The existing wooden church was erected in 1653. The oldest preserved icons of the altar partition from this temple were made in the second half of the 15th century and are now in the museum collection /see additional photographs/: Museum – Castle in Łańcut (Mandylion – Abgar's Veil), the National Museum in Kraków (St. Nicholas and Crucifixion), the Folk Architecture Museum in Sanok (Hodigitria Mother of God) and the National Museum in Lwviv (Pokrov Bogurodzica shrine icon). In the 1680s, the parish priest in Owczary (Rychwałd) was Stefan Rychwałski, who equipped the church with, among other things, printed liturgical books (now in the collection of the Historical Museum in Sanok). According to a 19th-century inventory, the church contained two altarpieces (1668 and 1739) and two bells. The older one, founded in 1695 by Fr Tymian Krajnicki, and the second one from 1727. Both were requisitioned during the First World War. After the displacement of the local population in 1947, the church was taken over for use by the Roman Catholic parish in Sękowa. Since 1998, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic parishes, with services held regularly in both rites. 

The church has been reconstructed several times, and only the nave, which together with the chancel is covered by a broken tent roof, remains unchanged from the original structure. All parts of the church including the tower are topped with spherical cupolas. The walls and roofs of the church are covered with shingles, while the domes are tin. The church interior is covered in polychrome dating from 1938. There is also a Baroque iconostasis from the 18th century and two Baroque side altars in the nave – on the north side with an icon of the Virgin and Child (19th century), and on the south side with a large icon of St Nicholas (early 18th century). The last major renovation of the church was in the 1980s when the shingle roofing and walls were restored. The conservation work carried out at that time was awarded the prestigious Europa Nostra Award.
The church is surrounded by a stone wall with a brick bell tower on the west side, which also serves as a gate. In 2013, the Orthodox Church was awarded an inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The church is located on the Wooden Architecture Route in Małopolska. (Link to the Wooden Architecture Route website)