Why do so many people feel the need to "admonish" that it's not Halloween, it's St. Luke's? Do people think that they are better Orthodox then?
Once, sinful soul of mine, I posted a picture of myself wearing make-up on social networks Halloween. An enviable seniority in journalism has hardened my skin to name-calling, insults and threats.
But I wasn't ready for such a shitstorm either. This text would be small if all the curses directed at me by God-fearing Orthodox were counted.
Because, we know, it's not Halloween Saint Luke.
And what's missing?
Halloween, always on the last day of October, is actually a Christian custom before All Saints. It traveled to America, became more like carnival and masquerade, commercialized and brought back to the whole world.
But what is he really missing? Children rejoice, people gather, open doors to strangers, distribute sweets. Young people go to theme parties, Jason from "Friday the 13th" and the devil meet, everyone is happy.
Except for those who don't have it, so they have the need to spread it all over others.
Why do so many people feel the need to "admonish" that that day is "actually" Saint Luke? Or that it is on the so-called Valentine's Day actually Saint Tryphon?
How - if it is actually about Orthodoxy and tradition - can that granite faith and eternal truth be threatened by masked youth who goof around at the end of October or the giving of roses in February?
The unknown threatens me!
It is a symptom of the same disease, which is not only Serbian - everything that is foreign, new, different, is greeted as a threat at best, and as a disease at worst. In any case - it came from the decadent West.
That should be regulated, limited, eradicated. Or at least express moral contempt on social media. Paradoxically, in the name of Christianity!
And that is where many Christian customs are mixed with pagan ones, where spectacular bonfires are made from burning Christmas trees, and food is left on the graves for the deceased. And so be it, if people want it to be so.
We need tolerance, at least that, if there is no understanding.
In that name, happy Saint Luke to all who celebrate. And a good time to everyone who goes to Halloween.
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