Mrkonjići Explained

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]

References

42.8422°N 18.1008°W

Notes and 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. Web site: The Life of Saint Basil of Ostrog Visit Montenegro . 2024-07-20 . www.visit-montenegro.com.
  3. Web site: Tošić . Nadežda . 2022-03-26 . SVETI VASILIJE Potiče iz sela Mrkonjići u Hercegovini . 2024-07-20 . UžiceMedia . sr-RS.
  4. Web site: ЗХиП . Епархија . 2024-05-12 . Празник Светог Василија Тврдошког и Острошког прослављен у Мркоњићима . 2024-07-20 . Епархија Захумско-херцеговачка и приморска . sr-RS.