Muscle strains by Serbian officials are fueling concerns in neighboring countries.

Serbia opened a new national holiday with a demonstration of military power and called on all Serbs in the Balkans to unite under one flag.

Serbs have been told to display thousands of red, blue and white national flags on Wednesday, whether they live in the region or around the world, to celebrate “Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag Day”.

Populist President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic opened the whole day of celebrations, inspecting military equipment displayed in a Belgrade park and praising the army’s readiness to respond to outside threats.

He said the army was “five times stronger” than it was a few years ago and announced new military purchases.

The muscular play of the Serbian officials as well as their demands for the creation of the “Serbian world” or the political union of an estimated 1.3 million Serbs living in Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Croatia with Serbia have sparked concerns in the US neighboring states.

In the 1990s, Serbian troops with financial and political support from Belgrade carried out bloody campaigns in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo with the aim of forming a “Greater Serbia”. The campaign tried unsuccessfully to redraw the internal borders of the former Yugoslavia and create a single Serbian state.

The renewed calls for Pan-Serb unity have exacerbated tensions in the Balkans.

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said he could “not believe that the Serbs have nothing more important or wiser to do” than creating holidays that encroach on the internal affairs of neighboring states.

Serbia’s Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin, the loudest supporter of the “Serbian world”, reacted quickly.

“There is nothing more important than maintaining the Serbian identity,” he said.

The new national holiday coincides with the day the Royal Serbian Army, along with French troops, defeated the Central Powers’ armed forces in northern Greece in a famous WWI battle in 1918.

14. 09. 2021.

REMEMBRANCE: With the holiday of Serbian unity and the flag on September 15, WE CELEBRATE THE HEROIC BREAKTHROUGH OF THE THESSALONIKI FRONT!

Tomorrow, Serbia and Republika Srpska will celebrate the joint holiday of the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag for the second time, and the date of September 15 was chosen because on that day in 1918, the Thessaloniki Front was broken through.

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Historian Cedomir Antic says that our country did not have a tradition of marking that great historical event.

– The First World War was a pride, but also a great sacrifice. Our people are aware of that. Unlike the wars that preceded it, that war has few gains for us, at least that is how it is believed, and the casualties were huge. It should be reminded that the Serbian people had proportionally the greatest casualties in the First World War, and that to this day they have lost all their achievements except the liberation and unification of today’s north of the country – Antic said for Kurir and added:

– I would like to emphasize that September 15 is a day when there is nothing to celebrate, but to have something to celebrate. I would like to point out that we can connect this holiday with our national and state flag, and that it is a good way to talk more about the breakthrough of the Thessaloniki Front.

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Law on the Protection of the Cyrillic Alphabet Yesterday, members of the Serbian Parliament discussed the Bill on the Use of the Serbian Language in Public Life and the Protection and Preservation of the Cyrillic Alphabet. Minister of Culture Maja Gojković said that the law was passed by urgent procedure because the initiative came from Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik, and an urgent procedure is necessary in order to fulfill their agreement for the laws to be passed on September 15. Day of Serbian unity, freedom and national flag.

He says that there were thousands of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and other parts of the Serbian army, and that breakthrough led, among other things, to the immediate unification of Srem, Banat, Backa, Baranja, Montenegro and large parts of BiH. with Serbia, and very quickly came the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in which the Serbs united.

By the way, the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the national flag is celebrated by highlighting the Serbian tricolor.

– Our flag is common to Serbs in Serbia, Republika Srpska and Montenegro, but we have not done enough to build and respect the cult of the flag, which is rooted in many nations – said on the eve of the holiday Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic and reminded that on September 15 In 1918, when the Thessaloniki front was broken through, the written-off Serbia managed to rise and there were Serbs in that army from all parts of the former Yugoslavia, even from the other side of the ocean.

Suspension of traffic in Belgrade

Until 15. 9. from 18 to 24 hours – Complete suspension of traffic in Nemanjina Street in the part from Balkanska to Savski trg (direction towards Savski trg) 15. 9. On the day of the holiday From 17 to 18.20 – Studentski trg, Kneginje Ljubice, Dobračina , Dositejeva, Vasina, Francuska, Makedonska, Kolarčeva, Terazije, Prizrenska, Trg Nikola Pašića, Kralja Milana, Kneza Miloša, Kraljice Natalija, Masarikova, Admirala Geprata, Resavska, Svetozara Markovića, Kralja Milutina, Beogradska, Makenzijeva, Sveti Sava, Bulevar oslobo , Nemanjina, Deligradska, Sarajevo, Cara Lazara. From 5 to 8.30 pm – Slavija Square, Nemanjina, Savski Square, Mihailo Bogicevic, Aleksandar Glisic, Dr. Aleksandar Kostic, Zeleznicka, Vojvode Milenko, Savska, Karadjordjeva.

