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.

1639, December 1. 9. Complaint by Karol Januszewicz and wife Katerina Nevelska to the Vilna chapter about a robbery attack by Kazimir Gabriel Viteik (Vileika?), administrator of the chapter estate of Braszewicz in Brest voivodeship, on the Valavka and Kartovinka (Karlovitska) forests belonging to them, the Januszewiczes. Valavka and the cutting of construction timber. In Polish. Pp. 3001 -3 Source: Inventory of documents of the Vilna Central Archive of Ancient Act Books.