Mrkonjići
Village in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Mrkonjići (Serbian Cyrillic: Мркоњићи) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMrkonjići
Мркоњићи | |
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Village | |
 Mrkonjići | |
| Coordinates: 42°50′32″N 18°06′03″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Trebinje |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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]
