[1] The original monastery of St. Elijah the Prophet on Boldyna Hora seems to have been founded by Saint Anthony of Pechersk in the 11th century, but was abandoned after the Mongol invasion of 1239.

The new Trinity monastery was founded nearby by Bishop Lazar Baranovych in 1649 as it was rebuilt in 1649 at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Stepan Pobodail; from the second floor.

It is considered a high point of Ukrainian Baroque architecture (as practiced under the auspices of Hetman Ivan Mazepa).

At the initiative of Archbishop Lazar Baranovich, at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Vasyl Dunin-Borkovsky, with the help of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, built in 1679-1689 (1695 finally) by the Great Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and since then called the monastery Trinity-Ilyinsky.

From construction have remained and operate for the purpose: On the territory of the monastery, near the Holy Trinity Cathedral, is the grave of Leonid Ivanovich Glibov.