The old monastery of the church now houses the municipal art gallery.

Only the church retains its original function; the former monastery now houses a school.

After the war, the monastery housed 3,000 Russian soldiers.

In the Soviet period, the monastery housed a transit prison and a cantonment.

The monastery now houses a museum of science.

The monastery currently houses a museum, library and the offices of the current town hall.

Currently, the monastery is functional and houses a community of Georgian monks.

During the Soviet period, the monastery housed a military unit.

During the first decades of Soviet rule the monastery housed a lunatic asylum.

The monastery now houses lecture halls and the church is one of the university chapels.