Mr. Giant Reacts Celebrating Slava in Serbia
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- In Serbia, "Slava" refers to a unique and deeply rooted religious tradition, which involves the celebration of a family's patron saint. The term "Slava" itself translates to "glory" or "praise" in English. This tradition is predominantly associated with the Serbian Orthodox Christian faith and has a significant cultural and social importance in Serbian society. We take a look at how families celebrate Salva.
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I will try to explain to you...Serbs are a very old people and nation...perhaps the oldest...that's why they believed in many gods and saints...maybe they had 200 gods and 2000 saints, even some animals and plants were gods and saints...most often trees such as oak and beech and linden was a particularly holy tree...Serbian prince Rastko Nemanjić founded the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1219, but the people did not easily want to give up their old gods and saints.. .that is why the Serbian prince Rastko, who became a monk Sava, offered the Serbs to be Orthodox, but that each household should celebrate its saint as the patron saint of the household... serving food to all the people who come to the household is symbolically considered as offering gifts to the gods because it was done in the old days ...even today, many Serbian villages mark their sacred tree and it is called "Masla"...of course they do not pray to the tree, but the memory remains that their ancestors worshiped a deity in that place 2000 or 5000 years ago... this is how it is passed down from generation to generation, and for the last 50 years everything has been reduced to eating and drinking... there are fewer and fewer old stories from the history of the Serbian people and everything has started to be forgotten... unfortunately... the modern lifestyle is not interested in history but only money and tiktok
@@mobileprinting2876 You are giving very bad and not very accurate information to this wonderful man.
What 200 gods and 2000 saints? What are you talking about?
Orotodox have 200 gods?
Even the ancient Greeks didn't have that many.
@@fungitorix ...prvo ti neznas da citas...drugo nisam napisao da su pravoslavci imali 200 bogova vec srbi...srbi su pre prelaska na hriscanstvo bili mnogobosci...kao i svi narodi na planeti...prelaskom na hriscanstvo oko 20% srba su prvo bili katolici...tek dolaskom porodice nemanjica i svetog save polako prelaze na pravoslavlje...zato se nazalost srbska istorija danas uci tek od nemanjica...a srbi su imali mnoge kraljevske porodice i pre nemanjica..i to mnogo jace...ali srbska pravoslavna crkva vrijeme i istoriju broji tek od njenog osnivanja..a to je naravno sveti savo...crkvu ne interesuje sta je bilo pre njene organizacije...zato 99% srba nezna svoju istoriju...a ti si svakako jedan od njih...ne treba se sramiti svojih predaka bez obzira kakvi su i sta su bili..
@@fungitorix ...here I will give you an example to try to explain.... the Serbian most powerful weapon is called "perun"... why do you think it is called perun?
This is my Slava cake czcams.com/video/3IRJ5AuTYTU/video.htmlsi=GlhX_NebLLMB8Tem
Every Orthodox family in Serbia has its own family holiday, which in our people is called Slava. This refers to the fact that every Orthodox family has its own family patron saint, in whose honor the day of that saint is celebrated.
The patron saint of my family is Saint Nicholas. On the video is a ceremonial cake - Slava cake, which dates back to the old Serbian religion and was dedicated to the holy protectors of the house, and in Christian times to the saint. In the old faith, Slava cake was dedicated to the god Veles, who is the protector of fields and crops as well as domestic animals This is how we preserve the old tradition from the pre-Christian period more than 2000 years ago. Many customs that we have associated with Christianity are older than Christianity in general. Only Serbs celebrate Slava.
The Serbs had an old faith that is very similar to the Orthodox faith, and we entered Christianity, i.e. Orthodoxy, at the end of the first and the beginning of the second century, as evidenced by the book of Archbishop Filaret of Chernigov, which he dedicated to Serbian Saints from the 2nd century. Geneticist Kljosov discovered that the Serbian gene is the oldest gene in Europe.
Tebi se covece na licu i u ocima vidi da si dobar covek.
Zato su te Srbi i privukli
❤
Thank you. Have a great day.
Istina
True ❤
divan je,evo ceo dan ga slusam
Yes, this is our national heritage. Only the Serbs celebrate slava. Every house, family , town has it's own patron Saint and people can come uninvited, everyone is welcome. In the family it is transferred from a father to a son , so that he can keep the tradition alive. We prepare food for us , but also in honour of all our ancestors. Holy bread ,salt and red wine are the most important . Everything else depends on a host and also on which day slava occurs. They can last for three days with one guests come and the other go. Some slavas are very meaty and some are vegetarian. St Nikola is s vegetarian slava- lots of fish, specialties from vegetables and sweets without milk and eggs.My slava is St . Archangel Michael , it is meaty.Thank you for this video, you can catch the serbian vibe 😊❤
It's not vegetarian slava. Vegetarians do not eat fish because fish are animals. You learned that in elementary school. 😉
@@mlrd2687there are many types of vegetarians, but you don't learn that in elementary school😉There are 7 types of vegetarians, those who eat vegetables and fish are called pescatarians😊
slava is a relic from before christianity, from our pagan religion that celebrated ancestors and house ghosts/protectors, and when christianity came to serbs, we just put another "skin" on our pagan religion, and made some kind of mash... that is serbian orthodoxy
@@QQr00ze nek si ti to izgrdio, da ne kažem nešto drugo.
@@lela145 за ковертите је тако . Са њихове тачке гледишта .
In romania. Slava mean Glory .. much love to serbians bro and sis❤
lots of love from Serbia for our brothers and sisters in Romania♥♥♥
@@crnimesec1117 🇷🇴❤️🇷🇸
Slava ( fame) is also word in Serbia but same word 2 meanings.
