According to oral tradition, the first church in Pišece stood at the source of the Gabernica stream and was consecrated to St Catherine. Only a baptismal font with the inscription Fons Baptismalis remains of the original structure. Because the church was much too small for the large parish, it had to be rebuilt. In 1791 the parishioners sent an application to the office of the most honourable Prince Bishop, which then forwarded their request to the district court in Celje to secure all the necessary support for the construction of the new church. When the office of the governor of Celje learnt that a new church was to be built in Pišece, it ordered all relevant documents to be collected and sent to Celje for verification. The national prosecutor’s office in Olimje, the district geodesist Jernej and the builder Wagner participated in the procedure. Soon afterwards, the Videm deanery received permission to lay the foundations for the new church and an order to send regular reports on the progress of the construction.
The church was built in 1795 in the Baroque style. It has a single nave composed of three rectangular bays with three vaults and two oratories. The building was consecrated in 1810. The bell tower is a remnant of the church’s predecessor. An additional storey was added in 1825 and covered with a new Baroque roof in 1863.
The arch is adorned with a particularly cherished and well known mural of Ecce Homo by the painter Adam Weissenkircher from Radlje, dating from the late 17th century. The church features three altars. The high altar is characteristic of the transition period between the Baroque and Rococo in the mid-18th century. The side altars date from the same period and were moved to the church from the Dominican convent in Radlje. The high altar is adorned with Layer’s painting of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin. The presbytery gives prominence to four tombstones of the Moscon family, the former owners of Pišece Castle.
The main façade of the church is characteristic of the late Baroque. It features dynamic architectural elements, such as pilasters, friezes and segmented windows. The niches to the north and south have statues of Sts Peter and Paul, while the niche in the triangular gable contains a statue of the church’s patron, St Michael.
Later, the church was decorated with murals on the vault in the presbytery, painted by Fantonini in 1878 and restored in 1891. The murals in the nave were created in the style of his work. The church also received an organ made in 1922 by master organ builder Bromdl from Maribor.