Armenian Church, Baku

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
The church in April 2013
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusNot functioning, book depository (library)
Year consecrated1863-1869
Location
Location38 Nizami Street, Baku, Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates40°22′18″N 49°50′11″E / 40.371623°N 49.836466°E / 40.371623; 49.836466
Architecture
Architect(s)Karl Gustav Hippius
StyleArmenian architecture
Groundbreaking1863
Completed1869

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, commonly referred to as the Armenian Church of Baku (Armenian: Բաքվի հայկական եկեղեցի, Bak’vi haykakan yekeghetsi; Azerbaijani: Bakı erməni kilsəsi), is a former Armenian Apostolic church near Fountains Square in central Baku, Azerbaijan. Completed in 1869, it was one of the two Armenian churches in Baku to survive the Soviet anti-religious campaign and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the 1990 pogrom and exodus of Baku Armenians when it was looted. It is now the only standing Armenian monument in Baku.