Milutin Milankovic Bust Dedication
Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland August 20, 2017
The Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland continues to grow. A new bust of Milutin Milankovic was dedicated on Sunday August 20th in the Serbian Cultural Garden.
New Milutin Milankovic bust in Serbian Cultural Garden
His Grace Bishop Irinej, Fr. Leontije Alavanja and Fr. Dragoslav Kosic officiated at the dedication.
His Grace Bishop Irinej
Milutin Milankovic was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science. Milankovic gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is the "Canon of the Earth’s Insolation", which characterizes the climates of all the planets of the Solar system.
The second contribution is the explanation of Earth's long-term climate changes caused by changes in the position of the Earth in comparison to the Sun, now known as Milankovitch cycles. This explained the ice ages occurring in the geological past of the Earth, as well as the climate changes on the Earth which can be expected in the future.
Milutin Milankovic bust in Serbian Cultural Garden
He founded planetary climatology by calculating temperatures of the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere as well as the temperature conditions on planets of the inner Solar system, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Moon, as well as the depth of the atmosphere of the outer planets. He demonstrated the interrelatedness of celestial mechanics and the Earth sciences, and enabled consistent transition from celestial mechanics to the Earth sciences and transformation of descriptive sciences into exact ones.
The ceremony began with His Grace Bishop Irinej with Very Rev. Archimandrite Leontije Alavanja and Very Rev. Protopresbyter Dragoslav Kosic leading the prayers and blessing the new bust.
The Kosovo Men's Choir sang responses.
Kosovo Men's Choir
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Then, His Grace Bishop Irinej thanked the clergy in attendance and Alex Machaskee, leader of the Serbian Cultural Garden.
His Grace Bishop Irinej
Alex told about Milankovic and great Serbian leaders, scientists and others.
Bishop Irinej and Alex Machaskee
Alex Machaskee, leader of the Serbian Cultural Garden, thanked His Grace Bishop Irinej and other clergy in attendance, Cultural Gardens leaders, ClevelandPeople.com and others.
Bishop Irinej and Alex Machaskee
Alex introduced Physicist Prof. Dr. Branimir Glavacki-Simic who spoke about the important work of Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovic.
Barney Simic
Alex Machaskee thanked his son Lex Machaskee for doing the hard work at the Serbian Garden week in and week out.
Alex and Lex Machaskee
Alex also thanked the Kosovo Men's Choir.
Alex Machaskee and Kosovo Men's Choir
The official ceremony concluded with the Kosovo Men's Choir performing several selections in front of the icon of St. Sava in the Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland.
Kosovo Men's Choir
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Enjoy these other images from the Dedication Ceremony of the bust of Milutin Milankovic in the Serbian Cultural Garden.
Machaskees and Clergy in front of St Sava icon
Sam Coso and Mike Simic
Pouring Slivovitz
New bust of Milutin Milankovic in the Serbian Cultural Garden
Mokranjac Bust
Petar Njegos bust
Erika Puussaar, Sheila Crawford and Carol Machaskee
Lex and Alex Machaskee with Clergy
Space for the next bust - who will it be?
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