We also attended a midnight Eastern Orthodox Christmas service with our friend Jelena. It was there that we learned Serbs use the traditional festive greeting of “Christ is born, Merry Christmas” and the appropriate response is “Truly, he is born.” While the entire hour and a half service was in Serbian, Brev and I wereContinue reading “Orthodox Midnight Service”
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An Orthodox Christmas Eve
Most Serbians are Eastern Orthodox and still use the old Julian Calendar, which means that Christmas Eve is on January 6th and Christmas Day is on January 7th! Brevin and I went to Belgrade on the sixth to celebrate Orthodox Christmas with our friends. We went to a badnjak ceremony at the Temple of St.Continue reading “An Orthodox Christmas Eve”
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