But sometimes you also say Slava!
Slava in old-slavic language means "glory" and in some "thanks"(in russian) which came from "praise the lord" i think but im not sure. many other nonslavic nations accepted many slavic words in times and places when they lived together or shared culture, slava is one of them, greetings from serbian neighbor my romanian good friend and neighbor.
Never seen a single man outside of Serbia make a vid on this! Great job man u a real Serb!
PRIJATEJU MOJ I BRATE...NE TREBA TEBI NIKO NIŠTA DA OBJAŠNJAVA OKO NAŠE SRPSKE TRADICIJE....NEGO SE TI LEPO SPAKUJ I DODJI U NAŠU MAJČICU SRBIJU I GARANTUJEM TI NEČES HTETI DA SE VISE VRATIS U TVOJU DOMOVINU.....POZDRAV....
It is on my bucket list to visit Serbia.
Best advice 😊
Prije nece imat para da se vrati 😅
@@st0kica
Ima on velike Srece 👍🌿🫶🦋
@@MrGianthurry up. And don't forget to visit Guca.
Every year there is a brassmusic festival in summer.
If you are a lucky guy .. to be invited to a wedding take the chance.😊
Visit the church wedding its so beautifull ... that you will cry after.
A lot of people are very kind and nice. I know it ..coz my husband and me are croats ..travelling many times serbia.😊
We got only good experience ... 😊
So enjoy ... and please visit this beautiful contry.
At last ..don't say ... ever .. that you are not hungry. You have to eat.😅
Serbians are the only nation IN THE WORLD where every family has a patron saint which played a huge part in preserving the Serbian nation during the 600 years of enslavement and forced Islamization under Ottoman Empire !! Many Serbians took Islam ( today they are called Bisniaks ) due to fear , to preserve their wealth, to avoid their children being taken to Turkey to become their fighting force and many other reasons. During that time Serbians celebrated their saints in secret !! So, SLAVA has an enormous not only religious but cultural, and ethnic survival of the Serbian people and their statehood !! That is why Serbia was the 1st nation to make slavery illegal in their constitution in 1835 - " Also, by law in 1835, every slave that steps onto the territory of Serbia becomes a free man. "
You mean 350 years.
@@CedaBeli OK 350, I'm not that old to remember but I'm close to it !! I've read many different numbers depending on the history book !! Nevertheless 350 was fucking long !!
@@GlobalResearch20011459-1804. Serbs freed themselves. Nederland was Spanish 150 years ( 1556 to 1714) and they do nothing. They got freedom by others.
@@CedaBeli True !! I'm not Serbian born but I do speak it profoundly as my wife is from Serbian Kosovo, my children are fluent as well. I studied Slavic studies and received my Masters in X-Yu and Ukraine back in the 80's !! So, Serbia is very much in all of our hears !!
So true
Najvažnija stvar kod Slave je da je svako dobrodošao. Vrata od kuće su otvorena i na Slavu se ne poziva. Svako ko dođe u kuću se dočekuje sa najvećom dobrodošlicom i radošću. Obavezna hrana je Slavski kolač, žito i crno vino, ali se svi trude da bude puno hrane , da bi svi gosti bili zadovoljni . Slava prelazi sa oca na sina, po muškoj liniji.
Thank you for sharing.
Bravo to si dobro ukratko objasnio,ali ima toliko toga oko slava da nauci mora da nadje bolji video koji ce sve to polako da objasni i kako se pecatira kolac i kako se vrti pogaca dok se sece i poliva vinom itd...
Dobrodosao koji dolazi u ime Gospodnje
@@bogoljubdjordjevic7528Kolac se vrti,sece i poliva vinom u crkvi❤☦🇷🇸
@@mirjanabatinovic3025 kod nas ne mora jer pop dolazi u kucu da ocita,a moze i u crkvi
Family is everything!
Sadly, that's why world will collapse!
Mr.Giant thenk you 👍🇷🇸♥️
All Serbs have their own saints (house guardians) that they celebrate on certain dates. Serbian history stretches back 8000 years. Vinca culture, and Serbs have always believed in nature.
You have such a wonderful soul, Mr. Giant. I saw it from here 6:05, although I've been watching many of your videos so far. I admire your pursuit of knowledge! Keep researching, keep exploring! Also, come and experience wonderful Serbia. Come and feel it!
Ovo je pravoslavni običaj u srpskom narodu to je zaštitnik svetac i svaka pravoslavna porodica ima svog zastitnika😊
Slava je naš identitet i ponos. Samo Srbi na planeti imaju Krsnu Slavu. Dan kada se Slavi Svetac Zaštitnik kuće i porodice. Slava je pored Božića i Uskrsa najvažnija. Inace postoje razlike od kraja do kraja. Moja Slava je SVETI TRIFUN. 14. FEBRUAR. SLAVA MAJCINE FAMILIJE JE SVETI DJORDJE TJ DJURDJEVDAN ❤❤❤🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
I really like your videos, you have such a positive vibe. I hope you get to visit some Slavas and experience it first hand. It is a very joyful experience.
I hope so too!
Slava in Serbs is the day of a saint (Saint Nicholas, Saint John, Saint Dimitrije... there are many of them). The saint is the protector of the house and the family of that house, that's why it is celebrated. Every family among the Serbs has its own protector of the house. It is important to note that in the world only Serbs have the glory they celebrate and that is a tradition that is millennia old. If someone outside of Serbia celebrates fame, his origin is Serbian. Everyone is welcome to celebrate with the Serbs. Greetings from Serbia and Novi Sad.
