Ostrog Monastery - Podgorica

Ostrog Monastery is an active Orthodox male monastery. It is one of the largest religious centers in Montenegro and a popular place of pilgrimage. The monastery was founded in 1650 by St. Basil of Ostrog (in the world Stoyan Jovanovich). The monastery is built in a sheer rock at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level and currently the relics of the saint rest in the monastery. Vasily Ostrogsky is one of the most revered saints in Montenegro and Serbia. This name is associated with numerous stories of miraculous healings from diseases. The monastery consists of two parts, lower and upper. It is in the upper part (Mountain Monastery) that the most important shrines of the monastery are located. The upper part of the complex consists of two churches. This is the Exalted Church and the Introduction to the Church of the Virgin Mary. In the reliquary of the Vvedensky temple is kept the ark with the miraculous relics of St. Basil.

On the way back we will visit with you the capital of Montenegro Podgorica and the largest Orthodox Church of Montenegro is the Sunday of the Lord.