Happy Serbian New Year!

Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as other churches that respect the Julian calendar, mark the beginning of the new year 2025 at midnight, and a reception is organized throughout Serbia.New Year according to the Julian calendar was welcomed in Belgrade Waterfront with fireworks that lit up the sky over the capital at midnight.Ten seconds before midnight, the countdown began at the Belgrade Tower, followed by a visual show that congratulated the citizens on the Serbian New Year.TANJUG/ MARKO ĐOKOVIĆ/ bgTANJUG/ MARKO ĐOKOVIĆ/ bgThe Orthodox New Year, known as the Julian New Year, is a holiday celebrated on January 14 according to the Gregorian calendar in the Balkan countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Republika Srpska), North Macedonia as well as in the Orthodox parts of Croatia, and on that date, it is January 1 according to the Julian calendar.The Julian New Year is also celebrated in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova and Georgia, and it is an interesting fact that the tradition of celebrating the Julian New Year also exists in some German cantons in Switzerland, but also in some parts of the Gaelic community in Scotland.The Julian New Year in our people is also called the Serbian New Year, but also Little Christmas, because Christmas festivities end on that day.

Happy Serbian New Year!

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