St George's Church, Qakh, Georgian Orthodox church in Qakh District, Azerbaijan

St George's Church stands in the village of Gakh-Inguila, 30 metres from the left bank of the Kakistskali river. The church occupies a 120 m² plot and was built in 1855 on the site of an older church reconstructed in the first half of the 18th century. It is a Georgian Orthodox church with a single hall and a bell tower.

The church was destroyed during Shah Abbas I's invasions of Georgia and rebuilt on the site of an older church in the first half of the 18th century. A later renovation by Ivan-Baba Belughashvili dates from the late 19th century. The building was erected in 1855, and in the Soviet years it housed a cinema, while the courtyard held a kolkhoz garage and a petrol station.

The church serves as a spiritual center for the Ingiloy Georgian community, keeping Georgian religious traditions alive in the region. Visitors can see how this space remains central to the identity of the local Georgian population.

The site can be reached at coordinates 41.42565°N and 46.943497°E and remains the sole operating Georgian Orthodox religious building in Azerbaijan. Visitors should note that it is an active gathering place with ongoing religious functions.

In Soviet times the church was not used for worship: a cinema operated inside it, while the courtyard held a collective farm garage and a petrol station. Services resumed only in 1997, after the visit of Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, who blessed monks of the David Gareji monastery to serve here and to work on founding a monastery.