Brate svaka čast na objasnjenju 🙏🙏🙏🥂☕️
Па сите Православни Христијани слават Слава. Не е само Србија…
Nije tačno da svi pravoslavni hrišćani slave kućnu slavu . Samo Srbi u celom svetu slave zaštitnika kuće i porodice . Možda slave i oni koji su poreklom Srbi a to neće da priznaju sebi.
@@dusansimic9479да,да. И Русите се Срби, и Украинците,и Етиопјаните, па дури и Индијците Православни. Првата Слава, во пишаната историја зачувана до ден денес е ви Охрид.
@@user-gk3um7pe6n makedonija= Stara Srbija
Sorry
Serbians celebrate different saints whom they believe protect their family. Each family chooses one saint to celebrate this way once a year. They celebrate the same saint through generations.
In Serbia everybody celebrates Slava, which is an orthodox religious event on a saints day.
It is a tribute to the family's first ancestor, through the male lineage, who was baptized into Christianity, with its presiding saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the saint's day
Слава је пре свега прославлјанје светителја кога славите и који је заштитник вашег дома,а наравно пропраћена је и трпезом лјубави свих који су дошли на славу...
You should watch the movie "Ivko's Feast (2005)". It pretty mutch sums it up.
The story takes place in Nis, towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the calm down of the stormy historic events which led to final liberation of southern Serbian parts from Turkish occupation. The comedy is about celebrating traditional saint's day feast, organized by Ivko and how his guests test the Serbian hospitality. You can find the movie uploded on CZcams but the problem is there are no subtitles.
I will check it out. Thank you.
He will laugh 😂😂
Слава Свети Ђорђе . 🇷🇸❤️☦️
Bread is usually decorated with religious/Serbian symbols... no idea what's up with that Xmass tree and other things they did, that's quite unique... Most common one is the shape of cross + 4 letters S (Only Unity Saves the Serbs)
Xmass tree is used for New Year because Christmas in Serbia is a deply religious event it hasn't been hijacked by the corporations. I've heard in USA Christians often protest with slogans like "Put Christ back in Christmas".
Slava itself is something like st. Patrick for Irish but on a more nuclear level since instead of having 1 patron saint for entire nation In Serbia each family takes a patron saint and every saint has it's own date when it's being honored. You're supposed to go to church for prayers as well as blessing your bread/wine & koljivo. Out of All Orthodox nations only Serbs have Slava. They skipped the part where everyone makes a toast often using only 1 glass of wine and wishing individuals at the table "long life" and thus passing the glass (this dates back more than middle ages when glasses were quite rare so people would have to share). Prayer is usually "Heavenly father who art thou in Heaven..." as everyone puts one hand on the bread and spin it 3 times wine is poured on the back of the bread in the shape of cross and after it's spun 3 times everyone would rip a piece of it. Someone lights incense and brings it to each guest and guest is supposed to wave the smoke into himself 3 times by one hand and then do the sign of cross.... Lots of stuff has been skipped xD Once the slava is over someone would often take a piece of Chesnica(special bread which was shown) soak it a little bit into the win and put out the candle that way...
Easter in Serbia is also very important holiday and it's also quite unique and religious in nature xD
The guy that decorated the bread was not from Serbia, so he did not understand that you cannot put random stuff on the bread. But his host let him as a sign of good will.
@@Touchedbynature304 well, that makes sense but still.... It's definitely something that one should exclaim otherwise it may cause confusion just like in this case...
One should know that majority of the world has no idea about the Serbs and our customs and is hard to explain a lot of things for them... When I try to explain the inner works of Republika Srpska and Bosnia... let alone other stuff... it definitely causes confusion (In this case I often use Ireland and Scotland as an example to make it easier for foreigners to understand)
@@CrusadeScorpionYes, it's a shame that Serbs do not promote their heritage, culture, tradition, natural beauties and history in english. There are videos of Serbs but most of them are not in english or do not even have a subtitle. This should be taken seriously under consideration in order to promote Serbs and learn the others about ourselves. Many videos about Belgrade , but very few about the rest of Serbia and culture.
@@Touchedbynature304nema veze hljeb se ne ismjeva odakle god da si. Bliski istok postuje hljeb i ljubi ga kad ga sklanja sa zemlje da se ne gazi.
Well done honey...you described the Serbian glory very well...👍🫶♥️👊✌️🙏
Slava is an ancient Serbian holiday dedicated to the mythical ancestor of the family, or family ancestors in general. Serbs are very fond of their own ancestors, and that connection with them is maintained with slava. After the very reluctant acceptance of Christianity, the role of the mythical ancestor was assigned to a Christian saint: St. Nicholas, St. John the Baptist (my slava), Archangel Michael, etc. Other Orthodox nations: Russians, Greeks, Romanians... do not know this custom. Over the centuries, Serbs have changed names, surnames, places of residence... but never fame.
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Yes , it is a tradition from before we became Christians, but afterwards we replaced our mythical ancestors( the old Gods) for Christian Saints. It is the celebration of our roots, our ancestors and a sign of gratitude for what we have, first of all the family.
Well Come in at countri GREATEST FROM SERBIA❤
Devojka je pogresila, za ovakvu prezentaciju u javnost, trebala je traziti blagoslov svestenika koji bi joj sigurno kazao da Slava nije doci da se jede, nego da se proslavi Svetac, znaci barem Oce nas da se procita. Hrana je tu manje bitna, bitno je osvestano vino, zito i hleb i naravno sveca koja gori sve vreme. Televizor na Slavi je skrnavljenje proslave Svetca zastitnika porodice!
