Azerbaijan
Karabakh
Shusha

Kanach Zham

Saint John the Baptist Church, commonly known as Kanach Zham, was an Armenian Apostolic church in in , in the region of , located just uphill from the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: Armenian Apostolic church in Shusha, Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Ganach Jham”, “Green church”, “Kanach Jham”, “Kanach zham”, “Saint John the Baptist Church”, and “Yaşıl kilsə / Müqəddəs Vəftizçi Yuhənna kilsəsi”
  • Address: Atatürk, Şuşa, AZ5800

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shusha fortress (1751 year) and Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque.

Castle
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The Shusha fortress or Shushi fortress is a fortress surrounding the historical centre of , also called Shushi. The newly conquered castle town was called "Panahabad fortress" named after Panah Ali Khan who together with Melik Shahnazar was the founder of the fort. is situated 690 metres northeast of Kanach Zham.

Mosque
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The , also called the Great Juma Mosque of Govhar Agha, is an Azerbaijani Shia Muslim located in the city of , . is situated 1 km east of Kanach Zham.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
The Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque is a in , . The designation ashaghi refers to the location of the mosque in the lower section of Shusha town, distinguishing it from the , the similarly named mosque located in the upper section of the town. is situated 1 km east of Kanach Zham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qarabulaq and Nağılar.

Village
is a village de jure in the of , de facto in the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.

Village
is a village in the of .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ghaibalishen or Qaybali is a village that is part of the of , in the region of . Until 2024, the village was controlled by the Republic of Artsakh.

Kanach Zham

Latitude
39.76251° or 39° 45′ 45″ north
Longitude
46.7435° or 46° 44′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,384 metres (4,541 feet)
Inception
1818
Open location code
8HF8QP7V+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 362118549
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Geo­Names ID
11778148
Wiki­data ID
Q2671764
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Kanach Zham” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կանաչ Ժամ / Սուրբ Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Կանաչ ժամ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaşıl kilsə”
  • Chinese: “施洗者聖約翰教堂”
  • Dutch: “Kanach Zham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كاناش زهام”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Kanaĉ Ĵam”
  • French: “Kanach Zham”
  • Georgian: “მწვანე ეკლესია”
  • German: “Grüne Kirche”
  • German: “Kanatsch Scham”
  • German: “Kirche Johannis des Täufers”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Βαπτιστη”
  • Greek: “Κανάτς Ζαμ”
  • Greek: “Καραμπαχτσότς”
  • Italian: “Kanach Zham”
  • Persian: “کلیسای کاناچ ژام”
  • Russian: “Канач жам”
  • Russian: “Карабахцоц”
  • Russian: “Церковь Канач Жам”
  • Russian: “Церковь Карабахцоц”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Иоанна Крестителя”
  • Spanish: “Kanach Zham”
  • Swedish: “Johannes Döparens kyrka”
  • Swedish: “Kanatj Zjam”
  • Turkish: “Yeşil Kilise”
  • Ukrainian: “Канач Жам”
  • Western Armenian: “Կանաչ Ժամ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ս․ Յովհաննէս Մկրտիչ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kanach Zham”. Photo: Solavirum, CC BY-SA 3.0.