The monastery buildings served multiple purposes over time such as residence of the country's leaders, military hospital, medical school and the site of the National Archives of Romania.

[1] Between 1908 and 1909, Cristofi Cerchez, head of architecture for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, supervised work on the State Archives at the Monastery.

[1] According to this, in a very very cold winter, probably between years 1589 and 1591, Mihai, the stepson of Pătrașcu cel Bun (in English, "Pătrașcu the Good") was arrested by the leader Alexandru cel Rău (in English, "Alexandru the Bad"), who accused him having conspired to gain leadership of the country.

Mihai, with permission from his guards, stopped to attend mass at the church and bowed to the icon of Saint Nicholas, promising him to build a monastery nearby if he should escape death.

A third version of events says that Mihai was released after the protests of members of the community who had gathered at the place of execution.