[1] The founding father of the monastery is Saint Job of Maniava, who was a monk on Mount Athos in Greece for some time before.

In 1606, together with Ivan Vyshensky and religious writer Zakhariya Kopystensky of Kyiv Pechersk lavra he organized the first monk community here.

The clairvoyant hegumen Ioann / John (in the world: Vasyl Hrynyuk), known for his kind-heartedness, was the first head of Manyava Skete after it was reopened.

On 22 December 1652, the Manyava hieromonk Filaret had a dream vision of Blessed Theotokos being dressed in a red hegumen's cloak, who came in through the monastery gates and entered the Church of Annunciation of Virgin Mary and having stopped there, said.

Patriarch Filaret and many of the hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine visit Maniava Skete on a regular basis.

Manyava Skete is also famous for its "Blessed Stone", regarded as a place of prayer and spiritual purification.

The stone reminds a giant cave with the space of 10 x 3 meters, a typical dwelling of the solitary monks, a skete.