Brate neces zazaliti kad dodjes kod nas!u r very welcome to be our guest(brother)💪💪💪💪
I am Serbian🇷🇸
Slava among the Serbs has its origins in prehistoric times when we had the cult of the Mother Goddess - Great White Goddess. Hers main symbol was the bee, and the Serbs have own millennial genealogy where the first ancestor is the White Bee. Belgrade means White City, of course that name originates from our White Mother Goddess. On the Day of Slava, the tablecloth on which the food is placed must necessarily be white, just like the white mat that we place on the graves of our deceased when we bring food to their graves on memorial services - zadušnice. After we were baptized by force, Slava remained, but over time the church changed its true meaning to us, so they imposed the so-called saints to whom Slava should be dedicated, but the real meaning of Slava is remembrance and celebration of the first ancestor..Among Orthodox Christians, candles in churches and monasteries are usually made of wax. To burn any other for the dead or for the living, has not the same value as that of wax. No one asks why. Well, precisely because of our White Bee from prehistoric times... p.s. we Serbs and Slavs in general also had the goddess Mater Slava, the patroness of warriors, who feeds the wounded with living water - sura, and the dead takes into the world of spirits... All the best Mr. Giant!
Znala sam da je prastari običaj , ali nisam imala pojma o ostalom. Znala sam da su nas ostali zvali Beli , ali ne i zbog čega. Puno hvala❤❤❤
In the Serbian Orthodox Christianity , every family has a Saint protector . This Saint is celebrated once a year on a specific date . Different Saints have different dates they are celebrated on. The word Slavs means celebration . The Saint celebration is a religious event and probably means more to the Balkan people than even a holiday like Christmas. A Saint celebration day is sort of a very holy event. Family and distinguished friends are commonly invited as honorary guests.
The celebration of Krsna Slava is not a Christian heritage. It is an Orthodox heritage, and Serbs have been celebrating it for more than 7000 years. Essentially, it represents a deep esoteric knowledge about the family and household's patron saint, who is essentially an ancestor of the same.
Orthodoxy is not Christianity. It is older than Christianity by thousands of years. Christian Orthodoxy is a huge degradation of it. Orthodoxy is a spectrum of deep knowledge about creation, and generally, Christianity is a poorly done counterfeit of Serbian Orthodoxy. Jesus did not preach Christianity but the most exalted spectrums of Orthodoxy.
Ej mister ogromni ,sto si ti neki dobar coek
Lol this translation is supposed to say " man" not "boy"
@@abraxadabra4224 Coek ,covek,covjek = man .... f..k google translate
Slava
My Слава ☦ (Family Saint) is Saint George and of the lands (farm) that we live on. Yes, Слава is also tied to the particular land or household, passed on through generations.
There are several ways how people even have 2 or 3 Слава...
Also, my tribal Слава or of broader community from back in the day of ancestors from northern Crna Gora (Montenegro) is Saint Nicholas. Still today, every individual with my family name Babović, that is tribe or Brotherhood - celebrates Siant Nicholas. Wherever we live. And celebrates second Слава of his individual family or land.
Poštovani gospodine hvala na ovim snimcima o Srbiji
Jako ste me obradovali jer je to Srbija u pravom svetlu
Slava is the celebration of the holy guardian of your lineage, ancestors, family that bears one last name. If you celebrate the same fame and bear the same surname, you know that you are related. Every family has its own holy guardian. In our country, there is a saying "100 villages, 100 customs", so, in addition to the obligatory Slavic cake, grain and wine, other customs are variable. For example, my family has a custom called "3 big ones", which means that when the host of the house raises a toast and welcomes everyone, he dedicates 1 dl of soft rakija to one of the guests with nice words and wishes, which he drinks, and then the person to whom it is intended must dedicate it to someone else. to another and drinks that amount and then it starts in a circle where everyone serves each other and it never ends, and everyone gets drunk. The bottom line is that the saint you celebrate protects your family and house from evil spirits and bad things that can happen. This is the tradition of Orthodox Serbs.
3 big ones, wow great❤️
Thank you for sharing, this. Three big ones. Sounds like a good time.
Nice video! Greetings
Ova porodica slavi Svetog Nikolu, koja pada u vreme posta. Tako da se služi samo hrana koja nema mesa, mleka niti jaja. Lakše je kad Slava ne pada u vreme posta, jer onda možete poslužiti svaku vrstu hrane, a Srbi mnogo vole meso
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Slava is celebration in this case.
Slava is a very old custom. Long before Christianity, there was a custom to celebrate ancestors and they were represented by grains of wheat. So, every slava has mandatory wheat, usually cooked and ground with walnuts and sweetened. There is only one slava which doesn't demant wheat - Holy Archangel Michael. The role of wheat is: each grain is an ancestor and when you eat wheat your ancestors will continue to live through you. And Angel is, of course, immortal!
Now interesting thing. Slavski kolač - Celebration's Wheel (round bread). The clue: Colossus, Colosseum. Kolo means wheel. Kolo was symbol of the Sun (Colossus was statue dedicated to Sun, nothing to do with Greek religion. It's older religion that that.) Colosseum is also called Circus Maximus - that's interesting, it has two names in two languages! Which language is Colosseum? And why?
Kolo is also Serbian (not only Serbian) traditional dance, people hold their hands and dance in form of a wheel.
Kolo-dar - Gift of the Sun, actually: calendar. (Again some ancient language?)
