Kanach Zham

Kanach Zham
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
Shown within Azerbaijan Show map of Azerbaijan Kanach Zham (Karabakh Economic Region) Show map of Karabakh Economic Region
Geographic coordinates	39°45′45″N 46°44′37″E / 39.76250°N 46.74361°E / 39.76250; 46.74361
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]