The monastery was mentioned for the first time in the late 10th century, in the “Chronicle of the Priest of Doclea”. The monastery was founded by Prince Vladimir, who today is better known from the legend about his tragic love for the daughter of the Macedonian Emperor Samuilo – Kosara. For a certain period of time the monastery was the residence of Metropolitan of Zeta, which was torn down at the end of the 16th century. In the immediate vicinity of the monastery there is an aquifer, which dates from the year 1001, and which even today supplies inhabitants of the surrounding villages with drinking water.