Church of St. Ivan - a medieval church located in an area called "Dolni Manastir", one kilometer from the village shepherd in Kyustendil. The building is single-nave building with a semi-cylindrical apse, which measures 7, 5 meters long and 3 5 - wide. The whole architecture of the church is typical of the XV-XVII centuries - historical period to which the construction of the church. However, the presence of open narthex (outbuilding at the entrance to the temple) has made this building is unique to the whole Western Bulgaria, in those years: the entrance to the church is in the form of wide arches without doors, and the walls on either side of it are two large archways.

The appearance of the church is doing a large amount of interest used in the construction materials. This is mainly bonded with plaster colored river stones - gray, beige, brown, blue, green and others. However, in order to achieve the most decorative effect, also used skillfully trimmed red bricks: they are laid out in rows on the edges of the three arches. All this makes the small church building bright and interesting.

In the XVI century, when the temple was built, the walls and ceiling inside were decorated with frescoes, but due to adverse weather conditions, and lack of proper care to this day they have not survived. In the 50 years of the last century, some fragments of frescoes can be seen in the altar area. Thanks to the efforts of Professor Asen Vasiliev preserved descriptions of these images. Apparently, the church was painted by an experienced master, whose name remains unknown. Unfortunately, its rich heritage forever lost to the Bulgarian art. All the paintings that adorn today the church of St. Ivan - the result of the work of contemporary authors made during the restoration.

In the 90-ies of XX century in the course of repair work was restored the original appearance of the temple. The only exception was the roof - semi-cylindrical stone was replaced by a wooden, covered with tiles.

The church is an architectural monument of national importance, consecrated in honor of St. Ivan Rilski Miracle Worker - one of the most famous Bulgarian saints, patron of Bulgarian people.