The church of the monastery (katholikon) was built between 1852 and 1856 on the foundations of an old church, which was erected in 1330. Тhe church of the monastery is dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God (Uspenie na Bogorodica or Golema Bogorodica). The katholikon has three naves, a central eight-sided dome and a five-sided apse in the East (with entrances in the West, South and North). The name of the monastery comes from the medieval Serbian term for uncultivated land (zabel). The place, where the monastery is located, is in the triangle between the villages Nikuljane, Staro Nagoričane and Čelopek.