Thank you mr.Giants for this video, this is our culture 😊
My pleasure. Hope you have a great weekend. Take care.
Slava is part religion and part national tradition. Every family has a patron saint that protects the family. Slava is passed down from one generation to the orher within a family. There are actually very cimplicated rules about slava, but in this modern age not every rule is followed as strictly as at one time.
Nista nije komplikovano ako se radi sa verom i ljubavlju❤☦🇷🇸
@MrGiant Slava is a celebration of your families Patron Saint. some like my family celebrate 3 days...day before, day of and day after....the 3 representations you should have is the Holy Bread, ( which some take to church to have blessed or their local Priest comes to the home to bless it and the food.) the candle and the sweetened wheat that everyone has a spoonful of and crosses themselves. My Slava is St. Nikola as well but my family stopped doing the Lenten food and instead make the traditional Slava Food, cabbage rolls, potatoes, soup, salad, goulash, roasted pig and roasted lamb and then of course the sweets like cookies and cakes. Slava is to celebrate and honor the Patron Saint for your family and as important as Christmas is, out of respect, love, health and prosperity and thankfulness of blessings upon you and your family, doors are open to everyone and lasts all day , so people come and go while you keep replacing dinnerware and it goes all day. Some people have many to go to for the same day and if by chance they wern't able to come the day of they will come the next day. There is confusion from posts about the term used as vegetarian when what it really is , is Lenten. Lenten Slava's are ones that fall on Lent which are Easter and Christmas but also depends on the hosts. Lenten is not consuming anything meat related which is more difficult because you cannot use milk, butter, eggs, lard, meat, broth, . Slava is passed on from father to son, Once the daughter gets married then they celebrate the husbands Slava instead. Slava's are alot of work and preparation and costly but at the end what you take away is laughter, Love, and warmth shared with Family and friends which is priceless ! Sretna Slava. ( Happy Saint Day)
Slava, also known as baptismal glory, baptismal name, saint, is a Serbian folk-church custom and, after Easter and Christmas, the third most important family holiday, always associated with the day of a certain Christian saint. It is so characteristic of Serbs that it is a sign of their recognition and identification. This unique form of family tradition among Serbs is present from the period before Christianization, when it was related to the cult of family ancestors.
Beside tradition, what really mean to us in a religious way...the most important thing, Slava is a way to gather people, family and friends, neighbors...during one day, you can be invited to several places, different families who celebrate the same Slava and if you don't go it's a kind of disrespect...we used to prepare lots of food and drink, but according to the teaching of the Orthodox church the only obligatory thing is Slavonic cake(bread), wheat with nuts, the saint and wine...everything else you can prepare what you want, what you can or have...For some Slava is prepared fasting food, while for others is prepared fatty food...
Majority of people take Slava as a social custom that has religious overtones. Great for people connecting regularly. Strict food codes apply depending on the saint. In the Serbian Orthodoxy there the saints for every day, but there is a hierarchy of saints and some are more cellebrated than others.
All customs are based on oral traditions that are only Serbian.
I think @Maranic-pon5x explained it well.
Now, there's a twist :)
If one is familiar with Serbian pre-Christian period - one would notice that "slavas" map to pre-Christian religious (wrong to call them "pagan") celebrations.
To the day. Every each one.
Interesting thing to ponder on, I suppose.
However, "slava" (as its predecessor from pre-Christian period) was and still is an important element of the social fabric and community structure, as it promotes unity, shared value system and collective purpose and peace.
This is an old tradition in Serbia. Every house has a Saint that they celebrate every year, and it is passed from father to son. A very beautiful holiday , very similar to Christmas you could say. The family all gathers and friends lots of food, drinks and music , its very nice . I recommend it if you ever get a chance as a foreigner go to slava you will love it.
OI me brother youre in for a treat love and all the bestmay god or whatever gives you health 100 years at least and much of love best wishes from Beograd Ivan.
Granny was supposed to host this video. She knows exactly what Slava is. All other is disrespect of Slava
Slava means in literal translation, fame. but in Serbia means selibration of specific saint that family hold on to for generacions.
this man made me subscribe he has a good VIBE
Nana nema slavu zao mi je😢.pozdrav za Vas❤
Mr. Giant = Serbian brother!
Slava is a remaining of old pre Christian custom in which Serbs were celebrating their ancestors the oldest known ancestors, each family was celebrating its oldest ancesstor the founder, without whom the offsprings whould not exist. In Christian era our ancestors were turned into Christian saints so we have been celebrating them for a long time as our Christian protectors instead of our ancestors. Some Saints were preaching the Chistian fate to Serbs during Roman occupation and secrificed themselves for the people and they became glorified among Serbs and within the Orthodox Church. Although official history denies Serbian ancient history in the Balkans and Mediterranean we still preserved it in our traditional and collective memory. Saint Nicola was probably a Serb he was born and he lived in Likia (in today's western Turkey) Likia was Serbian ancient land long before it was occupied by Greeks (by a mixture of Serbian natives and Greeks), entire today's Greece, the Bakans and western Turkey was inhabited by Serbs-Serbian Slavs long before Greeks came to the Balkans, that is one more reason why the Saint Nicola is the most popular among Serbs. Saint Nicola became later the inspiration for the creation of Santa Claus😂. Serbian Church doesn't like to link the Old Serbian religion with Christianity and every mention of pre Christian customs is unwelcomed by the Church😢. A modern Serbs often have forgotten that most of our Christian beliefs originated in our Old Religion and we should be proud of that!
