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The Mihailovich Monument in Chetnik Memorial Park at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Libertyville, IL on a beautiful Summer evening in Chicagoland. Photo by Aleksandra Rebic June 22, 2017 THE MIHAILOVICH MONUMENT: NO TAKING DOWN OF MONUMENTS TO LEGACYWith all the focus on monuments and statues in America recently forced upon us by people with a political agenda, none of us should be surprised that monuments dedicated to General Draza Mihailovich have become a target. It was inevitable. We cannot be apathetic or take anything for granted. "Initiatives" to "remove" the General Mihailovich Monument at St. Sava Serbian...

n the weekend of July 15–16, 2017, Orthodox faithful from across the country and around the world gathered at two Serbian monasteries: New Gracanica in Third Lake, IL and St. Sava’s in Libertyville, IL to offer glory to God’s new saint, Mardarije. His Grace Bishop Anthony of Toledo attended as the representative of the Patriarchate of Antioch. Libertyville, Illinois is a small village located outside of Chicago. But this small place has long been a deeply important and historical site for the Serbian Orthodox faithful. As the home of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Libertyville has served as the...

For the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), columnist Anna Quindlen, and the film’s producers, this was the “gotcha” question that revealed a gaping hole in pro-life rhetoric. In the latest issue of Newsweek, Quindlen said the demonstraters in the video try to “worm their way out of hypocrisy,” because they chose not to judge and criminalize women in crisis situations. Historically, women were not imprisoned for having abortions -- the doctors who gave them were. From a moral standpoint, there were two victims -- mother and child. Why should it be any different now? Neither the filmmakers nor Quindlen...

A board member of the Cook Memorial Public Library, Libertyville, IL, has come under fire from several patrons after he removed a free newspaper, which they called an act of censorship. Board member Jack L. Martin defended his actions, calling the Reader's Guide to Arts and Entertainment "pornographic" and claiming it had no place in the library. The suburban version of the alternative weekly Chicago Reader, the publication, which emphasizes information on local entertainment and dining, sported the headline "Dial M for Motherf---er." Both Martin and a patron removed between 20 and 30 copies of the paper.Reader's Guide publisher Jane...