“Such celebrations displease God,” Jehovah’s witness Serena Williams explained why daughter Olympia’s first birthday was not celebrated
Serena Williams once revealed why their daughter’s first birthday was not celebrated.
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Tennis legend Serena Williams is religious and never wanted to make it a private thing. In fact, during the 2018 US Open press conference, the 23-time Grand Slam champion said that she and her husband Alexis Ohanian decided not to celebrate their daughter Olympia Ohanian’s first birthday due to these religious reasons. The most successful tennis player in the Open era’s (in terms of the Grandslam titles won)open admission about the religious customs was the talk of the time then.
As said by Serena in 2018 about not celebrating her child’s first birthday, “We’re Jehovah’s Witnesses, so we don’t do that,”. According to the official website of Jehovah’s witness, “because we believe that such celebrations displease God.”
Further quoting the religious customs according to the official website of Jehovah’s witnesses, “Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them.” (Source: People)
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The William sisters had a fierce rivalry on the court in the early 2000s. It is reported that in the 1980s, both of the sisters were converted to Jehovah’s witnesses, which is a form of Christianity that follows old and new testimony.
Serena‘s rivalry with her sister Venus Williams was the biggest crowd-puller in the early 2000s. There were viewers chiming in from all over for the ultimate clash. In doubles, the William sisters dominated by winning all the Grand Slams and three Olympic gold medals. The sisters turned back the clock in the 2017 Australian Open final. There they both faced off in a Grand Slam final for the first time after years. Their last meeting was when Venus triumphed at Wimbledon in 2008.
They both have played against each other 31 times. Serena leads the head 2 head 19-12. Serena also leads the head 2 head in slam matches and slam finals: 11-5 and 7-2, respectively. The duo has played 4 major finals consecutively from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open and Serena won all 4.
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