Храм св. Георгия Победоносца (Ленекса)

In 1898 the first Serb, Stojan Stjepanovic, came to Kansas City from a village near Ogulin.  Soon after his arrival, Stojan sent for his wife, Ana, to join him in the heart of America.  The Serbian community grew steadily as Kansas became the destination for other Serb families immigrating to America from the villages around Plaski, Gospic and Kordun in Austro-Hungary. By the end of the nineteenth century, Kansas City was known as «the cattle capital of the world,»   and was, home to the Big Five Meat Packers, the largest meat packing center in the United States. Most of the first Serbian immigrants to our area found work in the meat packing houses of the west bottoms. Early in 1900, the small Serbian community recorded it’s first death.  After several days in the hospital, Isaac Vujnovich died from injuries he received in an industrial accident. In good times and bad the small, yet burgeoning, Serb community showed their united Christian Love for one another by taking upon themselves full responsibility for his burial. Isaac’s tragic and untimely death bore out the need for life insurance, which was costly and difficult to obtain, especially for non-English speaking immigrants. Again, the unity of the Serb’s would prove to pay off as they started meeting in various homes to explore their options. From these meetings Milvoje Tepsich and Nikola Potkonjac was appointed to investigate the possibility of forming a fraternal organization and   what plans were available.  On April 4th, 1904 a special meeting was held and their report was accepted. The Serbian Orthodox Federation Srbobran was selected.

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