Full Text of SR0318 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate the Very Reverend Milos M. Vesin, Ph.D., on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as pastor of St. Archangel Michael | 5 | | Serbian Orthodox Church; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin was born to Marinko and Nada | 7 | | Vesin in Novi Sad, Serbia on February 25, 1956; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin graduated from St. Arsenije | 9 | | Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia in 1975; | 10 | | he then attended Isidor Bajic Music School, majoring in | 11 | | solo-singing; he continued his studies at the Theological | 12 | | Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia, | 13 | | graduating in 1980; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin joined the newly founded | 15 | | clergy choir St. Sava in the Diocese of Shumadija-Kragujevac, | 16 | | Serbia, becoming its conductor and touring in Serbia, Austria, | 17 | | Switzerland, Germany, France, and Romania; he oversaw the | 18 | | choir's production of several liturgical music recordings; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin then pursued postgraduate | 20 | | studies in pastoral theology and psychology at the Roman | 21 | | Catholic Theological Faculty in Switzerland; he also continued |
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| 1 | | his music studies at the Academy for Church Music in | 2 | | Switzerland; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, From 1980 to 1995, the V. Rev. Dr. Vesin | 4 | | represented the Serbian Orthodox Church at conferences in | 5 | | Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Hungary, | 6 | | Romania, Greece, Sweden, Holland, England, Australia, and the | 7 | | United States; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin married Dragana Todorovid | 9 | | in 1988, and their son, Marko, was born in 1991; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, V. Rev. Dr. Vesin was ordained as a deacon by St. | 11 | | Sava in 1988, and he was assigned to St. George Cathedral | 12 | | Church in Novi Sad, Serbia; he was then ordained into the | 13 | | priesthood in 1990; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, V. Rev. Dr. Vesin has served as the pastor of St. | 15 | | Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church since 1990, first in | 16 | | South Chicago and then in Lansing; during his tenure, he | 17 | | earned his Ph.D. in Psychology in 2006; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his pastoral duties, The V. Rev. | 19 | | Dr. Vesin has served as a professor at St. Sava Theological | 20 | | Seminary in Libertyville, where he teaches church chant, | 21 | | homiletics, and pastoral psychology; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin has also authored and | 2 | | translated numerous books, and he has helped produce many | 3 | | musical recordings; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin's retirement will be | 5 | | celebrated by the parish of St. Archangel Michael Serbian | 6 | | Orthodox Church on October 1, 2023; after his final divine | 7 | | liturgy service, a banquet will be held in his honor at the | 8 | | Serbian Social Center in Lansing; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | 11 | | Very Reverend Milos M. Vesin, Ph.D., on his retirement as | 12 | | pastor of St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, and | 13 | | we thank him for 33 years of faithful service to the parish; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the V. Rev. Dr. Vesin as an expression of our | 17 | | esteem and respect.
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