The monastery was built by Mihail Hancu, Great High Steward, after his daughter expressed a desire to become a nun.

[1] It was initially a female community, but it ceased to exist by the mid-eighteenth century due to the Crimean Tatars invasion.

Following the arrival of the Russian army under Rumeantev (1770-1772), the monastery was restored by monks and became a male community.

In 1992, it was returned to its original purpose as a monastery for women, and today houses a large community of nuns.

The monastery site today includes a retreat house and the official residence of the local bishop.