Serbians welcome Julian calendar New Year

Serbians last night celebrated the start of the new year according to the Julian calendar, with public celebrations organized in several towns.

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Tuesday, 14.01.2014.

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BELGRADE Serbians last night celebrated the start of the new year according to the Julian calendar, with public celebrations organized in several towns. The celebration of the year that begins on January 14 (January 1 in the Julian calendar) is also known in Serbia as Orthodox, Serb, and Old New Year. Serbians welcome Julian calendar New Year In Belgrade, it was welcomed last night by a large number of citizens, who enjoyed a fireworks display and cooked wine and brandy in front of St. Sava's Temple, while a prayer service was held inside the church. There were no other public gatherings in the capital, but many Belgraders chose to spend the night in restaurants, taverns, and clubs. Earlier on Monday, city authorities organized the "Belgrade to the Youngest" event to mark the new year. In Novi Sad, a record number of people showed up in the town's central square for a concert and fireworks. The gathering, like that in Belgrade, went without incidents. Belgrade (Tanjug) City authorities in Nis also organized a concert in a local park, attended by a large number of citizens, while at midnight, they enjoyed a fireworks display in front of a church. Some 25,000 people gathered in Krusevac to ring in the new year. Public celebrations were also organized in other towns throughout the country. Serbs celebrated in various countries abroad, while in the region, the New Year was marked in Montenegrin towns, and in the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia, where January 14 is a non-working holiday. Serbian and Russian Orthodox churches, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and Mt. Athos in Greece, among others, use the Julian calendar and this Tuesday mark the start of the new year. Novi Sad (Tanjug) B92 RTS Tanjug

Serbians welcome Julian calendar New Year

In Belgrade, it was welcomed last night by a large number of citizens, who enjoyed a fireworks display and cooked wine and brandy in front of St. Sava's Temple, while a prayer service was held inside the church.

There were no other public gatherings in the capital, but many Belgraders chose to spend the night in restaurants, taverns, and clubs. Earlier on Monday, city authorities organized the "Belgrade to the Youngest" event to mark the new year.

In Novi Sad, a record number of people showed up in the town's central square for a concert and fireworks. The gathering, like that in Belgrade, went without incidents.
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City authorities in Niš also organized a concert in a local park, attended by a large number of citizens, while at midnight, they enjoyed a fireworks display in front of a church.

Some 25,000 people gathered in Kruševac to ring in the new year. Public celebrations were also organized in other towns throughout the country.

Serbs celebrated in various countries abroad, while in the region, the New Year was marked in Montenegrin towns, and in the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia, where January 14 is a non-working holiday.

Serbian and Russian Orthodox churches, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and Mt. Athos in Greece, among others, use the Julian calendar and this Tuesday mark the start of the new year.

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