Merry Christmas To All Serbs and Orthodox Christians!!!
Many Christians celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December, but not all. In my home country, Nigeria, Christians celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. For the Serbs and Orthodox Christians, however, tomorrow (7th of January, 2018) is Christmas day, because they follow the Julian calender. I have witnessed this event over and over again in Serbia and it's been quite fascinating to celebrate Christmas twice (on the 25th of December and 7th of January). New year too is celebrated twice in Serbia (on the 1st of January and 14th of January). Schools are still on break and will resume the week following 14th of January. So, in Belgrade and entire Serbia, today is Christmas eve/Badje vece. Preparations are in high gear. Everywhere is nicely decorated with Christmas trees, lights, balls etc. At Usce Shopping centre in New Belgrade, where I went to buy a couple of things today, I took some snapshots which would be nice to share.
A selfie with Santa Claus or Deda Mraz
Front view of Usce Shopping Complex
A semi-full photo of me at the entrance of Usce Shopping Complex
A full photo at the same entrance
A youtube video published by Infoliga rs show how the Serbs celebrate Christmas eve
All content (text and photographs) are original and mine, except the youtube video which has been properly cited. Snapshots were captured with my Samsung Galaxy S8 plus mobile phone.
Srecno Badje vece i srecan vam Bozic!!!
Do you live in a place where Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December and 7th of January? Please, share your experience in the comment section. I would like to hear from you.
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Sincerely yours,
Mary.
waw i didnt know that lol, and a newyear is comming also soimewhere in asia I believe, It is strange to hear that it is not the same all over the world :)
Not to mach snow! Go to Russia!:-)
That's correct, @detlef-s. Russia is another Orthodox country, so I guess that Christmas would be on the same 7th of January too.
Amazing post with beautiful pictures, Merry Christmas To you and May the universe bless you in surprising and joyful ways.
Happy New Year @maryfavour
Thanks, @sameer999. Amen to your wonderful prayers. May your heart's desires be fulfilled this new year and beyond 🙏. Happy New Year!!!
I love your charming smiles sweetie. I do hope santa claus kept a special gift for me too. I'll be there in a minute to get my special pack and I'll sing for him with my golden soprano.
Thanks, my dear sister. Don't mind Santa Claus. The only 'gift' he gave was the photo shot I had with him. He'll be 'blown away' by your golden suprano.
lol, merry Christmas to you too
I have a friend in Ukraine and she said its the same way there too
enjoy the holidays
I appreciate the good wish. Ukraine is very close to Russia, @gerald.knows. The culture and religion would be similar. Thank you for telling us about Ukraine. It's really good to learn about these countries and their unique culture, tradition and religion. Cheers, dear.
Yes it is
Beautiful pictures ma'am and beautiful you as well.
Thank you for the commendation, @smile-for-tee.
You're Welcome ma'am
I really like how you presented everything....I enjoyed your post.
BTW, The quality of those photos is amazing!! ;D
Thanks a lot my dear friend, @ana-step! Yes, the quality of photographs captured by the Samsung S8 + is one feature I like about it.
@maryfavour ever heard of celebration on 7th :)
@slefesteem, now you heard 😃. Personally, I didn't hear of it until 1991 when a family friend told my uncle that he was going to celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January. It is in this country that I witnessed it first hand.
Seems you enjoyed a merry Christmas at Serbia. Have a beautiful year ahead!
Yes, I did enjoy a merry Christmas. Thanks. I wish you a favour-filled year. Keep steeming!
Nice post. Like it. :)