Ostrog

The Ostrog Monastery is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije Ostroški), who was buried here.

The Monastery was founded by Vasilije, the Metropolitan Bishop of Herzegovina, in the 17th century. He died there in 1671, and some years later, he was glorified. His body is enshrined in a reliquary kept in the cave-church dedicated to the Presentation of the Mother of God to the Temple. According to the stories of pilgrims, by praying by his body, many have been cured and helped in lessening the difficulties in their lives.