The Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Stapari was built in 1821 thanks to Prince Jovan Mićić and Prince Sredoje Arsenijević, and since 1983 it has been entered into the register of cultural monuments of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kraljevo as the Church of Architect Michael. It was built of crushed stone, unlike wooden churches built in the same period. The church is one of the few village churches that have colorful wall paintings. The frescoes and throne icons on the wooden iconostasis were painted by Dimitrije Posniković in the middle of the 19th century.
The temple in Stapari was active during the Javor War (1876) when the Turks burned the churches in Morka Gora, Krsanje, and Zaovine, and the antimins (liturgical canvas), two throne icons, and the royal doors from the burned church in Krsanje were kept in the church in Stapari until In 1893 when they were returned to the new church in Krsanje. The church remained intact during the First and Second Serbian Uprising. During the rule of Miloš Obrenović, the parish of Stapari consisted of the inhabitants of the villages: Volujac, Buar, Bioska, Kremna, Mokra Gora, Drijetanj, Tripkova, and Solotuša.
The church has been renovated several times. The original klis roof was replaced with tin, minor conservation works of frescoes were made in the 1990s, as well as new paintings and necessary works on the building and in the church gate. The church in Stapari is part of the church community of Uzice near the church of St. George.
The temple of the Holy Archangel Gabriel is basically a triconch, with two smaller side apses and one central one in the extension of the nave. It has the basis of a single-nave building, with an accentuated semicircular apse on the east and a narthex on the west. Choirs have been added on the south and north sides. The central space is vaulted with a semicircular vault, while above the apse there is a vault in the shape of a hemisphere. The division of the nave space into three lawns is not visible from the outside – the façade surfaces are simple and flat, without decorations or constructive elements. The monotony of the white surfaces is broken by the semicircular choir extensions and the northern portal pierced in the wall of the central nave.
To the west is a semicircular porch, once wooden, like the porches of log cabin churches. The slope of the roof leads to the assumption that the original roof covering was klis or shingles, and today the church is covered with sheet metal. A wooden bell tower was erected northwest of the church. Window openings exist only on the altar apse, choirs and one walled window that was located high on the west wall.
Above the front door, in the lunette, is a representation of the patron saint of the temple, the holy archangel Gabriel.
In the semi-calotte of the altar apse is a representation of the Madonna with Christ, and below it on the northern part of the wall are painted archbishops (St. Maximus, St. Sava and St. Arsenius), and in the south the prophets (St. Vasilije the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, St. John Chrysostom).
The altar space is painted in fresco technique. In the first zone of the iconostasis, St. Nicholas, the Mother of God with the Little Christ and St. John the Baptist are painted. In the second zone, the play Nedremano oko is painted, while there are two cherubim above the side doors. The third zone of the iconostasis is filled with figures of the apostles. At the top of the wall, around the scene of the Crucifixion with the Mother of God and John the Theologian, medallions with the busts of the prophets are arranged.
On the vault of the eastern transept of the nave are painted representations: St. John of Damascus, the apostles Mark and John, the representation of God the Father in the central part of the vault surrounded by six angels and two archangels, the apostles Luke and Matthew, King David with the Harp. On the vault of the central aisle are presented: archangels Michael and Gabriel, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles in the central part of the vault, St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas. On the vault of the western aisle are painted plays: Saints Cosmas and Damian, Christ surrounded by apostles blesses children, holy warriors George and Demetrius. In the highest zone of the western wall of the nave, two Old Testament scenes are painted: Hospitality of Abraham and Sacrifice of Abraham. Above the western portal, Serbian rulers are represented: Tsar Uroš, King Stefan Dečanski, King Stefan Prvovenčani, Stefan Nemanja as a monk Simeon, Prince Lazar Kefaloforos, Despot Jovan and Mother Angelina.