Saint’s Day

Zvornik Municipality has its Saint – St. Petka Trnova whose day is celebrated on August 8th.
Saint martyr Paraskeva lived in 2nd century AD.

Originally, she had Roman roots coming from a Christian family.
After her parents had died, she gave away all her property to the poor and became a nun.

Due to her preaching of Christian religion and many miracles that she had done, she was imprisoned, tortured, and in the end killed with the sward, as ordered by prince Tarasije.