ST SAVA DAY - CELEBRATED SPIRITUALITY AND SAINT DAY OF SCHOOLS
27.01.2013
On this occasion, according to the tradition, many manifestation in Nis and Palilula were organized. First, on Friday, January 25, in the hall of Symphony Orchestra building, the traditional Saint Sava concert of teachers choir `Lira` in Nis was organized, and on Saturday, in Puppets Theater, the celebration of Savindan took place. On the Day of Saint Sava, on Sunday, in the organization of the Eparchy of Nis and His Holiness, the Archbishop of Nis Dr. Jovan, in the Amy Hall of Nis, Sant Sava Academy was organized.

In the elementary school Desanka Maksimovic, the pupils and teachers of this school prepared the celebration programme. The employed in NKC, institution situated in Palilula, celebrated Saint Sava day as its own Saint day – in Serbian tradition Slava Day. Bojana Simovic, NKC manager, emphasized that with many projects NKC will be included in the official celebration of 2013 - the anniversary year of Milan Edict. The Mayor of Nis Zoran Perisic and Boban Dzunic with associates were present during the ceremony of Saint Day cake traditional cutting. They pointed at the permanent values that are the spirit of Saint Sava aims and that were left for our future.

The celebration day of Saint Sava has been celebrated as Schools Saint Day since 1840, after the proposal of Atanasije Nikolic, rector from Kragujevac. In the decision of the educational institution of the time, the representatives of the state and church authorities proclaimed that Saint Sava will be the patron of all our schools and since that moment it had been generally celebrated until 1945, when it was repealed by the Government.

After half of century of interdiction by the communist regime, during the 90s of the last century, it returns into the lives of pupils and students as their celebration day.