja sa totalitarnim nasleđem.

Učestvuju:
 
dr Predrag Marković, istoričar
Mijat Lakićević, novinar
Zlatko Paković, novinar
dr Srđan Cvetković, istoričar



Istorijski Muzej Srbije
Trg Nikole Pašića 11, Belgrade, Serbia

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Записник са рочишта генералу Михаиловицу / Zapisnik sa rocista generalu Mihailovicu June 6, 2014 Beograd


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PROTEST / Na stranicama Nacionalne Geografije "osvanuo" je neprimeren komunistički propagandni tekst kojim se ponovo i ponovo veličaju komunistički zločinci / Jovan Njegović Drndak June 13, 2014

Jovan Njegović Drndak piše:

Poštovani prijatelji,

Na stranicama Nacionalne geografije "osvanuo" je neprimeren komunistički propagandni tekst kojim se ponovo i ponovo veličaju komunistički zločinci. Molim da svojim uticajem apelujete kod udruženja Ravnogoraca i Srpskih antikomunističkih organizacija u svetu kako bi se  uputilo  protestno pismo uredništvu Nacionalne Geografije kako u Sjedinjenim Državama tako i predstavništvu Nacionale Geografije za Srbiju. Sporni i sramni tekst se nalazi na sledećem linku http://www.nationalgeographic.rs/index.php?news=3001.

Treba potsjetiti na herojsku borbu Srpskih četnika i  na spasavanje 500 američkih pilota od strane Srpskih četnika Draze Mihailovića. Velicanje zločinaca poput Save Kovačevića je nedopustivo.
 
Jovan Njegović Drndak
June 13, 2014

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"Na današnji dan, 13. jun"
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SRBIJA
June 13, 2014

Sava Kovačević

13. juna 1943. godine u bici na Sutjesci u Drugom svetskom ratu u jurišu na nemačke bunkere poginuo komandant Treće divizije i član Vrhovnog Štaba Narodnooslobodilačke vojske Jugoslavije Sava Kovačević, čija je hrabrost još za života prerasla u legendu.

U najtežem periodu Pete neprijateljske ofanzive, juna 1943. godine, Sava je postavljen za komandanta Treće udarne divizije. Diviziji je tada pao najteži zadatak - da bude zaštitnica Glavne operativne grupe, da štiti Centralnu bolnicu i izvrši proboj iz okruženja. U desetodnevnim borbama pod Savinom komandom, divizija se borila s neprijateljem koji je bio gotovo dvadeset puta brojniji, i učinila sve da spase ranjenike i izvrši druge zadatke. Činjeni su pokušaji da se nađe pogodna mogućnost za proboj. U teškim borbama 11. i 12. juna na Vučevu, pod Maglićem, kod Borovna, na desnoj obali reka Sutjeske, odbijeni su snažni udari neprijatelja, spašena bolnica i napravljen pokušaj da se na levoj obali Sutjeske obrazuje mostobran. Dana 13. juna, glavne snage divizije su pošle u opšti napad na levoj obali Sutjeske - divizija je uspela da potisne neprijatelja, ali ne i da slomi njegov otpor na Košuru, padinama Ozrena, Lastve, Kazana. U najkritičnijem trenutku, Sava je odlučio da se novim jurišem izvrši proboj - s Pratećom četom i grupom kurira izbio je u prvi streljački stroj, zapovedio juriš, i pucajući iz puškomitraljeza, pošao napred i pao pokošen neprijateljevim rafalima.

Odlukom Vrhovnog štaba NOV i POJ, 6. jula 1943. godine, proglašen je za narodnog heroja, među prvim borcima NOV i POJ. Odlukom Prezidijuma Vrhovnog sovjeta Sovjetskog Saveza odlikovan je Ordenom Kutuzova. U „Biltenu Vrhovnog štaba“ br 29-31 o proglašenju Save Kovačevića za narodnog heroja piše:

"Na osnovu riješenja Vrhovnog štaba daje se naziv narodnog heroja drugu Savi Kovačeviću, komandantu III udarne divizije, koji je poginuo junačkom smrđu juna mjeseca 1943 g., kod Vrbnice jurišajući na čelu svojih boraca na neprijateljske bunkere pri probijanju neprijateljskog obruča. Slava velikom crnogorskom junaku drugu Savi Kovačeviću!"

http://www.nationalgeographic.rs/index.php?news=3001


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VREME
Ivica Đurović
May 16, 2013

Kultura sećanja – 70 godina bitke na Sutjesci

Partizani nisu bili antifašisti

Svakako je ova bitka najtragičnija epopeja tog krvavog rata. U planinskom području Sutjeske u maju i junu 1943. godine od oko 20.000 Titovih partizana, od kojih 4000 ranjenika, gotovo polovina je poginula. Najveću odgovornost za ovako tragičan epilog snosi sam Tito, koji je do poslednjeg trenutka verovao u potpisani sporazum sa Nemcima iz marta 1943. godine, kao što je i Staljin verovao sporazumu Ribentrop–Molotov iz 1939. Uz sav pijetet prema ogromnim žrtvama koje su pretrpeli Titovi partizani, ipak se mora konstatovati da taj pokret primarno nije bio antifašistički. Prevashodni Titov cilj je bio osvajanje vlasti u Jugoslaviji a najveći protivnici su mu na tom putu bili četnici. Kako drugačije tumačiti Titovo grčevito protivljenje eventualnom iskrcavanju saveznika na jadransku obalu, a sa druge strane se vodi intenzivna prepiska sa Staljinom (5. jul 1944) u kojoj se traži da Crvena armija preko Rumunije uđe u Srbiju. Tito nije krio da mu je rešavanje problema Srbije bilo najvažnije u stvaranju socijalističke Jugoslavije. Jedan od mitova bitke na Sutjesci je i herojska pogibija Save Kovačevića. Zarad istine, mora se nešto reći o njegovom učešću u paljenju sela u Katunskoj nahiji u proleće 1942. Po naređenju Milovana Đilasa, Sava Kovačević i Mitar Bakić su tada počinili zastrašujuće zločine, kada su spaljena sva sela koja su bila pod četničkim uticajem. Donji Zagarać i Ozrinići su tada spaljeni do temelja a Sava Kovačević kao plahovit čovek tada nije imao milosti prema ženama i deci.

Ivica Đurović

http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1114812


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