Today’s date has a special place in the calendars of numerous Serbian households. For many years, December 19th represents the time when “one half of Serbia celebrates slava, and other half are their guests”. Decades of tradition of celebrating the patron saint is being kept carefully, and its core stays woven into Serbian religion, culture and heritage.

The end of December is the time when people in Serbia celebrate one more thing besides the winter, Christmas and New Year’s holidays, presents and vacations at a mountain. It is the patron saint’s day which is celebrated by more than million Serbs, and the day when Slava bread, boiled wheat, icons and red wine are prepared all around those houses- the day of St. Nicholas the wonderworker or Nikoljdan.

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