Our Parish
Saint Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church
We reach out and welcome all people to live an Orthodox Christian life, grow spiritually and become disciples of Jesus Christ through serving others according to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are a welcoming family, loving God, loving one another, and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
As an Orthodox Christian community of believers, our vision is to experience a foretaste of God’s Kingdom in this world and eternal life in His Kingdom to come.
- We are a well-established spiritual house for the Orthodox faithful in Santa Clara valley and the surrounding areas and we will continue to maintain that role in the future.
- We will raise awareness of Orthodoxy through our focus on the Church’s traditional liturgical services.
- We will continue to be the stewards of our unique legacy of Serbian heritage and culture.
- We are providing an authentic experience of transformational love, healing, peace, and the fullness of truth and salvation through Jesus Christ.
- We enhance a sense of community by meeting the needs of the various groups that make up our Parish, as well as the needs of the greater Saratoga Community.
Our church is under the jurisdiction of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church and his Grace Bishop Maxim.
LEADERSHIP
PARISH PRIEST
V. Rev. Vidoslav Vujasin (Видослав Вујасин)
Fr. Vidoslav Vujasin was born on Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day), June 28, 1976, and grew up in Germany, in a pious Serbian Orthodox family. He regularly attended the Divine services in Dusseldorf, Germany, where he served as an altar boy from early childhood. Fr. Vidoslav completed the Serbian Orthodox Priest Seminary in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, in 1998 and returned to Germany to further his education. He studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, earning his Master of Divinity degree in Orthodox Theology in 2005. He is fluent in Serbian, German, and English. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2001 and served parishes in Munich (Germany), Innsbruck (Austria), Portland (Oregon), and some mission parishes in Switzerland and Austria. During his tenure in Austria, Fr. Vidoslav also taught Orthodox religious classes to students in government-run elementary, middle, and high schools. In June 2021, he became the rector of St. Archangel Michael church in Saratoga, California. Fr. Vidoslav is married to Protinica Carolina.
PARISH BOARD
Chris Miloshovich, President
Dragoslav Grbovic, 1st Vice President
Ted Miljevich, 2nd Vice President
Robert Adzich
Mary Bogdanovich
Alexandra Lisonek
John Medan
Mihajlo Vrcelj
Tanja Vrcelj, Treasurer
Nenad Vukicevic, Finacial Secretary
AUDIT BOARD
Maja Grabovac
Tatjana Pantic
Jovanka Penovatz
Milosh Vrcelj