The village, which administratively also incorporates Văcărești (Hu: Vacsárcsi), Ainad (Hu: Ajnád), as well as the scattered Romanian settlement of Livezi (Hu: Lóvész), is situated at approximately 13 km north of Miercurea Ciuc (Hu: Csíkszereda), in the valley of the Racului (Hu: Rákos) brook. The name of the settlement originates with certainty from the medieval village church, dedicated to Archangel Michael: it appears as “Sancto Michaele” in the papal records of 1333 or 1332 (if one considers the documents of Monumenta Vaticana).  Later on the settlement is mentioned in archives under the name “Zen Mijhal” or “Zent Mihal” in 1539 and 1552. In 1567 it is recorded in the Papal Regestrum as having 64 inhabitant families.

The building of the church situated in the centre of the village dates from the first half of the 14^th century. Fortified by 3 meter high walls, the one-nave church is equipped with a sacristy and a Gothic, octagonal sanctuary reinforced by several buttresses. According to the assumptions of K. József Sebestyén and Géza Entz, we must consider the years 1465–1467 as the period of construction of the church, as shown by the carved coat of arms of the Hunt-Pázmán family placed on the ribbed vault of the northern wall. The inner west gateway is the oldest part of the church, believed to originate from the 13^th –14^th century. It was partially destroyed during the Mongol invasion, in 1694.  During the Mongol destructions the original tower of the church was burned down, but later in 1715 Mihály Sándor rebuilt it from the remains.

In one of the church paintings of the 1930s, on the northern side of the ship, along with the gallery, a fragment of mural paintings was found. (Zoltán Magyar: Column of Christian Knights). The appearance of this latest Szeklerland example of the Saint Ladislaus legend was greatly damaged by the superficial work of the restorers of the time. József Lángi discovered another small detail in 1997, until in 2005 the preservation of all the fragments revealed until then was completed. “During the works, after removing the cement plaster, a large, coherent painted surface developed in the upper register from two smaller fragments.”