ɚɹˈaʊnd noʊvˈɛmbɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti, bˈoʊθ ɑːɹmˈiːniən ænd fˈɔːɹən sˈoːɹsᵻz stˈeɪɾᵻd ðætðə tˈaʊɚz ʌvðə tʃˈɜːtʃ hɐdbɪn dᵻstɹˈɔɪd baɪ ˌæzɚbaɪdʒˈɑːn ˈæftɚ ðə kˈæptʃɚɹ ʌvðə tˈaʊn ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti næɡˈoːɹnoʊkˈæɹɐbˌæk wˈɔːɹ, ɹᵻfˈɜːɹɪŋ tə pˈɪktʃɚz ænd ɐ vˈɪdɪoʊ sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪɾɪŋ ˈɑːnlaɪn ʌvðə pˈɑːɹʃəli dᵻstɹˈɔɪd tʃˈɜːtʃ.
Around November 2020, both Armenian and foreign sources stated that the towers of the church had been destroyed by Azerbaijan after the capture of the town in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, referring to pictures and a video circulating online of the partially destroyed church.