The St George's Church ( ka, კახის წმინდა გიორგის ეკლესია) is a
Georgian Orthodox Church
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
located in the village of Gakh-Inguila in the
Qakh district, 30 metres away from the left bank of the Kakistskali river, northwestern
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
, on the border with
Georgia, where the
Ingiloy
Ingiloys ( az, İngiloylar; ka, ინგილოები) are an ethnographic subgroup of Georgians who speak the Ingiloy dialect of Georgian.
Ingiloys are indigenous to Saingilo (formerly known as Hereti), a cultural and historical region ...
Georgians
live compactly (about 7,500 people). The church was destroyed as a result of Shah
Abbas I's invasions of Georgia, but later was reconstructed on the site of an old church in the first half of the 18th century. Its latest renovation by Ivan-Baba Belughashvili dates form the late 19th century.
Currently, church is the only active
Georgian Orthodox church
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
in Azerbaijan.
See also
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Kurmukhi Church
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Church of Kish
The Church of Kish ( az, Kiş kilsəsi; ka, გიშის ეკლესია), also known from different sources as Church of Saint Elishe ( az, Müqəddəs Yelisey kilsəsi, hy, Սուրբ Եղիշէ եկեղեցի; Latinised Saint Eliseus) ...
References
{{Georgian churches
Eastern Orthodox churches in Azerbaijan