[4] The island was ceded free of charge to the Romanian Patriarchate by the commune of Snagov and it is currently administered by the Archdiocese of Bucharest.

[5] The first written documentary attestation that mentions this monastery dates from the second half of the XIVth century, during the reigns of Dan I (1383-1386) and Mircea the Elder (1386-1418).

In 1453, Vladislav II built a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation, however, local legends says that it sunk into Lake Snagov around the year 1600.

In the nave, in front of the royal doors, lies the funeral slab of the voivode Vlad the Impaler, who was killed in 1476, in the forests near Ciolpani.

The current church on the island was built by Neagoe Basarab in 1521, after the original building from centuries ago was destroyed after an earthquake.

The church was used as a royal necropolis, the tombstones of some governors who were beheaded for treason or forced to become monks for the same reason are kept on the island.

People such as Dragomir Postelnicul, Stoica Logofatul, Pârvu Vornicul, Ioan Clugarul, and the metropolitan Serafim.

Following archaeological research in 1933, it was discovered that a first monastic settlement existed here in the 11th century, which ultimately burned down, due to it being constructed from wood.

Due to its remarkable strategic position, being built on an island of a lake in the middle of a huge forest, Snagov Monastery often functioned as a place of refuge and exile.

According to the legend, after the death of Vlad Țepeș, which occurred after the battle with the Ottoman Empire in 1476 (who had supported the Dănești in obtaining the throne of Wallachia), the monks of the monastery would have found and hidden the ruler's body.

Another theory, more supported by locals, suggests that due to the watery, swampy conditions of the island, the voivode's body quickly decomposed, and thus nothing is left, as his remains became one with Lake Snagov.