This is a church dating from the 12th century, initially a Roman basilica fortified and transformed in Gothic style after the devastating Turkish inroad of 1493 on the seat of Sibiu. The plan of the church features three naves, a choir and an apse, as well as lateral naves ending in apsidioles. A massive belfry (on four levels) was erected on the western wing,  when the semi-circular apse was altered into a polygon, incorporated to the nave and above the square choir; then a flanking turret was added over each of the two lateral portals. The last mentioned were elevated in 1500 at the same time with the raising of the central turret roof (7 m). In 1591   4 little turrets on the corners completed the belfry. In the 15th-16th centuries the three precincts walls were put up, strengthened by 7 defense towers. Because of these additions the church has become a compact, majestic mass, with an enhanced resistance. This made it impossible for the Turks to conquer it in their 1658 siege.

The church shelters fragments of murals achieved in the late 15th century.    The predela of the polyptych altar featuring The Presentation of Jesus (Vicentius, 1525), and other cult objects that had belonged to this abode are now on display in the Brukenthal museum of Sibiu.

Above the southern entrance of the church there stands a beautiful sandstone portal.