About Us
Our Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE HOLY HILANDAR MONASTERY, as a unique treasure of spirituality, culture, art, and history that has been continuously alive for more than eight centuries.
Our Goal
THE GOAL OF OUR FOUNDATION IS TO PRESENT THE INVALUABLE HERITAGE OF HILANDAR and establish a strong connection with people in the United States of America and around the world, who want to know more about Hilandar, on a personal path of spiritual growth and additional education.
Management
THE FOUNDATION IS PERSONALLY MANAGED BY THE ABBOT OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF HILANDAR, THE MOST REVEREND ARCHIMANDRIT METODIJE (MARKOVICH), as the Sole Member of the organization and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
We are a non-profit charitable foundation in the USA founded by the Holy Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, Hellenic Republic.
The foundation is fully registered under US law, with a proper 501c3 TAX DEDUCTIBLE CERTIFICATE.
Become a HILANDAR GUARDIAN. Your contributions are precious for Hilandar and its daily life and the numerous undertakings that the monastery manages, following the bequests of its holy founders, Saint Simeon Mirotočivi and Saint Sava of Serbia.
Manifesto
Let’s believe, let’s be similar to the centuries-old guardians of Hilandar, guardians of the treasury of spirituality, literacy, culture, art, the statehood of the Serbian people, and the historical support of our Church.
Hilandar was handed down to us more than eight centuries ago from the hands of Venerable Simeon Mirotočivi and Saint Sava of Serbia. As a priceless gift to carry in our hearts wherever we are. It was given to us so that we could give it to the generations to come. To preserve, restore and improve it.
Hilandar is constantly alive. Let’s act in harmony with his measure of perfection, calmness, and constancy. He is a role model and hope that we can do better and more.
BE A GUARDIAN.
Board of Directors
Most Reverend Archimandrite Methodios (Markovich), Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Hilandar.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Sole Member of the Corporation – Preserve Hilandar Foundation USA.
Members of the Board of Directors appointed by Abbot Metodije
Branislav Vujinović
President / CEO
Architect, owner of architectural firm Toto & Vujinovic (NYC). Former member of the parish board of the Cathedral of St....
Read moreBranislav Vujinović
President / CEO
Architect, owner of architectural firm Toto & Vujinovic (NYC). Former member of the parish board of the Cathedral of St. Sava in New York.
Luka Erceg
Vice President
A lawyer, he managed investments worth 3.5 billion dollars and was a board member of various for-profit and non-profit organizations,...
Read moreLuka Erceg
Vice President
A lawyer, he managed investments worth 3.5 billion dollars and was a board member of various for-profit and non-profit organizations, including religious non-profit organizations of the Orthodox Church.
Dušica Protić
Secretary
Juris Doctor, attorney specializing in corporate and securities laws, formerly Chief Counsel, Regulation, of the American Stock Exchange; Senior Counsel,...
Read moreDušica Protić
Secretary
Juris Doctor, attorney specializing in corporate and securities laws, formerly Chief Counsel, Regulation, of the American Stock Exchange; Senior Counsel, New York Stock Exchange; Of Counsel at the international law firm of Weil & Gotshal and Manges; and Staff Attorney at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Experienced in the non-profit sector: Member of the Board of Directors of the Studenica Foundation, a US non-profit; former member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Serbian Unity Congress, a US non-profit organization. Member of the Auxiliary Board of Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC.
Excerpt from the certificate of establishment of the foundation
The Foundation is organized solely for charitable, religious, and educational purposes, within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code (the “Code”), including, for such purposes, making distributions organizations described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Code.”
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EIN: 85-2962446
