It is not known exactly since the St. Elias is celebrated as the patron saint of Metkovic. The "combat" the saint was probably chosen as our patron because of the then geopolitical position Metkovic still troubled by the Venetian-Turkish border. And not only Metkovic chosen so powerful patron. St. Elias is celebrated throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slavonia. Twentieth of July in Metkovic is always a special day that many people started with Holy Mass at St. Elijah, and later went on to visit the traditional town square where the fair trade and all sorts of things. So give Metkovci in guests receive relatives and friends from surrounding towns, but they do not have relatives in Metkovic in large numbers flocked to the Metkovic "on partying," that is fair. It remains to this day. Somewhere in the mid sixties to the late eighties, the then communist government tried to destroy the centuries-old tradition of the celebration of St. Elijah shifted the "partying" seven days to coincide with the date of the uprising of the people of the then Croatian and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They failed, because then instead of a Metkovic had two celebrations. And both are tied with St. Elijah.