The fifteenth century monastery is located high on a cliff. The sanctuary of the church is in a cave with the body of the church extending outwards.

The eccentric monk Gerontoyannis ("Old John") is buried here and the locals revere him as a saint because he was known to have performed miracles and cured the sick which lead to streams of visitors to the monastery. These pilgrimages disturbed the Turkish authorities who arrested Gerontoyannis but later let him go free. During the last years of his life, Gerontoyannis prayed in a small cave above the church and the two small hollows on the cave floor were supposedly made by the holy man's knees as he prayed.