{"id":186369,"date":"2018-01-16T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=186369"},"modified":"2018-01-16T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:37:37","slug":"day-of-sts-cyril-and-methodius-to-become-official-holiday-in-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/day-of-sts-cyril-and-methodius-to-become-official-holiday-in-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to become official holiday in Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Vladan Bukosavlevic says he is certain that Serbia will celebrate the day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius this year as an official state holiday, thereby, he emphasized, \u201cfilling the cultural gap\u201d between Serbia and other Slavic nations.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p4\" data-field=\" paragraph\">\u201cWe are currently the only Slavic country where the day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius isn\u2019t a state holiday. All the other countries celebrate it as a state holiday, and it\u2019s a non-working day,\u201d Bukosavlevic stated at a press conference last week, reports\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/orthochristian.com\/109858.html\">orthochristian.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">However, the minister also said that the ministry\u2019s current proposal is for Sts. Cyril and Methodius day to become a state holiday, but to remain a working day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p6\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The reasons for the initiative, according to the minister, is clear enough by itself, given the invaluable significance of Sts. Cyril and Methodius for the entire Slavic world. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about our historical and cultural foundation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The chief exploit of the holy brothers Sts. Cyril and Methodius began in 862 when they were sent to Moravia to preach Christianity in the Slavic language. By a revelation from God, they compiled a Slavonic alphabet and translated the Gospel, Epistles, the Psalter and many service books into the Slavonic language. They introduced Divine services in Slavonic.<\/p>\n<p data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Photo credit:\u00a0<em>foma.ru<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Vladan Bukosavlevic says he is certain that Serbia will celebrate the day of Sts. 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