Kanach Zham | |
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Կանաչ Ժամ | |
![]() The church in 2018, six years before its destruction in 2024. | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Status | Destroyed or Damaged, repair work ongoing according to the Azerbaijani government |
Location | |
Location | Shusha, Azerbaijan |
Geographic coordinates | 39°45′45″N 46°44′37″E / 39.76250°N 46.74361°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Armenian |
Saint John the Baptist Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ եկեղեցի), commonly known as Kanach Zham (Armenian: Կանաչ Ժամ), is an Armenian Apostolic church in Shusha, Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, located just uphill from the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral. Kanach Zham means "Green Chapel" in Armenian, which refers to the previously green domes of the church. The church is sometimes also called Gharabakhtsots, the name of the old wooden church that was previously located in the same place as Kanach Zham, and which was named as such in honor of the farmers of Nagorno-Karabakh who built it.[1]
According to Armenian reports, the church was demolished by Azerbaijan between December 2023 and April 2024,[2] although the Azerbaijani government and the Baku Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church had previously maintained that the church, which suffered damage during the war, was still standing and undergoing renovation.[3][4][5]
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