Mrkonjići

Mrkonjići
Мркоњићи
Village
Mrkonjići is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mrkonjići
Mrkonjići
Coordinates: 42°50′32″N 18°06′03″E / 42.84222°N 18.10083°E / 42.84222; 18.10083
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
MunicipalityTrebinje
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Mrkonjići Monastery
Mrkonjići Monastery

Mrkonjići (Serbian Cyrillic: Мркоњићи) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

In this village Basil of Ostrog was born as Stojan Jovanović in 1610. At a young age, he entered the nearby Zavala Monastery, from where he continued to Tvrdoš Monastery, and to various centers of the Orthodox church around the world.[2] At the site of his birth house, a church was built in the 1990s and later expanded into Mrkonjići Monastery. Its annual celebration of St Vasilije on May 12 brings numerous visitors to the village.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. ^ "The Life of Saint Basil of Ostrog | Visit Montenegro". www.visit-montenegro.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  3. ^ Tošić, Nadežda (2022-03-26). "SVETI VASILIJE Potiče iz sela Mrkonjići u Hercegovini". UžiceMedia (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. ^ ЗХиП, Епархија (2024-05-12). "Празник Светог Василија Тврдошког и Острошког прослављен у Мркоњићима". Епархија Захумско-херцеговачка и приморска (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-07-20.

42°50′32″N 18°06′03″E / 42.84222°N 18.10083°E / 42.84222; 18.10083

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