In 1993, the Orthodox Archbishop of Białystok and Gdansk Sawa (Hrycuniak) and the Bishop of Navahrudak and Lida Kanstantsin (Haranau) consecrated the site of the monastery church.
There is also a region historically known as Black Ruthenia (Black Russia, Чорная Русь / Chornaya Rus’), it covers northwestern lands of modern-day Belarus: Hrodna, Slonim, Navahrudak, Vaukavysk and partly Minsk region.