Serbian merchant Sima Andrejević founded the seminary in order to train men to serve as Orthodox clergymen and teachers.

[2] Under the direct leadership of Petar Kostić, it quickly became the center of Serbian culture and education in the Ottoman Empire during the first decades of the 20th century.

[6] In the 2004 unrest in Kosovo, which broke out on 17 March, ethnic Albanians started attacking the Serb settlement in Prizren, including the Seminary.

[8] In March 2007, the local company HIDROTERM together with Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) worked together in restoring this educational institution to its former state.

Others who took part in this project were the Municipality of Prizren, the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the Institute for Protection of Monuments in Kosovo.