In the past Slava ( Patron Saint, or protector of the tribe or the family) has been celebrating among all Serbs. It was also the way of knowing who you are because the family names are connected with the Slava and with the Rod or tribe. My slava is also Sveti Nikola so I can be related with Maricic brotherhoods ( surname ) who celebrate Saint Nicolas. There are also Maricic brotherhoods who are celebrating Saint John, or some other Saint. There is also a traditional dish named Koljivo made from wheat seeds, honey and walnuts, which Serbs eat on Slava, but also when a baby is born or when someone dies.
Its a good question! All I know is they leave the beach mid summer to go @ slava😅
Slava is the feast in the name of the saint, in this video is in the name of Saint Nikola (Sveti Nikola), but there are different saints like Jovan, Ilija, Sava...
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we are lerned to grow up with are grandads and granmothers and is beautifuull and usefull
Slava, Kolo, i kad počinje Proleće i Zima i naš Kalendar, prema tome mi smo posebni i to treba da cenimo i održavamo, to je naš pečat...
lips move when you saw a food. 😄
Priceless
Slava is Serbian tradition to celebrate saint as protector of their home and last name. In Orthodox religion every day have saint or some days have more different saints. Most popular Slava's at Serbs are "Djurdjevdan" 6th May (Saint George), "Nikoljdan" 19th December (Saint Nicholas) and "Jovandan" 20th January (John the Baptist). These are the most common Slava's but as I mentioned previously everyday have saint and some households use them as their protector of the home. This dates probably looks off to you but Orthodox church use Julian calendar that's why our dates are 14/15 days in advance. So about Slava, to praise your saint home protector you make huge feast on the day he was born/slayed/became holy martyr in his honor and what he did for Christianity and Orthodox church. EVerybody is invited on Slava you know him or not you cant refuse guests on Slava day but mostly there are family members and their friends. In the morning before sunrise holy bread must be made then you take it into your local church with cooked wheat and wine to priest so he can bless it in holy place. When guest come to your house you greet him, than you give him cooked wheat and water as some sort of holy communion, than you eat bread dipped into salt and drink it with wine. Guests eat and stay as much as they want. This is done by every Serbian in Balkan and the oldest one in household is considered as head of family and you shouldn't celebrate over your elders. When they pass away you take that date and then you celebrate saint in your home. FYI 1st year after head of house passes away only closest relatives coming and eating peacefully without huge celebration because previous head of family passed away so in the honor of him and saint you wouldn't throw big Slava/party. I think i covered it all.
As it was already explained, slava (literal meaning 'celebration') is a kind of celebration typical for Serb nation. That means not only people in Serbia, but Serbs around the world keep the tradition. Each Serb family has a saint protector to which they pay respect organizing slava on the particular day/date devoted to that saint. Slava usually lasts for two days, sometimes three. Guests are welcome without invitation, so they come as they wish. As you could hear the last hostes saying they came in the half hour intervals. It is interesting to say that hosts do not sit with guests during the celebration. They serve, women usually preparing food and men tending the guests. Bread and salt are the most important holly elements of slava as well as the wheat - the thing you could see being offered to people sranding around the table. It is sweet - wheat cooked, mashed and spiced with sugar and wallnuts. It is offered as welcoming treat and everyone takes one teaspoon as a starter. Bread, salt, wheat and red wine are on the morning of the first slava day taken to church for blessings and then put on the table. The slava bread (called the slava cake) is not cut by knife but, as we say, 'broken' by the host with his hands.
Apart from family slava, each willage and town, but villages in particular, has its saint protector that is similarly celebrated by all families at that particular day. It is called preslava or kirbaj. Also lots of food, guests come free as they like and celebrate.
As for the food served, during the fasting periods before Christmas and Easter slava food is fasting food without animal products apart from fish, and at other times of the year it is feasting food. Orthodox Saint Nicholas is the saint celebrated in the greatest number, but some families celebrate other saints.
Also, not to forget the school slava, Sveti Sava, the saint orotector of schools and education, celebrazed by schools on 27th of January. On the occasion of Saint Sava, balls are organized in the cities called 'Svetosavski bal'. People gather and celebrate that way too. And not only in Serbia. In Hungary where many Serbs live, Saint Sava balls are organized as well, in Budapest, for example. Those balls are great to attend.
Hope one day you will get a chance to visit and experience slava and preslava. 🙂
Dear Mr.Giant now that You got it You must visit Serbia. There You will get it again, but more intense. We are the same as You or native Americans, cause our people were not good for some others who thought they were better than others...You know the kind. They will never get it! They are not capable. Love and respect from a Balkan native.
I adore you definitly )))
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Bro 👊 i enjoy you, your interest and love ❤for serbia its people and tradition- It would be a pleasure to See ya and your family in this lovely country- No People on Earth are able to celebrate and enjoy slava or weddings or something else like the serbs- they are party- People No. 1 on this planet 🌍- Proud of his tradition, history and heros ❤
In serbia there a many of reasons to celebrate it with friends and family so i love it- I was born and live in Germany- but coming as a „foreigner“ with serbian parents, seen all the tradition, music, happy smiles let me often think that Germany is not the country where i will die- One day i go back to the roots of my Grandparents, Father and Mother- i swear
Maybe one day! Just me though, don't have a family to travel with. Have brother's and a sister but they are older and living their own life. I am single myself.
