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Today is Saint Nicholas Day for all christians - othodox and catholics and I want to wish for all Happy Birthday
Well, not exactly! Today is St Nicholas day only for those who celebrate it following The New Style (Gregorian) calendar. But Russian, Serbian and some other orthodox churches use The Old Style - Julian calendar, and they celebrate St Nicholas Day on December 19th.
Celebration in Serbia
In Serbia, Saint Nicholas is celebrated as patron saint of many families, through the feast preserved amongst the Serbs only, widely known as Serbian Slava. Since the feast of Saint Nicholas always falls in the fasting period preceding the Christmas, feast is celebrated according to the Eastern Orthodox Church fasting rules. Fasting refers in this context to the eating of a restricted diet for reasons of Religion.
This is correct. St Nicholas happens to be patron saint of my family and we celebrate our "slava" on December 19th.
Anyway, happy St Nicholas day to to everyone who celebrate it, no matter which date it was 
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