The church was an integral part of the ancient monastery Kanev, which buried the famous Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Pidkova, Yakiv Shah, Samiilo Kishka. Near the church May 20, 2014 a monument to Cossack Ataman Ivan Horseshoe. The memorial glorious hetman Ivan Pidkova and to all Ukrainian Cossack knights who found, as later Taras Shevchenko eternal rest on Chernecha mountain.