The church was built in 1606-1618 with the foundation of Grand Crown Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski, according to a design by Italian architects working in Lviv: Pavel the Italian, called Lucky, and then Ambrose, called Przychylny.

The church has a Latin-cross ground plan, topped with a magnificent dome. At the top of the façade is a statue of St Michael the Archangel (the statue of St Lawrence at the top of the transept has not survived). The frieze surrounding the church, designed by the Hetman himself, is decorated with panoplies, bas-reliefs of Saints George and Martin, mounted hussars and archers, wounded soldiers, and armed warriors.