The Poganovo Monastery is located on the left bank of the Jerma River near the village of Poganovo. It belongs to the Eparchy of Niš of the Serbian Orthodox Church and represents an immovable cultural asset as a cultural monument of great importance. It is ten kilometers from the Niš-Sofia highway, next to the road that replaced the route of the former narrow-gauge railway. Thanks to its inaccessible position (until 1927, until the construction of a narrow-gauge railway for the needs of hard coal mines, the Jerme Gorge was completely impassable), it has remained relatively undamaged throughout the centuries. The old name of the place, including the monastery itself, was Dobroševo, but the Turks changed it to Poganovo. The name Dobroševo was officially returned to the village in January 1934, by decision of the competent ministry. The past of the monastery near the village of Dobroševa is evidenced by three round stones with inscriptions, built on the western side of the temple. The names are engraved on them: John the Theologian (patron), Mr. Konstantin and Mrs. Jelena. During World War II, the monastery was looted by the Bulgarians and the iconostasis (from 1620) with the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, which was preserved and is now in the National Museum in Sofia, was taken away.