@@MrGiant Ok 👌 Bro 👊 so when you are single just do it - life is too short- The serbs are all very friendly people and i think you will love it - Maybe you visit Belgrade? I landed there and rent a small car and payed about 350€ for 10 days - so you easy can Travel where you want - Maybe not in the main city of Belgrade but all around food and drinks are cheap and good. It is worth about the food coming here- not talking about the other things like nature and really beatifull woman i swear you never seen in your life- Every time i travel to serbia i think i am dead and woke up 🆙 in paradise -🥰😇
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Salt is not mandatory on the top of the Slava cake, it is for ordinary welcome bread that reached the Slava cake - Slava cake for St. Nicholas is a sweet bread and of course fasting. When the priest in the church consecrates and cuts the cake and pours red wine in the presence of the host who is celebrating, they mutually say the words: Christ is between us - is and will be. Therefore, the cake can be shared with guests at Slava as a sign of unity in Christ and as a unity of protection with Slava. Slava cake has a greater spiritual significance than the salt that is put on ordinary bread to welcome a guest who enters your home for the first time. Slava (the Saint) protects the household members who celebrate, but on that day also the guests who come to his Slava to support the hosts of Slava.
It is not celebrated only in Serbia. There are Albanian families who are Orthodox and also celebrate -slava. Every house has a patron saint, but the reason for gathering was not only of a religious nature.
Slava opened up the possibility of secret gatherings and agreeing strategies for defense and the like...
Tradicija Srba,jedinstvena u svetu.❤
That it is.
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You can watch the movie "Ivkova slava" and you will understand what slava it is 😁


Thank you. I will check it out for sure.
Yes, the slava is connected with orthodox faith and the point of the slava is not eatting. The point is to get together as believers to give respect and to keep memory of the work done for Christians and Christian fate of different Christian saints as it is St. Nicola, in glory of Mother Marry, St. John... On this celebrating meetings people get closure trough Christian love for each other, to make see each other, to made conversation about some important things, to be joyful and happy together, to sing songs, to get some good moments for remember, , to be stronger together. Just like Jesus said, be together and with love for eachother. Of course this slava togettherings is after the morning Lithurgies (togethers pray) in the Church. This slava thing is to keep our Christian orthodox fate a live. 😊⛪❤️
Sveti Ilija. 👇
Prijatelju,
idi u Glamoč pa da vidiš šta je Slava.
Sv. Jovan, Sv. Tomo,
Sv. Ilija,
Sv. Pantelija, Sv.Marko,
Sv.Petar,
Sv. Djurdjevdan , ... ...
❤ .Pozdrav
In short and most inportant. The celebration is in honor of the saint on which day the family converted from "unbelivers" to the Christian faith. So, it is a custom old probably a more than milenium. That Saint is protector of that house and all of them living in it. Mine is St George. As I am informed, It is unique for Serbian Ortodox Church and Serbian nation. I am sory if I am wrong.
Only Serbs have slava. It is celebration of patron saint, protector of the family.
Serbian Orthodox Slavas are unique celebrations of family patron saints, which are celebrated by Serbian Orthodox Christians around the world. The term "Slava" comes from the old Slavic word for "glory" or "honor" and is a deeply cherished tradition that is passed down through generations of Serbian families.
Fun thing about Slavas: It's a cult of the ancestors. Way before Christianity was adopted, people living in the Balkans, among them the Serbs, used to celebrate a specific "Slavic" deity which was considered an ancient ancestor of the specific family, tribe or village. They would sacrifice the best of cattle, usually the biggest bull or a ram, and then the entire community would gather to eat it. They weren't killing animals just so they could burn them on the altairs, but would rather make a big celebration where everyone would gather in honor of the specific deity they celebrated. The cult of the ancestors was so deeply rooted that when Christianity came, Serbs couldn't just forget about it. Saint Sava is considered the one who combined the old traditional practices with the new religion, that is, Christianity and carefully replaced the old deities with Christian Saints, emphasizing the similarities between the old "gods" and the new saints. The word "Slava" meaning "Glory" was considered a heaven-like place where the souls of their ancestors went after death, similar to Valhalla but without drinking and fighting. The only difference between Slava and Vallhala is that the only way of entering Slava was by dying in combat, protecting your family and community unlike the Viking Valhalla, where you only needed to die with a weapon in your hands, whether as a pillager or as a defender. It's an old belief that in times of need, one could summon his ancestors from Slava to help in a battle. There are even few stories from World war one telling about this, where soldiers in their trenches would call their ancestors to give them strenght and courage in the heavily-outmached battles, which were surprisingly won by the Serbian army.
during paganism, every family had a protector and this is a remnant from the time of paganism
In 2014, Slava was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Slava is much older than Christianity. Its a way to pay respect to our ancestors since it is beleieved that tha spirit of our ancesters can come within any guest and therefor we must show hospitality. Slava is then incorporated into Christianity since it is very similar to our old so called " pagan" religious beleief
To continu previous said is the most important what we have to have in the house is a lited wox candle, cuced weat with digger and nuts which means the life, red wain which is the blood of a Christ and decorated bred which we take in the church to be blessed.This bread is made of three parts one is for havenly father, holly son and holly spirit. Of cours we make a lot of foods for the family and guests. The SLAVA passes from a father to s sons. But if a father didn't have a son the priest can give a blessing so that daughter can continue to celebrate in the future. I think I said the most important things. Regards Mr Giant
There is a story...
Serbia was under Turkish siege for 500 years...
At that time, especially towards the end of the occupation, the Turks did not allow people, especially men, to gather in groups so as not to spread the news and organize against the Turks.
Then people thought of Slava as the reason for the gathering...
Many used the names of the hosts as the name of the Slava to gather.
No matter how powerful the Turks were, they had some fear when they came to a house where a candle was burning on the table and the Slavic bread was placed. So they would leave people to perform a religious ceremony.
