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News In Memoriam: Fr. Miladin Garich 1921 - 2015 Since he arrived in 1960, Fr. Miladin Garic was the spiritual force behind the Serbian Orthodox community in the east Sacramento region. Fr. Miladin fell asleep in the Lord on Nov. 24th, 2015, and now lies next to his beloved wife, Nina, in a churchyard on a peaceful hillside facing the very first Serbian Orthodox Church in America, in Jackson, where he also served as priest for several years. Such was the life of this dynamic churchman, affectionately called “Proto Garic” by his flock, that Jesus’ words immediately come to mind: “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Miladin Garic was born in Serbia on the first day of the year 1921. When World War II exploded across Europe, Miladin was forced to finish his theological studies in a camp for displaced persons in Italy, where a group of fellow displaced persons, who also happened to be uprooted Orthodox clerics and theologians, got together to help Miladin complete his studies. It was a propitious start to what would turn out to be a long and heroic life in service to God and his fellow man. In 1941, when the Axis powers headed by the Nazis carved up Serbia, Miladin joined a resistance army committed to oust the occupiers of his motherland. In this capacity, Miladin was twice wounded in action. He was decorated with the national Medal for Bravery. His godson, Fr. William Weir, said, “Proto Garic experienced the full extent of tragedies that accompanied the war alongside all of the Serbian people.” This became most poignantly true in October 1944, when the fascist Ustashi burned down the house containing Miladin’s nearest and dearest: his mother, grandmother, sisters, and two brothers. All died in the fire. Miladin escaped to Austria with the rise of communism in Serbia. No longer a resistance fighter, he found his way to England in 1948 where he would take up the burden of manual labor, toiling in factories, hospitals and—like so many other displaced Serbs in other countries—in the mines. It was also in England where he would meet his wife, Nina. They married in July of 1948. In June of 1953, Miladin became Father Deacon Miladin. Less than a month later, a pious and energetic Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church with an affinity for Serbia and the Serbs ordained Fr. Miladin to the priesthood. That Archbishop was the glorified saint who is now known throughout the whole Orthodox world as St. John Maximovich of Shanghai and San Francisco. The newly ordained Fr. Miladin, having been made an Orthodox priest by one of the holiest men of his time, was assigned to minister to a parish Vancouver, Canada. He served that community for seven years, and people there who remember him do so fondly. In Memoriam: Mother Ana (Radetic) Continued from Page 13 of Mother Ana. She had three types of cancer that through the prayers of St. Nektarios and the care of good doctors she was able to defeat. The icon of St. Nektarios before which she received healing and comfort she gifted to the monastery church on the Sunday of Orthodoxy 2012. Besides her battle with cancer Mother Ana also had problems with diabetes. Due to her high After 32 years serving the Christians of Fair Oaks—administering the sacraments, serving liturgies, visiting the sick, conducting funerals, and organizing festivals—Fr. Miladin would eventually oversee what was perhaps his greatest accomplishment: the design and construction of the beautiful, brick Church on Sunset Avenue in Fair Oaks, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; an impressive and elegant example of traditional Orthodox church architecture. Orthodox Christians often observe that the death of a holy person will occur auspiciously; that is, a sign of God’s approval will accompany the passing of those whose lives have been pleasing to Him. Fr. Miladin died less than a week before one of the most momentous events in the history of the Serbian Church in America: the translation of the relics of St. Sebastian to San Francisco and Jackson. This newly canonized saint was the founder of the parish of the little white church in the Sierra foothills. So, at the exact moment when St. Sebastian was returning triumphantly to the spiritual community that both he and Fr. Miladin nurtured and loved, the soil was still fresh—the flowers still fragrant—on that spot of Earth from which St. Sebastian, Proto Garic, and Protonica Nina will be called forth by the Light to arise and greet a glorious and never-ending day. The Orthodox would call this divine favor. May the memory of Protopresbyter Stavrofor Miladin Garic be eternal! Edited for The Path Of Orthodoxy. level of sugar both her legs were amputated and the last twenty years of her life were spent in a wheelchair. Patriarch Pavle of blessed memory visited New Marcha on many occasions and during the consecration he said quietly to Mother Ana that he felt sorry that her legs were amputated. She responded: “If they cut my legs, they didn’t cut my head. Let’s go forward.” Mother Ana always shined with joy and optimism, thus we can freely refer to her as a daughter of light. She gathered people around her until her last breath and preached, “God is good”. May Mother Ana’s memory be eternal. Remember us before the throne of God. 14 • The Path of Orthodoxy Winter 2016
