[1][2] The monastery consists of two churches including the larger "Saint Joachim of Osogovo" and the smaller "Holy Mother of God."

The monastery grounds also consist of a bell tower, dormitories, a guardhouse, and a residency for the Head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.

At that time, Father Teodor de Ovče Polje arrived there, who became a monk and took the name Teofan.

He gathered around him a large number of monks and with them he built a church and a monastery to Venerable Joachim, of whom he later became the first abbot.

The famous Serbian ascetic and Mount Athos elder Isaiah de Serres (c. 1350) also became a monk at this monastery.

The Karlovac Chronicle (1505) states that the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin had a church built dedicated to Saint Joachim of Osogovo.