One of the oldest Orthodox churches in the country and an important cultural center for the Romanians in Țara Bârsei, it is documented as being built on the site of a wooden cross dating to 1292.

More help was provided around 1513 by Neagoe Basarab, and the construction was finished in 1519 with the polygonal apse and three buttresses, larger than originally planned.

Works were continued by Moldavian Voivode Aron Vodă between 1595 and 1597, during which the bell tower was constructed and the interior of the church was painted.

Between 1733 and 1734, the northern chapel (dedicated to the Annunciation) was completed with help from Protopope Radu Tempea II and Lady Ancuța, the daughter of Constantin Brâncoveanu.

[6] Other important gifts were received from Michael the Brave, Petru Rareș, Gheorghe Ștefan, Constantin Brâncoveanu, as well as many parishioners over the centuries.

[8] The northern chapel was painted between 1735 and 1738 by Craiova painters Ranite Grigore, his brother Gheorghe and his son Ioan, and Mihaili who portrayed the Apocalypse of Saint John, the First Council of Nicaea, themes of Deesis and the Resurrection, and the mural "Wheel of the World" (which depicts the rotation of the Earth around the Sun performed by the saints).

In the 19th century, the church supported the Junii Brașoveni [ro] Society and helped fund the Romanian Gymnasium of Brașov in 1851.