Serbian Community

Calgary is known for its long and cold winters which Calgarians await and stoically endure, and then reward themselves with a rich, festival-filled summer. From May to September, Calgary glows in multicolour while natives, newcomers, tourists, and accidental visitors exchange their cultures in the greatest way possible: through song and dance and a good bite to eat.

“People who are selfish, difficult and different, love them anyway;
If you do good, people will think you are on an ego trip, do good anyway;
If you are successful, you may make enemies, succeed anyway;
The good you do will be minor and soon forgotten, do good anyway;
Honesty and fairness make you seem naive, be honest and fair anyway;
What you spend years building could be destroyed overnight, build anyway;
People really need help, but they may not appreciate your help, help them anyway;
Give the best you can and you may get little appreciation, give the world the best you can, anyway.”

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

French-Canadian who married a girl from  Belgrade, has travelled extensively throughout Serbia, makes domaća kafa in his džezva every morning, boasts an impressive cache of village rakija, and sings starogradske pesme in the shower. He’s nuts alright, but most experts believe he’s harmless and might even be beneficial… if taken in small doses.

Andrea Mitrović, a young woman from Mississauga, is the best volleyball player in Canada in the under-19 category, and the most talented of all the female volleyball players who will continue their sports careers in universities across the United States and Canada. This is confirmed by the ranking published on the official website for university recruitment of male and female volleyball players, www.richkern.com.

Serbian cultural organization Oplenac was founded in Canada, far away from its homeland, exactly 30 years ago. And so, somewhere at the edge of the earth, out of a primordial need to preserve its own identity, the strong love towards Serbian traditions and centuries-old heritage found its shelter. As soon as you walk through the doors of Oplenac, it looks as if you magically stepped into a Serbian home.

Aleks Mihailović is a Canadian reporter and journalist. He was born and raised in Toronto. He completed a degree in political sciences at the University of Western Ontario, and received a diploma for radio-television broadcasting from Seneca College. Aleks gained his rich journalistic experience by working at RT America, Sun News Network, Global News Toronto, Global TV, CTV Television Network, and CTV Toronto. Before becoming a journalist, Aleks worked for the United Nations in the Balkans.

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Have you ever attended a performance put on by the Academy of Serbian Folk Dancing? If not, I heartily recommend it and guarantee that it will captivate you. And if you have, you know exactly what I am talking about.

“Remain here!... the sun of another sky

Will not warm you like this one;

The bread is bitter there,

Where you find neither your kindred nor your brothers.”

– Aleksa Šantić

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