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Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac had died in Belgrade having been admitted to the Institute of Oncology ten days ago, which is when media reported that he was seriously ill and that his health condition was serious.

Glogovac was born on August 30, 1969 in Trebinje, southern Bosnia, into a family of Orthodox priests. The family moved to Pancevo, Serbia, when he was seven years old.

The first part of the mosaic for the largest dome of the Temple of St. Sava in Belgrade arrived in the Serbian capital on Wednesday morning.

The 10-ton cargo traveled for over 2,000 kilometers through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary before reaching our country.

MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Friday visited the All Saints' Temple in Minsk.

Vucic spoke to the priests of the Temple, who gave him a large icon of John the Baptist, a gift to the St Sava Temple in Belgrade.

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An unidentified man has been arrested in Toronto, Canada, after crashing his car into the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox church in that town.

Canadian media are reporting that after the incident, the man attempted to flee the scene by stopping other vehicles - but in the end used public transportation.

Two people died in a fire that broke out in an apartment in Milutina Milankovica St. in New Belgrade on Wednesday, state broadcaster RTS is reporting.

The victims are an 89-year-old woman and her son, aged about 60, Tanjug said. They are believed to have died from asphyxiation after inhaling smoke.

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) is celebrating January 27 as the feast day dedicated to its founder, Saint Sava.

Since the mid-19th century, this day is also marked in Serbia as "the school feast day" as St. Sava is considered the patron saint of schools and crafts.

The Asylum Info Center has been opened in Belgrade, as Serbia is facing a huge influx of refugees arriving from the Middle East on their way to Western Europe.

St. Sava's Day marked in National Theater event

BELGRADE -- A formal event celebrating the feast of St.Sava has been held at the National Theater in Belgrade, with President Tomislav Nikolic addressing the event.

According to Nikolic, "a nation's greatness was not measured by its size or territory, but by the number of enlightener it has."

BELGRADE - A formal event celebrating the feast of St Sava has been held at the National Theatre in Belgrade, and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said there that a nation's greatness was not measured by its size or territory, but by the number of enlightener it had generated.

NGO against marking of St. Sava's Day in schools

BELGRADE -- The Movement for Enlightened Society NGO has said that the marking of St. Sava's Day as the patron saint day of schools "violates the principle of secularity."

They also asked if the feast was "meant for all students or only for those of Orthodox faith."