Few facts regarding the history of the church, which must have been built in the 14th or 15th century, have come down to us.
The proportions are pleasing, and there are some beautiful brick revetments, especially on the exterior wall of the sanctuary. Architecturally, the Evanghelistria is distyly cruciform, like the Peribleptos and St. Sophia. Judging form fragments of frescoes, on must conclude that the church was decorated in the 15th century, with the exception of the << iconostassis>> which is adorned with inferior paintings of the late 19th. On the other hand, the sculptural decoration is not without interest, its unity of style indicating that all the sculptures were carved for this church itself, instead of what we see in the other churches of Mystra. The capitals, the door-surround of the << Beautiful Gate>> and the inner entrance to the church are characteristic specimens of this form of sculpture.
Behind the church other buildings have been added to the main edifice. The stairway leading to  the women's balcony, the roof of which no longer survives was here.

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