The picturesque location of the Mari region, on the banks of the river Rutka in 1997 began construction of the Monastery - Our Lady of St. Sergius desert. Structures on the monastery grounds are in the best traditions of Russian wooden architecture. View domes wooden churches in the taiga Kilemarsky District makes a strong impression on tourists and pilgrims.

In 1998 he took the course godfather: of the Yoshkar-Ola Ascension Cathedral, accompanied by clergy and laity was moved to the icon of the Holy Virgin in the phenomenon being built abode. The miraculous icon, which has become the main shrine of the monastery - the image survived the devastation Tsarevokokshaisk convent.

In 1999, the community of monks was consecrated and opened for many pilgrims coming from all over the world to find a cure at the miraculous image - the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, Athos Mother of God and Icon of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. Also the Virgin of St. Sergius desert were brought pieces of the holy relics of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

In the landscaped grounds of the monastery between flower beds and pine trees located: Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, the belfry, the abbot's body and a utility room. In addition to obedience the monks engaged in translation work of Orthodox literature (from Church Slavonic into Russian and from Russian into Greek), for his efforts to give positive feedback from the Russian Academy of Sciences and the recognition of the Mari diocese.