The Church of Kish stands in the village of Kiş, about three miles north of Shaki in Azerbaijan. It is a Georgian Orthodox church with a single dome. The existing building probably dates from the early twelfth century, and radiocarbon dating gives a range of 990 to 1160 AD for its construction. A cultic site beneath the altar dates to about 3000 BC.
Archaeological research in 2000 concluded that it was first built as a diophysite Georgian church and was later used by other congregations. The chancel floor was raised from about 1 foot to about 3 feet above the nave, possibly in the seventeenth century. A crypt holds burials. Tradition links the church to Saint Elishe in the first century, but the existing building cannot be dated to his time.
A restoration project from 2000 to 2003 was funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The church has been inactive since the nineteenth century.
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