 The "koleda" was carried out from the Feast of Saint Ignatius Theophorus (five days before Christmas) up until the Epiphany.This custom was best preserved in the upper Pčinja District, and in the region around the River South Morava in the Jablanica District, southeastern Serbia.Regarded as pagan and discouraged by the Serbian Orthodox Church, the "koleda" ceased to be performed among most of the Serbs during the 19th and 20th centuries.