{"id":3983,"date":"2015-12-08T16:23:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/news\/celebrated-st-nicholas\/"},"modified":"2015-12-08T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:23:55","slug":"celebrated-st-nicholas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/celebrated-st-nicholas\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated St. Nicholas"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3983","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"no","focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":false,"news_video":"","sub_title":"","news_content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4790\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4790\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4790\" title=\"Celebrated St. Nicholas\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC034771-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>The charming tradition of St. Nicholas is celebrated on the eve of December 6th, St. Nicholas Day. The Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Serbia, Alberto di Luca, was invited again this year, by HE Msgr. Stanislav Hocevar, Belgrade\u2019s Archbishop, to the festive evening for the children. In the hall of the Church of Christ the King, there were in costume St. Nicholas, the Angel \u2013 that represents the good- and the Devil \u2013 that represents the evil. All children participating received sweets and candies that were distributed by St. Nicholas.<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4791\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4791\" title=\"The three young winners and their parents, with the Archbishop of Belgrade, Msgr. Stanislav Hocevar and Amb. Alberto di Luca\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC034551-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a> Naughty children should have been put in the Devil\u2019s bag and taken to hell, according to tradition, or just given a bag of coal instead of sweets. But at this evening there were no naughty children!<br \/>\nFor St. Nicholas, children also receive gifts from their parents and relatives or others. And so the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Belgrade wished to donate, with a small ceremony at the Embassy, three special gifts to the children. HE Msgr.<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4792\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4792\" title=\"The time of delivery, at the Embassy, of the laptop and the two mountain bikes to the three young winners for proposing the best summary of the activities of the Sovereign Order of Malta and the best drawing of the eight-pointed Cross.\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC034311-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> Hocevar had invited the children, during the recent weeks, to do a little research on the activities of the Sovereign Order \u2013 in the 106 countries where it operates and in its history of almost 1,000 years &#8211; or express themselves with a drawing of the eight-pointed Cross. The three &#8220;winners&#8221; have received as gifts a laptop and two mountain bikes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mj6O0wK2zpE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"470\" height=\"290\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_gallery_elements":false,"news_excerpt":""},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}