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]

His Eminence

Maksim Vasiljević
Bishop
Bishop Maksim in 2013
ChurchSerbian Orthodox Church
DioceseEparchy of Western America
InstalledJuly 30, 2006
PredecessorJovan Mladenović
Orders
Ordination1996
Consecration2004
Personal details
Birth nameMilan Vasiljević
Born (1968-06-27) June 27, 1968
Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
DenominationSerbian 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
  1. westsrbdio.org. "Bishop Maksim". Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. https://ocl.org/serbian-bishop-maxim-of-western-america-removed-from-theological-faculty-in-belgrade/
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