It is located in the Iskar river gorge, at the foot of the Stara Planina mountains, near Cerbului meadow, Mezdra municipality, on the border between Sofia and Vratsa districts. The monastery was founded in the eleventh century, being destroyed several times, and the last reconstruction dates from 1815. The church has a dome in the form of a cross, and the four altars inside also form a cross, being separated by the interior walls. The icons are from the XVII-XIX centuries, being the result of the work of artists from the Tryavna School, from the Vitanovtsi family. Mentions about the monastery can be found in the liturgical books of the 16th-18th centuries. Over time, the monastery has been a literary and educational center, and there is a school for children here. According to a local legend, here came 7 boyars from Bessarabia who founded the seven villages nearby. Today the monastery is a large monastery complex, composed of church, residential buildings and bell tower, and around the monastery there are wonderful conditions for resting and tourism.