The Basilian monastery has been mentioned in Torokany since the 16th century. It is mentioned in 2 books: Pawluczuk U.A.: Monastic life in the Second Polish Republic. University of Bialystok Publishing House, 2007, p. 25. A. Mironowicz, Monastic life in the former Republic of Poland, In: ed. A. Mironowicz, U. Pawluczuk, P. Chomik: Monastic Life in the Republic. Bialystok: Department of the History of Borderline Cultures of the Institute of Sociology, University of Bialystok, 2001, p.

At the moment there is no exact information whether the church was built during the Uniate period or as an Orthodox church. The first official mention of the church in Wawulicze can be dated back to 1631. At that time, a Uniate priest who served in Wawulicze is mentioned. Hrynkowski Lauren, Hrynkowski Ławrenty, priest of the church in the village. Wawulicze, Pinsk district. 18.09.1631 [152, p. 247-249]. Fałdisty Jan, ordained by the Pinsk-Turaw bishop G.

There is no exact date when the church in Wolowel was built and to which denomination it belonged. The “Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries” mentions the municipality of Wolowel as part of Dobra Królewska Zakoziel. The church was first mentioned in 1569, in connection with the formation of the Union of Lublin, as a Uniate church. The list of Christian Catholic settlements of 1726 mentions Wolowel.