List of Armenian churches in Azerbaijan
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List of Armenian Apostolic churches in Azerbaijan.
Baku
Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral - destroyed
Church of the Holy Virgin (18th century) - destroyed
St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church (1887) - closed, used as a library
Dashkasan
Targmanchats Monastery (4-5th centuries) - ruin
Church of the Holy Virgin, Chiragidzor - destroyed
Ganja
Church of St. Karapet (Middle Ages) - ruin
Church of St. John the Baptist (1633) - destroyed
Church of the All-Savior (17th century) - destroyed; in its place is a medical college
Church of Saint Sargis church (18th century) - destroyed
Church of the Holy Mother of God (18th century) - destroyed
Church of St. Thaddaeus (18th century - destroyed; in the place of the church is a cinema
Shaki
Church of Kish
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
A complete list of known Armenian Apostolic churches in Nakhichevan built since the adoption of Christianity in Armenia would include more than 280 churches.
Recent reports have alleged that probably all of the Armenian churches in Nakhchivan that were still standing in the decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union were destroyed by Azerbaijan in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh war. A 2006 report about a visit made to Nakhchivan in 2005 stated that of the five churches visited all were found to have been completely destroyed, in particular the 14th-century St. Karapet monastery in Abrakunis, and the 17th-century St. Hakop-Hayrapet church in Shurut.
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