Happy New Orthodox Year!

The New Year brings with it many unforgettable parties that we will remember and retell throughout the year. Positive vibrations in the air, smiling people, good music and plenty of great food and drinks. A night in which the happiness of family and friends is most important and when the song echoes in every home. Among Serbs, this mood appears once again during the year - on January 13, when not only the Serbian New Year is celebrated, but also two more important holidays for our and all Orthodox peoples - St. Basil the Great and Little Christmas.

Old New Year or Orthodox New Year (Serbian New Year) is an informal traditional Orthodox holiday, celebrated as the beginning of the new year according to the Julian calendar. In Serbia, the Old New Year is most often called the Serbian New Year, and sometimes the Orthodox New Year or the Julian New Year.

Instead of an open-air concert and gathering of citizens in the city center, the Orthodox New Year will be marked in a slightly different way, with the performance of local artists, which will be held in the studio, and citizens will be able to watch them on small screens. Traditionally, the New Year according to the Julian calendar was, among other things, marked with concerts that were held at the gates of the Temple of Christ the Savior in the city center. This will not be possible this year due to the current epidemiological situation, which prohibits the gathering of a large number of citizens in one place, for fear that the coronavirus infection may spread.