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As before the crown, Budapest is full of tourists who rush to see the most important attractions of the capital, such as the crown of St. Stephen in the Parliament building.

The crown of the founder of the Hungarian state and the founder of Christianity is a symbol of unity and togetherness, which the neighbors expressed even in the time of the crown.

All anti-epidemic measures have been abolished, because more than 56% of the population has been completely vaccinated.

However, the Hungarian president says that they paid a high price for the pandemic, because more than 30,000 Hungarians lost their lives from Kovid 19.

Janos Ader, the president of Hungary, says that during the pandemic, people discovered that they could be selfless, helpful, considerate towards each other.

“We had to adapt in order to survive in these areas in the heart of Europe, in order to provide a life worthy of trust, strength, acquisition,” Ader added.

The pastor expects the strengthening of cooperation between Serbia and Hungary

The President of the Assembly of Vojvodina received one of the greatest state decorations from the state leadership of Hungary.

Regarding the future of Hungarian-Serbian relations, Istvan Pastor says that it is the preservation and further strengthening of mutual trust, the search for common elements for strengthening that cooperation.

“I think that this cooperation will be strengthened in the institutional sense as well, because an agreement on strategic partnership will be signed between the two countries in September,” Pastor points out.

During the celebration in front of the Parliament building, new classes of young soldiers and officers were promoted, a military parade was held and the possibilities of the Hungarian aviation and the advantages of modern aircraft were presented.

The highlight of the celebration is the fireworks above the Danube – bigger than ever and will last 34 minutes.

The festival atmosphere on the streets and squares of Hungarian cities will last until Sunday, with Hungarian gastronomic specialties and music programs.

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August 04, 2021 – 09:43

A concrete bunker made on a hill in Dorset, England will take on a new function.

The bunker was built in World War II and will soon become a seaside holiday home. It currently looks like a windowless concrete fortress, and was once part of the RAF radar station that discovered the Luftwaffe Nazi aircraft.

More precisely, it is part of the Chain Home system, a series of bunkers built along the coast of the English Channel whose task was to detect enemy aircraft using radar so that commanders had enough time to send their forces to a eavesdropping mission.

When the war ended, several bunkers were used to locate Soviet bombers until the 1950s. Today there are only a few bunkers preserved, and one of them was built in 1941 and will be turned into a holiday home.

After the removal of a series of antennas in 1974, the bunker was not used. Located on a family farm that has existed for over 400 years. Now awaits a complete transformation, which is the responsibility of the company Lipton Plant Architects.

The bunker is invisible from the outside because it is hidden in the grass.

There are no windows, but they will be added. In particular, the bunker will take a large window so that guests are able to enjoy the beautiful view of the sea. The renovation process will also include a kitchen, living room, master bedroom, extra bedroom, bathroom and terrace.

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Even rapper Mozzik wished the holiday.

The Kosovar rapper today has brought a family image to give more meaning to the Eid al-Adha celebration.

On this occasion he made the most beautiful dedication to his parents, who not infrequently acted similarly.

“Among the most frequent and best blessings we have from our parents.

And we feel even more blessed when every holiday is near us.

Congratulations on the Feast of Eid al-Adha from the Aliu family! “May God protect you and grant you prosperity in your homes”, Mozzik wrote while bringing the photo with his parents and Getinjon.

Otherwise, his latest song is the one entitled “Dashni me photoshop” ./ Lajmi

Along with Christ’s and the Mother of God’s, it is one of the three holy births celebrated by the Church. Saint John the Baptist was one of the prophets of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.

According to Christian teaching, he baptized Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. Serbs especially respect him as the protector of godparenthood and brotherhood. The national celebration of Ivanjdan originates from the pre-Christian period, from the farming cult in which the sun is celebrated when it radiates the greatest strength during the summer solstice, as well as the beginning of the harvest.

On the eve of that day, in many parts of Slovenia, bonfires were lit on the hills of Ivan, around which people played and sang.

Folk customs and beliefs

Among a number of beautiful old Serbian customs on this day, picking medicinal herbs and weaving wreaths of Ivan’s flowers stand out. On this day, the girls each weave one red rose into their wreath. Serbs believe that today is such a big holiday that the sun stops three times.

It is also believed that water has a special power on this day, so everyone bathes in rivers, streams, lakes. Herbs and herbs have enhanced healing properties. That is why medicinal herbs are picked and wreaths are woven, which are kept in the house as a medicine against various diseases.