In this way, news about the anti-defense was transmitted and people organized themselves for liberation from the Turks...
Day of the saint every ortdox family have some saint which they celebrate
Слава/Slava have roots in Nature Old Slavic faith. Pre Christian times. Then we celebrated GODS like Perun (Elijah), Jarilo (George) etc...
@@Touchedbynature304 Славила се Весна . О још се вероватно слави , само има име неког хришћанског свеца .
Празник Весне је (највероватније) на Сретење 2-ог Фебруара .
По прастаром србском календару година је имала 2 год доба : Лето од сретења до преображења (2 Фебр. - 6 Авг. по старом календару) и Зиму .
Као што видиш и ова два важна дана су покривена хришћанским датумима .
На сретење излази мечка да види да ли је прошла зима , а на преображење се преображава и гора и вода .
Сретна ти 7532 год.
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So, it's not vegan, we eat fish. It is strictly a serbian tradition, the purpos is to "thank your families saint for protecting you" throughout the year by feeding people around you. In Serbia also Catholics invite guests on Catholic Christmass, and some Muslims invite guests over on Bayram, because they are invited to Slavas. I was actually surprised to find out that other muslims don't do that.
Slava is something Serbs, Macedonians and Montenegrians have. I am not sure about Romanians and Bulgarians tough? Maybe them also
''SLAVA''My friend is let we say like you americans when you have memorial day but for Orthodox people is little more complicated because we serbs have many Sants and many family inside serbs nation celebrating many different Sants whhich ARE NOT IT HTE SAME DATE ...they are almost each couple days some ''SLAVA''...so on some many families know from wich tribes and place long time ago they came where they are now....for example family with surname BABIC celebrating long perioud sants ST.Nicolas(Sveti Nikola)...One very important thing about ''SLAVA'' ...Only SEBRS has on this planet ''SLAVA''from all orthodox peoples Russians doesn t have,Greeks too etc...That ''SLAVA'' kept us through the very hard history for us and our country..we SAVED our indentity who we are and as peoples whose believed in the GOD thats our character.
only serbiAn celebrate Slava . This thing make diffeent from all ortodox world;;also all family in Serbia has one saint but St. Nikola is the most popular
Slava is custom established only in the Serbian Orthodox Tradition and it is preparing foods like 'offering' to the saint protector of the household. According to the tradition, the saint nominated for a home must be satisfied with the offerings so that he or she may represent you to Mary, who will represent your case to Jesus, who will take it further to God. It is hierarchical and wonderfull for bringing people together. Elders are respected. Women are preparing food. Guests are happy. Foods are yummi.
Anfortunatelly, nowhere in the Bible this custom exists, so we can safly say it is Orthodox, but not Christian.
Thank you for the information.
Vegan but fish served... also, this isprobably town. In vilages its more diferent. Most importan stuf for any slava its krsnica (bred), koljivo (prekadnja, wheat, what is sent to the church), candel (only bees wax from church), vine, and icon of saint, then tamjan and candilo. All other food for the fest is to give to others (sharing and serving others), the head of the house must not sit for stol with guests he must altime stand and serving others. So this "modern" slava is slight deviation from origins. Also this guy dont respect bread and he made panties and if he dont respect any bread how to understand that holy bread is diferent. Also, when you make bread for slava you pray and you can feal Gods presense. Its slava be humble its not party
this is like a budget cuts SLAVA sacrilege
Avi svi ko zivi u serbiu..molimte pazite neveruj sve molim te vas jer vi jedog dana sete serbiju sve cete izgubiti!!!
SLSVA is very importent selebredion of Serbs Every family in Serbia selebrate verios Saints which protect that family. It could be sny St like eg. Nikolas, Luka, Michael etc. At that day what is very important to have ay the hous is have
The most important things on the Slava are the Slava cake, the Slava grain and the Slava candle that connects the holy world with our ordinary world, that's why the saint's icon is stuck on it to know which saint our souls want to reach and be protected by him. A bloodless sacrifice is offered to the saint, and it is a Slava crucifix, i.e. ground boiled wheat with sugar and ground walnuts with grated nutmeg. It is sanctified together with the Slava cake in the church with the mandatory pouring of red wine in the form of dripping in the form of a cross, which is a symbol of Christ's blood and suffering. Along with this ritual, the priest sings a solemn song dedicated to the Saint, which in our country is called Tropar. Each Slava has its own troparion. You can hear the Troparion of St. Nicholas on my video that I have already shared with you. ( czcams.com/video/3IRJ5AuTYTU/video.htmlsi=GlhX_NebLLMB8Tem )
Mr.G soon I will write you what is really for Serbian family SLAVA , it Is a Holy Holiday when family have a one day in year and this day is some of ours Orthodox Christians Church calendar in this day is someone of our Saints, yes St . Nikolas is my SLAVA, and more family have another Saints, yes it's a Serbian Orthodox Church Holiday, like a Christmas or Ester but only Serbs have holiday Slava in all East Orthodox church, we have so long period time this Holiday, before a 2000 year old a before a Christianity in a ancient times before 10.000 years ago its difficult to write I need first explain more of historical periods before Christianity,and who we are really, but it's our traditional national and Holy, Holiday old tradition! When you come to Serbia, We go to Slava!!! Ok?🤝👍 say "Može" on Serbian Mr.G 😂 this mean" OK"! Thanks and it's a better alive, video you can nothing! 👋🖐️👋🖐️🤝
Slava is not a "holiday " rather its a " Holly day " !! Big difference !!
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