Serbs celebrate Christmas across country

Orthodox churches throughout Serbia celebrated Christmas Eve on Friday by holding liturgies to mark the holiday of the birth of Jesus Christ.

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Saturday, 07.01.2012.

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Orthodox churches throughout Serbia celebrated Christmas Eve on Friday by holding liturgies to mark the holiday of the birth of Jesus Christ. Oak branches and logs (badnjak) were burned in front of the places of worship - a Christmas tradition in Serbia. Serbs celebrate Christmas across country Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej blessed the badnjak outside St. Sava's Temple in Belgrade, lit it on fire and afterwards conducted the service at the church, which was attended by a large number of worshipers. In Subotica, northern Serbia, people gathered at the central square, where the Serbian Cultural Centre St. Sava organized their traditional blessing and burning of the badnjak. A procession went from the Church of Holy Ascension of the Lord to the center of the city. The start of one of the most important holidays was marked by a fireworks display and badnjak burning outside the Church of St. George in Smederevo. The people of Uzice in western Serbia gathered for midnight liturgy and badnjak burning ceremony outside the Church of St. George. They continued the celebration afterwards accompanied by a brass band. Christmas Eve was also celebrated in other places of the Zlatibor Districts, as well as in some winter resorts. More than 1,000 people attended the badnjak burning ceremony outside the Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Jagodina, central Serbia. Evening services and badnjak burnings at Orthodox churches announce the birth of Jesus Christ, whose arrival into the world is celebrated as the beginning of a new age. Christmas is celebrated on Saturday across the country with morning liturgies. In northern Kosovo, Serbs marked Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with liturgies in Serbian Orthodox churches. Those citizens that have been manning the barricades for almost half a year also marked the holiday. A fireworks display was organized near the bridge on the Ibar River in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. On Saturday, Serbs organized a trip to the ethnic Albanian, southern part of the town, where the Serbian Orthodox temple dedicated to St. Sava was burned down during the anti-Serb violence in the province in March 2004. Orthodox Serbs are among Eastern Christians who observe the Julian calendar, and mark this holiday on January 7. (Tanjug) Beta Tanjug

Serbs celebrate Christmas across country

Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej blessed the badnjak outside St. Sava's Temple in Belgrade, lit it on fire and afterwards conducted the service at the church, which was attended by a large number of worshipers.

In Subotica, northern Serbia, people gathered at the central square, where the Serbian Cultural Centre St. Sava organized their traditional blessing and burning of the badnjak. A procession went from the Church of Holy Ascension of the Lord to the center of the city.

The start of one of the most important holidays was marked by a fireworks display and badnjak burning outside the Church of St. George in Smederevo.

The people of Užice in western Serbia gathered for midnight liturgy and badnjak burning ceremony outside the Church of St. George. They continued the celebration afterwards accompanied by a brass band.

Christmas Eve was also celebrated in other places of the Zlatibor Districts, as well as in some winter resorts.

More than 1,000 people attended the badnjak burning ceremony outside the Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Jagodina, central Serbia.

Evening services and badnjak burnings at Orthodox churches announce the birth of Jesus Christ, whose arrival into the world is celebrated as the beginning of a new age.

Christmas is celebrated on Saturday across the country with morning liturgies.

In northern Kosovo, Serbs marked Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with liturgies in Serbian Orthodox churches.

Those citizens that have been manning the barricades for almost half a year also marked the holiday.

A fireworks display was organized near the bridge on the Ibar River in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica.

On Saturday, Serbs organized a trip to the ethnic Albanian, southern part of the town, where the Serbian Orthodox temple dedicated to St. Sava was burned down during the anti-Serb violence in the province in March 2004.

Orthodox Serbs are among Eastern Christians who observe the Julian calendar, and mark this holiday on January 7.

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