The Patriarch said that the Church should turn to God with prayer cries to grant peace to the whole world, to embrace in its arms the innocent victims of the fall of the canopy at the Railway Station in Novi Sad, as well as to address its parliamentary voice first of all to the people of Kosovo and Metohija, but also to all whom, as he says, the appeal of the Church of Svetosavska reaches
After the cold weather and minus, the sudden increase in temperature and spring weather begins
At the end of the 19th century, on New Year's Eve in Belgrade, a symbolic funeral of the old year was often organized, where the funeral procession, masked and carrying a white coffin, would enter the hall a few minutes before midnight and thus mark the end of the year. This would be followed by a ceremony to "birth" the New Year, represented by a girl decorated with flowers and a happy chimney sweep, which brought hope and joy. The highlight of the evening would be a comical pig hunt released among the guests, with the belief that whoever caught it would be lucky for the whole coming year
Peace and togetherness have left the town of Bethlehem on the West Bank, which welcomes the second Christmas in a row in the shadow of war. The birthplace of Jesus no longer attracts tourists, the residents are leaving, and there is sadness and silence in the air
The holiday season is usually a wind in the sails of consumption and the economy in Germany. The question is whether it will be the same this year
In this century, the local cinema recorded four films about Christmas customs. In the west, they don't even know their number
On Christmas Day, around 16:XNUMX p.m., a man with a hood on his head hit the window of the Pride Center in Kralja Milana Street with his boots until he broke it.
What the President of Serbia announced to the people on the last day of 2023, the Government has already adopted today and recommended that whoever wants to, can not work on the second day of Christmas. All this happened after the text on the portal of the Russian Sputnik
Many Orthodox Christians in Ukraine are celebrating Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar for the first time this year. The goal was to distance themselves from Russia in this way
Christmas celebrations have been canceled across the Holy Land as more than 20.000 Palestinians are mourned in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Archbishop Nemet of Belgrade points out that the greatest message of Christmas is to spread love, not darkness and hatred
Hopes that residents of an Icelandic fishing town could celebrate Christmas at home have been dashed after a major eruption from a nearby volcano on Monday night
Belgrade Archbishop Ladislav Nemet reminded believers who celebrate Christmas today according to the Gregorian calendar that they should return to their families. In Rome, in front of about 7000 believers and tourists, Pope Francis, in his sermon on Christmas Eve, rebuked those who are in love with wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable and children.
The European Commission is preparing new guidelines for politically correct Christmas speech and is assuring an alarmed European public and the Vatican that it has no intention of abolishing Christmas
While other countries are locking down or introducing new holiday restrictions, Serbia boasts the best New Year's Eve in Europe. The authorities say that the epidemiological situation in Serbia is stable, the profession recommends that the holidays be celebrated in a calmer atmosphere
