Vidovdan

Vidovdan
Vidovdan celebration at Gazimestan monument (2009)
Observed by	Serbian Orthodox Christians Serbian patriotism
Observances	Feast day
Date	June 28 Gregorian Calendar June 15 Julian Calendar)
Frequency	annual
Related to	Slava

Vidovdan (Serbian Cyrillic: Видовдан, "St. Vitus Day") is a Serbian national and religious holiday, a slava (feast day) celebrated on June 28 (Gregorian Calendar), or June 15 according to the Julian calendar, in use by the Serbian Orthodox Church to venerate St. Vitus. The Serbian Church designates it as the memorial day to Saint Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the epic Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389. It is an important part of Serb ethnic and Serbian national identity.

Vidovdan, June 28, is considered a date of special importance to ethnic Serbs, with the following events taking place on Vidovdan, but are expressed here in the Gregorian calendar: