The monastery is situated at around 4 km north of the village of Eleshnitsa, Sofia Province, in the Balkan Mountains, at the foot of the Murgash peak.

[1] A gospel and a psalter from the monastery are now kept in the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in Sofia.

After the defeat of Botev's rebels in early June 1876, some of the surviving men were sheltered in the monastery.

Above the door, on the west wall of the nave, there is a donor inscription attesting to the creation and presentation of the church in the 16th century.

Calligraphic peculiarities and the artistic style of the frescoes testify that they were painted in the late 16th and early 17th century.

In the altar, there is painted the scene of the Annunciation flagged by images of the kings David and Solomon.

In the church, there is one of the four images of the Ecumenical Council which took place in Bulgarian lands, as well as a valuable painting of the Last Supper of 1864.