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A blessed weekend in Hawaii
Посета Парохији Светог Великомученика Лазара на Хавајима
November 11-12, 2007

Honolulu, Hawaii - On Sunday November 11th 2007, with the blessing of
His Eminence Archbishop +Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America;
a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop +Maxim
of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America
(http://www.westsrbdio.org/) at the Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian
Orthodox Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. Bishop +Maxim was joined by the
parish rector, Priest Anatole Lyovin; the Administrator of the
Serbian Community of Hawaii, Protopresbyter Blasko Paraklis; and
Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Miroslav Dejanov who is on vacation in
Hawaii from Vancouver, British Columbia. Vladyka +Maxim was in Hawaii
to help re-start the St. Lazar Serbian Orthodox Mission Parish and to
help reorganize the local Serbian Community.

Bishop +Maxim was greeted at the entrance to the Church by Parish
Starosta Bosa Wiel with the traditional welcoming custom of bread and
salt (Hawaiian sea salt was presented). The Hierarchal Divine Liturgy
was celebrated in Slavonic, Serbian, Greek and English.

During Vladyka Maxim's sermon, he spoke of the historically close
relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
and the Serbian Orthodox Church, and of the love that exists between
the two Churches till this day. He also spoke of his recent visit to
Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, and the joy it
brought him to be at such a holy monastery in America. His Grace
mentioned the blessing he received from Vladyka Metropolitan +Laurus
of New York on his Archpastoral ministry to the Serbian flock in
Western America. Vladyka +Maxim also spoke of the glorious blessing
it was to serve in the presence of two myrrh-streaming icons that
were recently revealed to Hawaii's Russian Orthodox parish.

Following the Bishop's sermon the parish rector, Fr. Anatole Lyovin,
said a few welcoming words to the visiting Serbian clerics. Fr.
Anatole (who was raised in Yugoslavia and speaks fluent Serbian)
welcomed the Serbs to the church and spoke of the joy of serving with
His Grace and the fact that in such a small parish, God has graced
the community with two miraculous icons (that occasionally stream
myrrh). They streamed heavily during the Hierarchal Liturgy witnessed
by all the faithful present. One of the icons is a copy of Brother
Jose Munoz-Cortes' Montreal myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon, the other is
a hand-painted Cross from Mt. Athos. Both icons began streaming myrrh
on September 14/27 2007 "Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross". Fr.
Anatole said this miracle is not just for the Russian Orthodox
Community, but for all Orthodox Christians in Hawaii. He said the
Serbs were always welcomed in the Russian Church. Myrrh from the
icons were distributed to the visiting clerics and to the overflowing
faithful present. Due to the amount of people the church doors had to
be propped opened so that those in the courtyard could participate in
the celebration. The local Russian Parish rents a small office space
for their services. The Russian Orthodox Community does not own a
church building of their own.

Gifts were exchange between Bishop +Maxim and Priest Anatole Lyovin;
food and drink were provided by the parishioners of the Russian
Orthodox Community of Hawaii.

Vladyka +Maxim also celebrated a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy for the
Serbian Orthodox Community at the local Greek Orthodox Church of Ss.
Constantine and Helen on Saturday November 10th. The Russian choir
from the Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church provided
the singing.

Bishop +Maxim is fluent in five languages including Russian, Greek,
Serbian, English and French. He is a professor of patrology at the
Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

Eis Polla Eti Despota Vladyka Maxim!

   
   
   

У суботу и недељу, 11-12. новембра, Парохија Светог Великомученика Лазара Косовског на Хавајима је дочекала Епископа Западноамеричког Максима и свештеника Блашка Параклиса. У суботу је Литургија служена у грчкој цркви Св. Константина и Јелене, а у недељу у руској парохији Богородице Иверске. Оба пута је саслуживао и свештеник Мирослав Дејанов који је са својом попадијом и двоје верника дошао из Ванкувера. У петак вече је за одржан сусрет на коме се разговарало на верско-теолошке теме.
У суботу је у оквиру Св. Литургије, обављен чин Крштења дечака Јована Бартона, а присуствовало је око 40 верника. За певницом је одговарао хор под руководством куме Колете Wiul, Српкиње.
Свештеник Димитрије из грчке парохије је љубазно примио госте, и приредио послужење у црквеној сали. Епископ је беседио о значају Крштења као новог рођења и бањи препорођења, и захвалио Митрополиту Сан Франциска Герасиму на благослову служења.
У недељу је одзив верника на Литургију био много већи. У овој Парохији којом началствује о. Анатол, слависта (рођен у Лесковцу), од недавно су донешене две мироточиве иконе, Пресвете Богородице и Часнога Крста. После службе је приређен ручак-пикник. .
Иначе, Епископ Максим је у априлу месецу за администраторе парохије поставио о. Блашка и јеромонаха Јована. Ово је друга епископска канонска посета од априла ове године (вид. http://www.westsrbdio.org/latest_news/visit_to_Hawaii.html).
Парохија на Хавајима основана је деведесетих година прошлог века, од стране Епископа Хризостома (данас владике Жичког) скупа са тадашњим секретаром западноамеричке епархије Блашком Параклисом (њом је једно време администрирао прота Петаковић долазећи повремено ради служења Литургије, крштења и венчања).
Hawaii (awaiian: Hawaii) су постали педесета америчка држава (САД) 21. августа 1959. године. Налазе се на северном делу Тихог океана (Пацифика), 2,300 миља (3,700 km) од континента, на 21°18′41″N, 157°47′47″W. У 19. веку Хаваји су били познати и као the Sandwich Islands.

In dialects of American English, "Hawaii" is pronounced at least three different ways. In the Hawaiian language, there is also some variation possible, but the most general pronunciation is [hə.vəi]. This last Hawaiian pronunciation is often used by native-English-speaking Hawaii residents, as well.

Archaeologic evidence points to earliest habitation in the 11th Century ACE, probably by Polynesian settlers from the Marquesas, Raiatea and Bora Bora. The first recorded European contact with the islands was in 1778 by British explorer James Cook. However, substantial evidence (Stokes 1932 for example) exists of earlier Spanish visits to Hawaii. Hawaii was an independent kingdom from 1810 until 1893, when the monarchy was overthrown. It became a U.S. territory in 1900 and has been a state since 1959.

Location, topography, and geology

An archipelago in the mid-Pacific and, thus, commonly included in Oceania, Hawaii is the southernmost state of the United States; it would be the westernmost, if not for Alaska. It is one of the only two states (Alaska is the other) that are outside the contiguous United States, and do not share a border with another U.S. state. Hawaiʻi is the only state that (1) is without territory on the mainland of any continent; (2) is completely surrounded by water; and (3) continues to grow in area because of active extrusive lava flows, most notably from Kilauea (Kīlauea).

Except for Easter Island, Hawaii is farther away from land than any other landmass on Earth. Hawaii's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea stands over 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) and is taller than Mount Everest if followed to its base at the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

The Hawaiian Archipelago comprises eight islands and atolls extending across a distance of 1,500 miles (2,400 km). Of these, eight high islands are considered the "main islands" and are located at the southeastern end of the archipelago. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii. The latter is by far the largest, and is very often called the "Big Island" or "Big Isle". The use of that alternative name is often motivated by a desire to avoid ambiguity with "Hawaiʻi" meaning the entire state (all of the islands), as opposed to only that one island.