{"id":504,"date":"2025-01-24T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/?p=504"},"modified":"2025-01-27T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:16:16","slug":"saint-sava-was-commemorated-the-national-holiday-of-the-serbs-in-the-republic-of-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"Saint Sava was commemorated \u2013 the national holiday of the Serbs in the Republic of North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In anticipation of Saint Sava \u2013 the national holiday of the Serbian community in the Republic of North Macedonia, today a ceremonial event was held at the premises of the Ministry for Inter-Community Relations, which was enriched by the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Nevena Jovanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Inter-Community Relations, Ivan Stoilkovi\u0107, and Ambassador Jovanovi\u0107 delivered speeches, emphasizing the importance of preserving tradition, as well as mutual respect and support as part of the multicultural and multi-ethnic mosaic we are collectively building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sv-Sava-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was further enriched by the presence and a special program presented by students from grades 1 to 5 of the &#8216;Bra\u0107a Ribar&#8217; Primary School from Tabanovce, Kumanovo, along with the branch schools from the villages of \u010cetirce and Gorno Konjare, and from the &#8216;Svetozar Markovi\u0107&#8217; Primary School in Staro Nagori\u010dane. In honor of Saint Sava, the children participating in the program were also given thoughtful gifts, including a Serbian language primer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saint Sava was declared the national holiday of Serbs in the country with an amendment to the Law on Holidays on February 8, 2007, and since then, this day has been a non-working day for members of the Serbian community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sv-Sava-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy January 27<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 the national holiday of Serbs in North Macedonia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In anticipation of Saint Sava \u2013 the national holiday of the Serbian community in the Republic of North Macedonia, today a ceremonial event was held at the premises of the Ministry for Inter-Community Relations, which was enriched by the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Nevena Jovanovi\u0107. Deputy Prime Minister and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moz.gov.mk\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}