Official Name: | Mrkonjići |
Native Name: | Мркоњићи |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Trebinje |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.8422°N 18.1008°W |
Mrkonjići (Serbian: 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]