The word catechism (κατηχέω, meaning - to teach orally) derives from the Greek language. It refers to a summary or exposition of teachings (doctrine) and serves as a learning introduction to the Mysteries (Sacraments) traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adults. The book No Faith is More Beautiful than the Christian Faith, written by Bishop Danilo Krstich of blessed memory, and then Hieromonk Amfilohije Radovich, now Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coastlands accomplishes that and more. The book shows the Faith as the path on which an encounter takes place between Orthodox Christians (those reading the book particularly) and God; our encounter with God as the response to His call. The book is highly recommended. It was published in Serbian in 1982, and for the first time, Sebastian Press of the Western American Diocese, published it in English and it is available for purchase at: www.westsrbdio.org. Orthodox Christian Catechism No Faith Is More Beautiful Than The Christian Faith Bishop DANILO KRSTICH Hieromonk AMFILOHIJE RADOVICH Belgrade 1982 Copyright ©Sebastian Press 2015 THE MYSTERY OF FAITH Who was Moses? He was selected by God to be the liberator of the Hebrews from their slavery in Egypt. An angel appeared to him on Mount Horeb in a burning bush that was not consumed by the flame. There Moses was the first man to learn the name of God: I am the one who is (in Hebrew: YAHWEH). The one who appeared to him was God the Logos, God the Word. This is He Who in these latter times was born of a Virgin, who after giving birth remained a Virgin, just as the burning bush was not consumed. How did Moses lead the Hebrew people out of their captivity in Egypt? He led them out with God’s help. God sent plagues upon the Egyptians and caused Moses’s staff to have miraculous powers. Moses struck the water of the sea with that staff and the waters divided allowing the Hebrew people to escape from Egypt into the Promised Land. What did the Hebrews eat during their forty-year wandering in the desert? God miraculously sent them Manna and a flock of quail. The Manna was a prefiguration of the Holy Sacrament of Communion of Christ’s Body and Blood, the Bread that comes from heaven and gives life to the world. Where did Moses receive God’s Ten Commandments? He received them on Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments are: 1. I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods besides me. 2. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. 3. You shall not take the name of the Lord you God in vain. 4. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a day of rest to the Lord your God. 5. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you. 6. You shall not kill. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not bear false witness against you neighbor. 10. You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor’s. Who were David and Goliath? David was the King of Israel, and Goliath was a Philistine soldier of colossal size and strength. At their duel, David, although still a boy, killed the giant, Goliath, with a stone from his sling. What are the Psalms of David? Psalms are prayers in verse. David composed them in times of joy or sadness. There are 150 psalms in all. In some of the psalms David repents for his sins, in others he glorifies God, in still others he foretells the coming of the Savior of the world. So in one of them he describes His beauty, as if looking at Him, saying: “You are fairer than the sons of man; Grace flows from Your lips.” (Ps. 45:2) Throughout the ages, and even today, the psalms have been the favorite prayers of Christians, and the Book that stirs and arouses from spiritual sluggishness the stoniest of human hearts. Who were the Prophets? The Prophets were holy men of God who proclaimed the will of God to the people of Israel and the other nations of the Old Testament. Best known are the four great prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. By their words and deeds, and by their writings, they eradicated evil and sin, and preached repentance and virtue through the fulfillment of God’s Law. Centuries in advance God revealed to them Christ’s Divine Likeness, His Nativity, His suffering for the sins of the world, and His glorious Resurrection. What is Pascha? Pascha is the Old Testament feast of Passover that the Hebrews celebrated in spring commemorating their miraculous liberation from bondage in Egypt. On that day they ate a sacrificed paschal lamb, together with yeast less bread and bitter herbs. In this way they remembered the bitter bondage and the exodus to freedom through the Red Sea. The New Testament Church also has a Pascha, Easter. The Old Testament Pascha was the preparation for this Feast of feasts that celebrates the Lamb of God, Christ the Lord, who by his own death and resurrection freed sinful humanity from enslavement to the devil and the bonds of death. Where is the fulfillment of the Old Testament? The Path of Orthodoxy Winter 2016 • 15
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