History
In the past, the village of Derżów belonged to the parish of Rozdole. Towards the end of the 19th century, there were thoughts of establishing an exposition in the village and erecting a church. A temple on the territory of Derzhov would have greatly facilitated pastoral tasks, especially since the village is separated from Rozdol by the Dniester River and communication was hampered by the lack of a bridge. In the end, the church was built in 1896 and the exposition of the Rozdol parish was probably established in 1907. At the time, the parish was administered by one of the local Carmelites and also included the villages of Czernica, Piaseczna and Rudniki. In 1912, by a decree of the consistory, or meeting of the bishop's curia to resolve a particular matter, of the metropolitan see in Lwów, the church was declared "legally filial". Eventually, in 1923, a parish was established in Derzhov, which included the previously mentioned villages, as well as Petniczany and Tejsary. On 8 July 1894 a committee was formed to build a church (at first described as a chapel), which a few days later had at its disposal a plot of land donated by Karol Jablonski and Bronislava Wnorowska, and a building stone donated by Karol Count Lanckoroński. The consecration of the foundation stone took place on 26 May 1895. The design of the temple was made by the architect Jan Doliński of Lviv for the sum of 100 zloty, while the work was carried out by the builder Adam Łańcucki. Subsidies for the construction were obtained from the Lvov consistory, Szymon Kraszewski, the Jablonski family and the Ursula hr. Golejewska Foundation. The Archdukes Raider and Frederick also contributed small sums. Construction progressed rapidly, and in October 1896 the temple was already covered with a roof, but still lacked vaults and woodwork. The temple was consecrated in 1897. In 1899, the carpenter Antoni Aspenschild inserted the rectory. Despite a lot of concrete information, surprisingly little is known about the condition and furnishings of the church. Certainly in 1913 there were references to a wooden bell tower for three bells. Two years later, probably during the war effort, the rectory buildings burned down. In the following years, the condition of the church deteriorated considerably. In 1921, the local heiress, Sabina Jablonska, made efforts to dry the severely soggy church, but the task proved impossible to complete due to technical difficulties, so the amount that had been earmarked for this purpose was actually used to build a new rectory. At the beginning of 1924, Pastor Jan Balys asked the curia in Lviv for material assistance, arguing his request with the words: "our church in Derzhov damaged, ragged and neglected by the effect of the war, is in dire need of renovation and painting". He soon received an allowance of 50 million zloty.

Eventually, the church in Derżów was burnt down in 1944, probably by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. In 1949, with the establishment of the kolkhoz, the ruins were turned into a warehouse. The Polish inhabitants of Derżów left the village with the parish priest and moved to Upper Silesia, specifically to Gliwice, Katowice and Zabrze. As far as is known, they did not take any of the church furnishings with them, which probably burnt down with the temple anyway.

Architecture
The brick and plastered church was located in the western part of the village on the side of the road with the chancel facing north-west. It consists of a five-bay nave. It is known that the chancel was undistinguished. Pillars were added to the walls. The vaulting flowed onto frail moulded brackets, which were overhung by wall-mounted pillars. The windows in the three central bays of the nave were rectangular and closed with a pointed arch, as well as being embayed, with the central windows being larger than the others. More specifically: the windows in the second and fourth bays are set in rectangular panels, while those in the third bays are framed by stepped bifolds. The entrance opening is also rectangular in shape, framed by a pyramidal shallow recess. Above the entrance, there is a pulpit roof. We know that the gable of the façade was triangular and framed on the sides by pedestals. The side elevations were closed with a profiled cornice. The roof was gabled and tiled. We also know that there was a metal-clad, quadrangular turret-signature with clearances in the lower part, topped with a tall pyramidal spire with a ball and cross.

About the equipment of the church, we know that it consisted, among others, of the main wooden altar with the image of Blessed John of Dukla and two wooden side altars with images: "Our Lady of Mount Carmel" and "Christ Crucified". There was also an organ and a wooden confessional.

In the past, the church's surroundings also included a bell tower, with a bell decorated in the upper part with floral ornamentation and an oval plaque "Our Lady and Child" with the inscriptions: "OUR QUEEN PRAY FOR US | THIS BELL A GIFT FOR THE CHURCH IN DEREŻÓW BY DR WILHELM KRZYSZTONIÓW R.P. 1929." The bell has been preserved on the bell tower at the local church.

Today the church is in a state of disrepair, surrounded by kolkhoz buildings. The chancel has been demolished and storage rooms added in its place. The walls in the upper parts were partly demolished. Most of the windows were also bricked up. The walls were in very poor condition: soggy and overgrown with weeds, lacking plaster, and were also repainted white. The temple was temporarily covered with eternit. The belfry and plaster are gone.

The architecture of the Derzhov church used the modest forms of the already reduced Neo-Gothic, limited to the pointed arch and buttresses. The type of vaults is unfortunately not known. A characteristic feature of the building may be the "wall-pillar" construction of the nave and the introduction of small gables in the middle of the side elevations. The church is characterised by simplicity and a specific archaism, which fits the character of a village church that, in addition to its sacral function, also fulfils the role of a monument to Latin culture. It is also worth mentioning that the author of the church project, Jan Doliński, also rebuilt the church in Dolina, where he combined Neo-Gothic and Neo-Romanesque elements.