Church of Kish | |
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Church of Saint Elishe Müq. Yelisey Kilsəsi Holy Mother of God Church Tanrının Müqəddəs anası Kilsəsi | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | inactive (no parishioners), but mass held by Georgian priest[1] |
Location | |
Location | ![]() |
Geographic coordinates | 41°14′56″N 47°11′35″E / 41.248933°N 47.193067°E |
Architecture | |
Completed | probably early 12th century AD[1] |
Dome(s) | 1 |
The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş kilsəsi; also known from different sources[2][3][4] as Church of Saint Elishe (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi,;[5] Latinised Saint Eliseus[1]) or Holy Mother of God Church ,[5] is a Georgian Orthodox church, probably dating to the early 12th century, in the village of Kiş, approximately 5 km north of Shaki, Azerbaijan.[5] It has been inactive due to lack of parishioners since the 19th century, although mass was still regularly held as of 2000 by a Georgian priest.[1] Archaeological research undertaken in 2000 concluded that it was first built as a diophysite Georgian church, later to become a Chalcedonian church Caucasian Albanian).[1] Previous research had proposed that it had functioned at different times as a Caucasian Albanian Apostolic church, [6][unreliable source?][7][unreliable source?] a Chalcedonian church within the Georgian Orthodox Church, and later as an Armenian Apostolic Church.[5]
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