Slava

The slava ("celebration"; Serbian Cyrillic: слава) is a Serbian Orthodox Christian tradition of the ritual glorification of one's family's patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the saint's feast day.

In November 2014 it was inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

Overview

The Slava is the family's annual ceremony and veneration of their patron saint, a social event in which the family is together at the house of the patriarch. The Slava also brings friends to the house, regardless if they have the same Slava. The family saint is inherited from the patriarch (head of the household) – from father to son, while women do inherit the patron saint of their husbands upon leaving their families. As several patron saints are venerated twice a year, the main day is the Slava, while the secondary one is called preslava. Some families may celebrate another patron saint in the case when the wife is the only left of her kin, in respect to her family.

The tradition is an important ethnic marker of Serb identity. Serbs usually regard the Slava as their most significant and most solemn feast day. The tradition of the Slava is also very well preserved among the Serb and Macedonian diaspora on all 5 continents. Apart from Serbs, the custom is also practised by the Orthodox Macedonian families.

Slava (disambiguation)

Slava, sława or слава is an abstract noun meaning "glory" or "knowledge" in the Slavic languages. It may also refer to:

  • Slava, common short nickname for masculine Slavic names ended with "-slav", e.g. Vyacheslav, Stanislav, Yaroslav, Sviatoslav, Rostislav, or Mstislav.
  • Slava, a feminine Slavic name
  • Slava (singer), Russian singer
  • Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter
  • Slava, the Serbian custom of celebrating a family patron saint
  • Sława, a town in Poland
  • Slava River, a river in Romania
  • Slava Cercheză, a commune in Romania, or Slava Rusă, a village in this commune
  • Slava watches, a Russian brand produced by the Second Moscow Watch Factory
  • number of Russian warships
  • A Soviet World War II-era cruiser, formerly the Molotov
  • Slava class cruiser, a modern Russian warship
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    Velesovi poctu vzdejme
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