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Church of Kish

Church of Kish
Church of Saint Elishe
Müq. Yelisey Kilsəsi
Holy Mother of God Church

Tanrının Müqəddəs anası Kilsəsi
გიშის ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია

Սուրբ Աստուածածին եկեղեցի
Religion
AffiliationGeorgian Orthodox Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusinactive (no parishioners), but mass held by Georgian priest[1]
Location
LocationAzerbaijan Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan
Church of Kish is located in Azerbaijan
Church of Kish
Shown within Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates41°14′56″N 47°11′35″E / 41.248933°N 47.193067°E / 41.248933; 47.193067
Architecture
Completedprobably early 12th century AD[1]
Dome(s)1

The Church of Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş kilsəsi; Georgian: გიშის ეკლესია), also known from different sources[2][3][4] as Church of Saint Elishe (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi, Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիշէ եկեղեցի;[5] Latinised Saint Eliseus[1]) or Holy Mother of God Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստուածածին եկեղեցի),[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 (Armenian or 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e Storfjell, Bjørnar. "The Church in Kish: Carbon Dating Reveals its True Age". Azerbaijan International. Los Angeles and Baku. pp. 33–39. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  2. ^ dqdk.gov.az Alban-udi xristian kilsəsi Archived 2009-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ affa.az Azərbaycanda din
  4. ^ baku-icc-2009.az Alban-Udi kilsəsi Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c d Karapetian, Samvel. "Kish". Research on Armenian Architecture. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  6. ^ Wegge, Bjørn (2003). From Jerusalem to Gis: An investigation of the Eliseus-tradition in Courcasis.[dubious – discuss] Paper Presented at the Conference Caucasus Albanians in the Past and Present. B. p. 35.
  7. ^ Karimov, Vilayat; Storfjell, J. Bjørnar (2003). Киш. Б. (Kish. B.). p. 23. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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