{"id":175969,"date":"2025-04-22T18:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=175969"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:13:24","slug":"church-too-small-to-hold-all-serbs-heres-how-easter-was-celebrated-in-jokics-city-across-the-ocean-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/church-too-small-to-hold-all-serbs-heres-how-easter-was-celebrated-in-jokics-city-across-the-ocean-video\/","title":{"rendered":"CHURCH TOO SMALL TO HOLD ALL SERBS: Here&#8217;s how Easter was celebrated in Joki\u0107&#8217;s city across the ocean! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Church of St. John the Baptist in Denver was too small to accommodate everyone who came for the Easter liturgy. The Serbian community in Colorado, growing in numbers, marked the holiday with a folklore ensemble that performed for the first time\u2014on Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protoiereus Radovan Petrovi\u0107 blessed the Easter eggs brought by members of the parish of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Denver during the festive liturgy. As Father Radovan stated, the church was too small to hold all those who came to the Easter liturgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe the Serbian community in Denver is larger now than it has ever been, even though there was a significant community in Pueblo and here in Denver at the end of the 19th century. Still, this is currently the highest number of our people, since we\u2019re spread across Denver, Colorado Springs, Aspen, Vail, Fort Collins, and all over Colorado,\u201d said Protoiereus Petrovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><div id=\"videoBox-2101317\" class=\"brid\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"videoBox-2101317\", {\"id\":\"34612\",\"width\":\"600\",\"height\":\"343\",\"video\":\"2101317\",\"autoplay\":0,\"shared\":true});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The church also has a community hall where, for the first time this Easter, the newly formed local folklore ensemble performed. They also danced during halftime at a Denver Nuggets game in Ball Arena in downtown Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program opened with the song <em>Tamo daleko<\/em>, and they spoke about the regions of Serbia whose dances they presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, everyone gathered after church for Easter today. It was really great. Little kids performed, along with our group of older dancers, and this was the first time we put together a full program\u2014three dances, from \u0160umadija, Laskovac, and the Eastern mountains,\u201d said Ana Jankovi\u0107, a member of the folklore ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0JvuFpo649urrJVwhTTkXSXsbWNQ7xrzvd6b6zvbBt9LCvYZFZry9jD7fLSY3LkwVl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe managed to gather a few costumes here ourselves, some things we got online, and the other costumes we brought from Serbia,\u201d revealed choreographer Zoran \u017darkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt felt really great to dance in front of so many people. So many showed up\u2014we were standing outside for about ten minutes as people were exiting and greeting each other,\u201d said Milo\u0161 Jankovi\u0107, another member of the ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs you can see, we\u2019re building the church little by little, building the parish, building cultural life, building a sports life,\u201d emphasized Branislav Stri\u017eak, a parish member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbian Orthodox churches have been gathering Serbs in North America since the late 19th century, and in recent years, that has been the case here in Denver, Colorado as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/bloody-easter-1944-how-the-allied-bombing-shrouded-belgrade-in-mourning-photo-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BLOODY EASTER 1944: How the Allied Bombing Shrouded Belgrade in Mourning! 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