the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On 6 April 2017, Serj Tankian, the lead singer of the rock band System of a Down performed the Christian liturgical prayer "Lord, have mercy" (, Ter voghormia), in Armenian, at the cathedral. Four days after the double strikes, on 12 October 2020 Belgian-Armenian cellist Sevak Avanesyan played Krunk (Կռունկ, The Crane) by Komitas inside the partially ruined church. Notes References Bibliography view online Armenian culture Armenian buildings in Azerbaijan Armenian Apostolic churches Armenian Apostolic monasteries Armenian Apostolic monasteries in Azerbaijan 19th-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings Churches in Shusha Diocese of Artsakh 19th-century establishments in the Russian Empire Elizavetpol Governorate