Serbian Christmas Eve 2024. Explore belgrade christmas market 2024 at republic square in serbia's capital city for unique gifts, local food, and orthodox traditions. In belgrade, serbian believers marked the orthodox christmas eve by burning oak branches at sermons held outside churches and temples.
In serbia, the main church is the orthodox church and they still use the old ‘julian’ calendar, which means that christmas eve is on 6th january and. Christmas, as the serbian people celebrate it today, with the badnjak (yule log), česnica (festive bread), polažajnik (christmas eve dinner host), and other customs, is actually a.