Girl’s holiday

Ivanjdan can also be called the Girl’s Day because it is entrusted to girls through rituals. In many parts of our country, on the night before Ivandan, girls light Ivandan fires, pick flowers and grass, sing and weave wreaths. The girls from Gruž lit a live fire or bonfire in the evening, and they danced and sang all night with wreaths of Ivandan flowers. In the early dawn they parted, and each carried a soot from the fire, and a woven wreath would be placed on top of the gate. Similar work was done in the villages of Čačak. All this is done in jest, so the girl’s laughter and chic echoed in the night. It is also believed that candles should be taken and taken home tonight. On this day, beautiful young women from Gruž sowed a little grain in a pot, and on St. Peter’s Day they watched it sprout. Serbs also believe that wreaths of St. John’s wort are hung above or on the right side of the house door the day after the holiday. They protect the home from evil, spells and misfortune for the next year.

Vineyards are celebrating today

Nothing is being done in the vineyards to this day. They don’t even enter the vineyard three days before or three days after Ivanjdan. They say that during those seven days, the vineyard progresses the most, because it is guarded by Saint John.

Here is what the beautiful Vlachs are doing today

On this day, young Vlajna, widely known for their beauty, ran to the first and last bite of breakfast and kept it until evening, and then together with the mirror and a little chipboard they put it under the pillow so that the image of the one who was destined would appear in their dream.

And from the fresh wild mint harvested on Ivanjdan, Vlajne makes wreaths through which, in the days of the new moon, they look at their loved one three times in secret, and the belief is that then hearts certainly unite in love.

How can a barren woman give birth to a child

In eastern Serbia, it is believed that infertile women, who desperately want offspring, crawl through wreaths of St. John’s wort on Ivanjdan, and then bathe in the river so that the water would wash away the spell. It is also believed that if they want a successful pregnancy and a healthy baby, women should visit everyone named Stan or Stanko.

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Milinka Hrćan, Assistant Provincial Secretary for National Minorities-National, attended this presentation of the custom of mowing grain near Bunjevac. community, Stevan Bakic, mayor of Subotica, Bojan Shoralov, mayor North Bačka Administrative District, Hajnalka Bognar Pastor, member of the City Council in charge of agriculture and many other guests.

Welcoming the hosts and present guests, the mayor of Subotica, Stevan Bakić, expressed his satisfaction that today, on the lynx, on the property of, as he said, good hosts, he stated that of all the festivities and customs leading to Dužijanca Day, it is certainly the most important.

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– By mowing the grain, in the way your ancestors did, you keep the memory of them, nurture the customs, but at the same time we all remember how much effort, diligence and physical strength it took to reap the grain from the endless fields of Bačka – said Mayor Bakic, sending the reapers to the field. The most important thing, the mayor said, is for this custom to remind young people that the lynx was a great obligation.

– While the hosts were mowing, other family members were gathering grain, making sheaves, preparing snacks. They spent the whole day in the fields, working together in the sun, strengthening family together, they invested maximum effort to raise their children and provide for their household. – Bakic reminded.

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I would like to wish you a good lynx, a bountiful harvest and to look forward to meeting Dužijanci Day together, Bakić underlined and added that the City of Subotica, ie the Town of Subatica, will now always be here in the Bunjevac language to support the lynx and all festivities of this type. and the state of Serbia, which is proud of its rich national traditions.

According to Milinka Hrćan, for the Secretariat for Regulations, Administration and National Minorities-National Communities, it is extremely important to hold holidays of national importance.

– That is above all important for preserving the multiethnic character of Vojvodina. The province financially supports such events through competitions that are usually announced at the beginning of the year – said Hrcan.

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Suzana Kujundžić Ostojić thanked Stevan Bakić, Milinka Hrćan, Bojana Šoralova, Hajnalka Bognar Pastor, organizers and participants of this event as well as all those present and expressed satisfaction that the people of Bunjevci welcomed this 2021 to make the lynx exactly as it should be from beginning to end. .

– We try to preserve this custom, and on the other hand to gather people, farmers and to hear what their problems are in the business they are engaged in – said Suzana Kujundzic Ostojic.

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Tomorrow, the Serbian Orthodox Church and its believers celebrate one of the most important Christian holidays – the Holy Trinity, which is also called Pentecost and the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. It is celebrated for three days, and the churches are decorated with green twigs and sprinkled with grass.

At the Holy Trinity, Christ’s promise was fulfilled to the disciples that they would receive the grace of the Holy Spirit and speak in many languages ​​they did not know until then. This completed the founding of Christ’s church, and the apostles set out into the world to spread Christ’s teaching.

On June 20, 2021, the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost or the Holy Trinity, on the fiftieth day after Easter, and on the tenth day after Savior’s Day. The three-name holiday is actually the birthday of the Christian church and, according to tradition, the day of powerful energies. However, on the occasion of this holiday, the red letter lasts for three days, so we have Spiritual Monday and Spiritual Tuesday, and here is what the customs say …

Ever since the first Christians, it has been a custom to cover the floor in temples with grass on this holiday, and the walls are decorated with green branches.

