Maksim Vasiljević

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Maksim Vasiljević (Maxim; secular name Milan Vasiljević; born 27 June 1968 in Foča, Yugoslavia) is the Bishop of the Diocese of Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was enthroned on 30 July 2006. Previously, he had occupied the throne of the Bishop of Hum, Vicar bishop in the Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosna, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He used to lecture at Orthodox Theological Faculty in Foča (Srbinje), Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vasiljević taught Patristics for thirteen years at the University of Belgrade's School of Orthodox Theology. In 2019 he was discharged from the university position.^[1]

Vasiljević was enthroned by Bishop Longin of the New Gračanica Metropolitanate, in the Cathedral Church of St. Stefan the First-Crowned in Alhambra, California. He also succeeded Bishop Longin, who previously served as the Administrator of the diocese. Vasiljević 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.

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External links[]

• Official website of the Serbian Diocese of Western America