The present church was founded in 1735-56 by the Greek Catholic Chełm bishop Philip Włodkowic and was built according to the plans of Paweł Fontana.

It is a late baroque church built in the shape of a Latin cross, three-aisled basilica with a huge eight-part dome.

As the years went by, the church needed to be enlarged and in 1711 bishop Józef Lewicki began repair works and built a transept.

The successor of Lewicki, bishop Felicjan Wołodkowicz considered the building's condition to be so bad that renovation was no longer an option and therefore commissioned its demolition.

That time, in curia sat on bishop Maksymilian Rylo, who finished the investment and founded rich decoration of sanctuary.

It is a late baroque church built in the shape of a Latin cross, and is a three-aisled basilica with a huge eight-part dome.

Next to the basilica there is a Basilian Monastery founded in 1640-49 by Bishops Metodiusz Terlecki and Jakub Susza—the principal of the first Chełm secondary school.