Great Serbian holiday !

Saint Basil was born in the time of Emperor Constantine. As an unbaptized man, he studied rhetoric and astronomy for 15 years in Athens. He was baptized on the Jordan River alone with his former teacher Evul. He was the bishop of Caesarea Cappadocia for close to 10 years, and he ended his earthly life, turning 50 years old. He was a great collection of Orthodoxy, morally pure and extremely zealous, a theological mind, the founder and pillar of the holy church.

In the church service, he is called the "bee of the church of Christ", which carries honey among the believers and stings heretics with its sting. Therefore, on this day you should take a spoonful of honey. Vasiljevdan is celebrated by Serbs as a baptismal feast, and by Greeks and Russians as a name day. When January 1 was taken as the calendar beginning of the new year, then Little Christmas began to be celebrated as the Serbian New Year. Many customs are associated with this day, and there are also superstitions about what should not be done on this day. In Vojvodina, there was a custom, which has remained in some places until today, to light fires at crossroads, which, in addition to the cleansing effect, also has the role of strengthening sunlight and heat. On Christmas Day, January 14, Christmas Eve is brought in again, the position is coming again, and the head of the Christmas pechenitsa is on the table, which is kept until that day. In many parts, the remains of Christmas Eve are burned, in some places a special ritual bread, basil, is kneaded, in memory of Saint Basil the Great. The New Year should be welcomed awake, so in this vigil, many girls wondered if they would get married that year and when. Among these divinations, the divination of girls in Bosnia is especially interesting - before dawn, they climbed to the attic and threw their shoes out the door, so if the shoes, when they fall, are directed away from home - it is a sign that they will get married. Today, quarrels should be avoided so that they do not quarrel all year round.