The Monastery Is Populated By Slavic-Speaking Monks

During the beginning of the 18th century, only Serbian and Bulgarian monks resided at the Monastery, as we are informed by Ioannis Komnenos and foreign travellers. Moreover, the famous Russian monk-traveller Vasileios Barski visited the Monastery twice during the first half of the 18th century, and commented on the unfortunate situation which he found there: A lack of residents, with only three or four monks living there at that time.