| Statehood Day | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the First Serbian Uprising | |
| Official name | Statehood Day |
| Also called | Sretenje |
| Observed by | Serbia |
| Date | 15 February |
| Next time | 15 February 2025 |
| Frequency | annual |
Statehood Day (Serbian Cyrillic: Дан државности, romanized: Dan državnosti), also known as the Sretenje (Serbian Cyrillic: Сретење), is a holiday celebrated every 15 February in Serbia to commemorate the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into the Serbian Revolution against Ottoman rule. On the same day in 1835, the first modern Serbian constitution, known as the "Sretenje Constitution" or "Candlemas Constitution".
Statehood Day is a public national holiday, and official celebrations last for two days, every 15 February.
In Popular Culture[edit]
Google Doodles commemorated Serbian National Day in 2012,[1] 2013,[2] 2014,[3] 2015,[4] 2016,[5] 2017,[6] 2018,[7] 2019,[8] 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as well as Facebook in 2016.[5]
See also[edit]
- Public holidays in Serbia
- Statehood Day in other countries
- List of national independence days
- Sretenje
References[edit]
- ^ "I Google slavi Dan državnosti". Mondo Portal. 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Google u opancima slavi Dan državnosti Srbije". Mondo Portal. 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Google slavi Dan državnosti Srbije". Mondo Portal. 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Google "zapalio" nebo zbog Dana državnosti Srbije". Mondo Portal. 2015-02-15.
- ^ a b "Ovako su Gugl i Fejsbuk čestitali Srbiji Dan državnosti". Blic. 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Google: Srpsko kolo i ćilim za Dan državnosti". Mondo Portal. 15 February 2017.
- ^ "SRPSKA ZASTAVA Gugl u znaku Dan državnosti Srbije". Blic. 15 February 2018.
- ^ "GUGL U BOJAMA SRBIJE: Internet pretraživač čestita nam Dan državnosti". Kurir. 15 February 2019.