It is composed of seven villages: Criva, Densuș, Hățăgel (Hacazsel), Peșteana (Nagypestény), Peștenița (Kispestény), Poieni (Pojény), and Ștei (Stejvaspatak).

It is situated in the historical and ethnographical area known as Țara Hațegului, 15 km (9.3 mi) west of its hub, the town of Hațeg.

It has a square plan, with the nave pierced by a tower, resting on a vault and equipped with a deep semicircular apse.

The entire construction is covered with stone slabs, with most of the material probably coming from nearby Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the capital of Roman Dacia.

Inside the church there are 15th century mural paintings made by artist Ștefan that show Jesus wearing Romanian traditional clothes.