What is a " Red letter " day?
"The red letter" day ("Crveno slovo" ) it is a term in the Serbian language that marks the day of the great Christian feast. This term comes from the ancient Serbian tradition, when many centuries ago in Christian calendars, the biggest holidays were written by red ink (other feasts are written by standard black ink). This tradition has remained even today. If you visit any church or monastery in Serbia and if you buy a religious, Orthodox calendar, you will see many feasts written in red. For this reason, the day of that kind of feast is called "the day of the red letter" . Currently, Serbian Orthodox Church recognizes 38 "the red letters" days (without Sundays because Sunday is always written by red) But why it's important? This is important because of the cultural patterns that are respected in rural parts of Serbia. According to the Serbian tradition, "the day of the red letter" as the day of the great religious ...