On October 8th, the 12th day of the war taking place in Artsakh, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi, Artsakh.
The projectiles damaged the church’s dome.
There were people sheltering in the church’s basement at the moment of the shelling. No one was harmed.
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Azerbaijan shelled the church again only hours after the first attack. Two journalists working in the church were injured.
The Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Cathedral is one of the symbols of Artsakh. It was built between 1868 and 1887.
During the first Artsakh War, the Azerbaijanis used the church as a place to store their GRAD missiles. The church had been badly damaged during the first war, and the dome was completely destroyed. It was renovated in 1998.
Visitors lit candles and prayed in the church shortly after it was shelled.
“This display of vandalism is against the laws of humanity and God. We will fix it,” President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan had said.
Nelly Babayan
