Today is Vidovdan

Serbs are marking June 28 - the Orthodox Christian feast of Vidovdan (St. Vitus) - and historically a day of special significance for the nation and the state.

On Wednesday, liturgy was served in the Serbian monastery of Gracanica, near the eponymous Serb enclave in Kosovo, to mark the 628th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, fought and lost on this day in 1389 by the medieval Serbian Kingdom defending against the invading Ottoman Turks.

Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej led the ceremony, attended by about 200 believers from Kosovo and Metohija and central Serbia, and, among others, Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic and Marko Djuric, who heads the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

In his address, the patriarch called on Serbs not to leave their homes in Kosovo and Metohija or sell their property.

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