Saint Sava Day
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Saint Sava Day is a major Serbian Orthodox religious and national holiday honoring Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church and a key figure in Serbian cultural and spiritual history.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slava (patron saint celebration) | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian feast day
ⓘ
Serbian national holiday ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Savindan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Serbian Church autonomy
ⓘ
Serbian culture ⓘ Serbian education ⓘ |
| category |
Christian feast days
ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox holidays ⓘ Serbian national holidays ⓘ |
| commemorates | death of Saint Sava ⓘ |
| country | Serbia ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of Serbian national and spiritual unity ⓘ |
| dateObserved | 27 January ⓘ |
| dateObservedOldStyle | 14 January (Julian calendar) ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure |
Saint Sava
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Sava, first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church
|
| honoredPersonRole |
first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
founder of Serbian medieval law and education ⓘ |
| honors | Saint Sava ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Serbian ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Serbian school patron-saint celebrations ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | feast day ⓘ |
| monthObserved | January ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Sava ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Serbian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Serbs ⓘ
surface form:
Serbs in the diaspora
|
| patronOf | schools in Serbia ⓘ |
| publicHolidayStatus | important school and church holiday in Serbia ⓘ |
| region | Balkans ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| SerbianName | Савиндан ⓘ |
| significance |
celebration of Serbian spiritual and cultural identity
ⓘ
celebration of the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church ⓘ |
| symbolizes | connection between church, education, and nation in Serbia ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| typicalActivities |
church services
ⓘ
cultural programs ⓘ recitations and performances by pupils ⓘ religious processions ⓘ school ceremonies ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Slava (patron saint celebration)