During the prayer, the people weave wreaths of grass, which they then take home and leave next to the icon and the lamp. Many carry wreaths with them, so that the Lord will protect them from various misfortunes.

The fact that it is celebrated for three days also speaks of how big the holiday is. The celebration continues throughout the week during which one does not fast. It is an introduction to Petrovka’s post, which starts on June 28 this year.

The Holy Trinity is also celebrated as a baptismal feast, somewhere on the first and somewhere on the second day.

The glory is of Kraljevo, Krusevac, Pozarevac, Belgrade municipalities Surcin, Cukarica and Lazarevac.

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May 15, 2021 – 19:11

29 people were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with the violence that erupted in the capital Kinshasa during Eid celebrations.

One police officer was killed and dozens more were injured in clashes between rival Muslim groups during the holy month of Ramadan.

They had gathered to mark the end of the month of Ramadan, but did not agree on who should lead the ceremony.

The death penalty is no longer applied in the Congo so all convicts will serve life sentences. / A2

St. Basil of Ostrog is celebrated on May 12, and since this year that date falls on Wednesday – fasting is mandatory.

He was born as Stojan Jovanović in Popovo polje near Trebinje, and already at the age of 12 he was sent to the monastery of Zavala, where his uncle Seraphim was abbot. After finishing the monastery school, he received the monastic rank and became the parish priest of Popovo polje.

He served in many cities, from Mostar, through Herceg Novi and Pljevlja, Morača, to Ogonošt and Bjelopavlić. He died in 1671, a his relics and tomb are kept in the monastery of Ostrog in Montenegro, to which many miracles are associated.

Miracles in the Ostrog monastery

There are numerous written testimonies of people that the prayers addressed to St. Basil of Ostrog were answered – everyone whom this saint helped, writes the whole story on paper during the next visit to the Ostrog monastery and leaves it in the Upper Monastery, and the monks collect, store and turn it into a book.

Some of the old legends that testify to the mercy, kindness and power of Saint Basil, among other things, is the story that a baby fell out of the cradle from the top of the Upper Monastery a long time ago.

Since the Upper Monastery is located in the rocks of the mountain Ostroška greda, almost along the cliff, at as much as 900 meters above sea level, the mother was frightened and believed that she had lost her child. However, the baby was found alive and well on the ground at the foot of the mountain, smiling happily.

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Also, the fire that broke out on the mountain Ostroška greda spared both monasteries and nearby chapels.

The fact is that during the Second World War, a bomb fell over the Upper Monastery of Ostrog, but it never exploded. People who have ever slept under the auspices of this sacred building say that it was the most peaceful night they slept.

Because they feel very safe, many visitors to the temple choose to sleep outside – in the hostel next to the monastery there are beds, but also blankets that are available to every visitor and are allowed to take them outside.

Visit to Ostrog

The only thing that is not allowed is photography inside and in the gate of the Upper Monastery. If you ever go to this holy place, it is customary to bring a bottle of oil, which the monks consecrate during services and give to the faithful in small bottles, which are used for healing. You should also bring sugar, which remains in the monastery and which everyone can use. However, the most important thing is to bring a pair of black, men’s socks – It is said that St. Basil’s socks are always torn because he gets up and walks at night, so the monks change them every day..

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Women are not allowed to enter in short skirts, even in trousers – the obligatory costume is a skirt at least to the knees, as well as covered shoulders and chest, and a scarf should be put on the head. Men should also come with a covered body, so we must not enter in sandals and shorts.

Relics

On certain days, the hand of Saint Basil was discovered so that the faithful could kiss it during a tour of the monastery, and all who had the opportunity to see it were discovered.

Also, in the monastery, you will have the opportunity to hear that the saint lost his hand to some sinners, not allowing them to kiss her.

If you know a person who is preparing for a trip like this, you should take oils, incense and cotton to take with you and leave it with the saint “to spend the night”.

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It often happens that both Catholics and Muslims take vows, because everyone in this area is convinced of the great miraculous powers of Saint Basil, so it is believed that the things they spend the night at his relics cure all diseases.

A holiday without customs

No pagan customs or rituals are performed on this great holiday and the red letter in the church calendar.

On the feast of St. Basil, the only thing you need to do is to sincerely pray to the miracle worker – it is believed that every sincere wish from the bottom of your heart will be fulfilled.

Beliefs

Many believe that if they vow to go to the Ostrog monastery on the feast of St. Basil, theirs, or the illness of someone close to them, will disappear “as if taken away by hand”.

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