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The Temple of Saint Sava
William C. Raco
1/6/2009 5:37:21 PM
Stefania Barbier
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Vitor Dias
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Gina Cormier
1/7/2009 6:07:13 AM
Bojan Bencic
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Marijana Fajgl
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Sherran Andersen
1/10/2009 9:38:50 PM
Taken in Belgrade, June 2008. Christmas for Serbs who are Christian Ortodox, comes two weeks later than that of Roman Catholics. Serbs do not celebrate Christmas on December 25th, but on January 7th, while they celebrate New Year on January 13th rather than on December 31st. This is because the Serbs follow the Julian calendar, while Roman Catholics follow the Gregorian calendar. On the day before Christmas, the 6th of January, Serbs celebrate Badnje Vece. It is necessary to prepare badnjak (yule log) in advance. The Christmas Eve got its name from the badnjak tree. Actually badnjak is the most beautiful young oak that one can find in the woods. The 6th of January, in the morning, the habit is to go in search of badnjak (oak branches with leaves). The Gregorian reformation of the calendar came into force on 1582. It made corrections in the Julian calendar, the ten days from October 5th to 14th were canceled. Of course, not all countries changed over to the Gregorian calendar.
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/1000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, FocalLength: 9.63 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot A95
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