In the book “Materials for the Geography and Statistics of Russia, collected by officers of the General Staff”, Grodno Governorate, 1863. There is a mention and description of the Torokany Monastery. Near the town of Antopol, 39 versts from the city of Kobryn, on flat and treeless terrain stands the Torokany Epiphany Orthodox Monastery, built at the beginning of the previous century. The northern wing adjoining the front pavilion was constructed by the local ktitor (church warden) Agafia Piasoczynska, wife of the Wolyn castellan, while the remaining wings were built in 1757 by the monastery authorities.