Today's Gothic one-nave church is located on the site of the former Prague settlement of Zderaz and is one of the oldest churches in Prague. Although it was built on the edge of a raised platform above the Vltava river, today, thanks to a major modification of the surroundings, it stands on a terrace above the deepened slope to the embankment. The church has been owned and cared for by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church since 1926 and serves for its regular activities. Historian Mgr. Jakub Synecký.
However, the interior of the church is no less interesting. In commemoration of last year's 150th anniversary of the birth of František Bílek (1872–1941), our leading architect, sculptor, graphic artist and symbolist, we pay tribute to his art and philosophy of the mystical unity of the world. The most complete set of his church interior, which he created for his son František, the local priest of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, is located in this church. Together with the long history of the church, it creates a breathtaking genius loci: Christ on the cross with the structure of a tree refers to the symbolism of the Tree of Life, connecting the crucified Christ with the resurrected one and conceiving him as the victor. The historical abbreviation of the Czech nation is symbolized by six figures carved on the liturgical table: the ancestor of Bohemia, St. Ludmila with St. Václav, Jan Hus, Jan Žižka and Jan Amos Komenský. The simple table of the Hussite camp service symbolizes the wood from which the whole ensemble is carved. Wooden candlesticks depicting hands symbolize the drama of the fall and redemption of man: a smaller candlestick in the form of a hand holding an apple wrapped around a snake, a larger candlestick in the form of clasped hands receiving salvation from the wood of the cross and the Tree of Life. On the sides of the benches, motifs of plants and animals symbolize the Garden of Eden and the harmony of man and nature.
Kostel sv. Václava na Zderaze se nachází uprostřed Resslovy ulice na Novém Městě pražském. Veřejnou dopravou se sem můžete dostat buď z Karlova náměstí nebo z náměstí Jiráskova. Pokud se rozhodnete přijít z náměstí Karlova, můžete použít jednak metro, linku žlutou – B, stanice a výstup Karlovo náměstí, případně celou řadu tramvají, jako 1, 3, 10, 14, 16 nebo 24 a odsud potom mírně dolů Resslovou ulicí, kostel bude po vaší levé ruce.
Pokud se rozhodnete přijít od Jiráskova náměstí, jedou sem tramvaje č. 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 18 nebo 27. Od tramvajové zastávky doleva – vstupujete do Resslovy ulice, přejděte semafory směrem k Tančícímu domu a jen asi dvě minuty chůze mírně nahoru, kostel bude po vaší pravé ruce.