Bill Text: IL SR0318 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates the Very Reverend Milos M. Vesin, Ph.D., on his retirement as pastor of St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church. Thanks him for 33 years of faithful service to the parish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0318 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0318-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate the Very Reverend Milos M. Vesin, Ph.D., on the
occasion of his retirement as pastor of St. Archangel Michael
Serbian Orthodox Church; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin was born to Marinko and Nada
Vesin in Novi Sad, Serbia on February 25, 1956; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin graduated from St. Arsenije
Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia in 1975;
he then attended Isidor Bajic Music School, majoring in
solo-singing; he continued his studies at the Theological
Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia,
graduating in 1980; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin joined the newly founded
clergy choir St. Sava in the Diocese of Shumadija-Kragujevac,
Serbia, becoming its conductor and touring in Serbia, Austria,
Switzerland, Germany, France, and Romania; he oversaw the
choir's production of several liturgical music recordings; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin then pursued postgraduate
studies in pastoral theology and psychology at the Roman
Catholic Theological Faculty in Switzerland; he also continued

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his music studies at the Academy for Church Music in
Switzerland; and
WHEREAS, From 1980 to 1995, the V. Rev. Dr. Vesin
represented the Serbian Orthodox Church at conferences in
Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Hungary,
Romania, Greece, Sweden, Holland, England, Australia, and the
United States; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin married Dragana Todorovid
in 1988, and their son, Marko, was born in 1991; and
WHEREAS, V. Rev. Dr. Vesin was ordained as a deacon by St.
Sava in 1988, and he was assigned to St. George Cathedral
Church in Novi Sad, Serbia; he was then ordained into the
priesthood in 1990; and
WHEREAS, V. Rev. Dr. Vesin has served as the pastor of St.
Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church since 1990, first in
South Chicago and then in Lansing; during his tenure, he
earned his Ph.D. in Psychology in 2006; and
WHEREAS, In addition to his pastoral duties, The V. Rev.
Dr. Vesin has served as a professor at St. Sava Theological
Seminary in Libertyville, where he teaches church chant,
homiletics, and pastoral psychology; and

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WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin has also authored and
translated numerous books, and he has helped produce many
musical recordings; and
WHEREAS, The V. Rev. Dr. Vesin's retirement will be
celebrated by the parish of St. Archangel Michael Serbian
Orthodox Church on October 1, 2023; after his final divine
liturgy service, a banquet will be held in his honor at the
Serbian Social Center in Lansing; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the
Very Reverend Milos M. Vesin, Ph.D., on his retirement as
pastor of St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, and
we thank him for 33 years of faithful service to the parish;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the V. Rev. Dr. Vesin as an expression of our
esteem and respect.