ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪz sˈʌmtaɪmz ˈɔːlsoʊ kˈɔːld ɡˈæɹɐbˌækhtsɑːts, ðə nˈeɪm ʌvðɪ ˈoʊld wˈʊdən tʃˈɜːtʃ ðæt wʌz pɹˈiːviəsli loʊkˈeɪɾᵻd ɪnðə sˈeɪm plˈeɪs æz kˈænæk ʒˈæm, ænd wˌɪtʃ wʌz nˈeɪmd æz sˈʌtʃ ɪn ˈɑːnɚɹ ʌvðə fˈɑːɹmɚz ʌv næɡˈoːɹnoʊkˈæɹɐbˌæk hˌuː bˈɪlt ɪt.
The church is sometimes also called Gharabakhtsots, the name of the old wooden church that was previously located in the same place as Kanach Zham, and which was named as such in honor of the farmers of Nagorno-Karabakh who built it.