{"id":164778,"date":"2025-02-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=164778"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:49:03","slug":"the-government-changed-the-sretenje-tradition-this-year-without-an-academy-in-orasac-heres-where-and-when-its-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-government-changed-the-sretenje-tradition-this-year-without-an-academy-in-orasac-heres-where-and-when-its-held\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THE SRETENJE TRADITION: This year without an academy in Ora\u0161ac, here’s where and when it’s held!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ceremonial Sretenje Academy on the occasion of the Statehood Day of Serbia<\/a>, instead of February 15, will be held in the Old Assembly in Kragujevac a day earlier, tomorrow, February 14, starting at 2 p.m.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of Kragujevac will cancel all events planned for the Statehood Day, and guests from the country and abroad who were previously invited to the Sretenje festivities have already been informed about the cancellation of the celebration, FoNet learns from sources in the local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to information from the same source, it is most likely that all events held in Ora\u0161ac on Sretenje will also be canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city government did not provide an explanation for the change, but it is assumed that this is due to the mass protest rally of students and citizens on February 15 \u2013 “Let’s meet on Sretenje” where people are coming from all over Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Old Assembly, where the Sretenje Academy is traditionally held on February 15, is in the immediate vicinity of Lepeni\u010dki Boulevard, where on Saturday, on the very day of the holiday, there will be a protest with a 15-hour blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sretenje was traditionally celebrated with a solemn session of the city parliament in the building of the Old Assembly with a speech by the mayor of Kragujevac and one of the highest state officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The speaker at the Sretenje Academy will be an envoy of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, the Minister of Labor, Employment, Veterans’ and Social Affairs, Nemanja Starovi\u0107, and the Sretenje speech will be delivered by the Mayor of Kragujevac, Nikola Da\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Art Ensemble of the Ministry of Defense “Stanislav Bini\u010dki” will perform and a dramatic performance “Constitution and Representations” will be performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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