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{{english}}Our father among [[saint]]s Basil of Ostrog and Tvrdoš(Свети Василије острошки и и тврдошки чудотворац), the Miracle-worker was born Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Zahumlje and Herzegovina from 1639 to 1671. His Feast day is [[April 29]]/[[May 12]].
== Early Life ==
St. Basil was born in Mrkonjići, a village in Hercegovina of simple and God-fearing parents Petar and Ana Jovanović(Петар и Ана Јовановић). His baptismal name was Stojan (Стојан) From his youth, he was filled with love for the Church of God. He was teaching Holy Scriptures in Monastery Zavala. His teacher was Serafim, [[igumen]] of Monastery Zavala. When Stojan reached maturity, Fr. Serafim sent him to the Monastery of the Dormition (Assumption) of the Theotokos of God-Tvrdoš, near Trebinje. Stojan was tonsured as monk Basil and was ordained [[deacon]] and [[presbyter]] . As a monk, he quickly became renown because of his genuine and rare ascetical life. Soon he was raised [[archimandrite]]. Saint Basil took upon himself mortification upon mortification each one heavier and more difficult than the last.
