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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 (known to Armenians as Shushi) in Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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, after the name of the old wooden church that was previously located on the same site, and which was named as such in honour of the farmers of Nagorno-Karabakh who built it.The church suffered serious damage after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war; the bell tower and the central dome together with its supporting drum were destroyed. The Azerbaijani government and the Baku Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church report that the church is undergoing "renovation".

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