{"id":175764,"date":"2026-04-11T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=175764"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:48:00","slug":"today-is-holy-saturday-for-luck-and-good-health-tradition-says-you-must-do-one-thing-in-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/today-is-holy-saturday-for-luck-and-good-health-tradition-says-you-must-do-one-thing-in-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY IS HOLY SATURDAY: For luck and good health, tradition says you must do one thing in secret!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today marks Holy Saturday<\/strong>, the second day of Christian mourning, believed to be the day Jesus Christ spent in Hades. According to tradition, this is a time for silence and prayer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Saturday is observed on the eve of Easter<\/strong>, Christianity\u2019s greatest holiday, and it is the final day to complete any preparations for the Easter celebration. Within Serbian tradition, this day is surrounded by numerous customs<\/strong>, many of which are still respected to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Homolje region<\/strong>, a special Easter bread called vaskr\u0161njak<\/em> is baked, often decorated with basil. Meanwhile, in southeastern Banat, small cakes are made and later brought to cemeteries after the Easter vigil. There, graves are sprinkled with wine and incensed in a ritual of remembrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although most commonly known as Holy Saturday<\/strong>, in different parts of the country it carries other names: Dreadful Saturday, Lying-Down Saturday, Red Saturday<\/strong>, and Long Saturday<\/strong>\u2014each evoking the long and painful suffering of Christ during the crucifixion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to elders, one must perform a good deed today<\/strong>\u2014or give alms to the poor\u2014to ensure that such kindness will return many times over, bringing happiness and blessings<\/strong>. Importantly, this act of charity should be done in secret<\/strong>, following the Biblical principle: “let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customs dictate that no fieldwork is done on this day<\/strong>, and women refrain from doing handcrafts<\/strong>, such as embroidery. In homes that experienced a death in the family during the year, eggs are dyed in deep red, black, or even soot<\/strong>. Tradition holds that only women should dye the Easter eggs<\/strong>, and it should be done early in the morning\u2014before sunrise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although some may wonder whether fasting is still required today, the answer is clear: yes, Holy Saturday is a fasting day<\/strong>. It is the final day of the Easter fast, which ends tomorrow with the celebration of Christ\u2019s resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source<\/strong>: Blic \u017eena, Photo<\/strong>: \u00a0shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks Holy Saturday, the second day of Christian mourning, believed to be the day Jesus Christ spent in Hades. According to tradition, this is a time for silence and prayer. Holy Saturday is observed on the eve of Easter, Christianity\u2019s greatest holiday, and it is the final day to complete any preparations for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":100000180342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6166,401,2244,5380,6167,3205,5854],"class_list":["post-175764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-isus-hristos","tag-spc","tag-tradicija","tag-uskrs","tag-velika-subota","tag-vera","tag-verski-praznik","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207327,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175764\/revisions\/207327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}