According to legend, founded by monks who had fled from Kiev in 1240, first settled in the abode of the holy spring at Blessed stone. Here come the blessing of the Russian princes. The monastery was revived in 1608 the monk-ascetics Job Kniagynytskyi has lived up to it 12 years on Mount Athos. In 1621 the monastery was right stavropegic monasteries, it was subordinated to more than 500 monasteries in Galicia, Bukovyna, and Moldavia. The architectural complex of stone and wooden buildings, enclosed with a high stone wall with towers and battlements, which successfully entered in mountainous terrain. According to scientists, is buried here Hetman I. Vygovskyi. The monastery was closed by the Austrian authorities in the 18th century. Under Soviet rule, the restoration was carried out to establish the museum. In 1998 the monastery was returned to the Orthodox Church. In recent years, restored Holy Cross Church and other facilities.