The monastery is situated on the territory of the Makarov churchyard, which has existed since the early 18th century.

In 1704, the Cathedral of John the Evangelist was built, later becoming a sanctuary for Polyansky for two years.

It features an especially revered icon of Saint John the Evangelist, the arks with particles of the holy relics of the Kiev Pechersk reverend fathers and locally venerated saints of Mordovia.

The spring's source flows from the hill near St. Nicholas Church, a wooden hilltop building.

Monks who laboured in the monastery prayed at the holy spring, sanctifying it with their prayers, and thus the water from it healed people of various diseases.

The icon of the Mother of God depicted in the Inexhaustible Chalice has become a Russian shrine.

The relics of the holy fathers of the Kiev Caves are kept in two arks in the monastery.

The hotel of the missionary-pilgrim centre was opened near the Cathedral of John the Evangelist.