Alexander Nevsky Church, Ganja

The Alexander Nevsky Church [1] (Azerbaijani: Aleksandr Nevski kilsəsi, Russian: Александро-Невская церковь) is a Russian Orthodox church in Ganja (Azerbaijan), built in 1887.

Services at the church are carried out on Saturdays and Sundays, and also during the Twelve Great Feasts and Holidays.

The church was constructed on the site of an ancient cemetery, allocated for charitable means by the local Orthodox Christians and Muslims.

The Alexander Nevsky Church was constructed in the Byzantine style with the use of brick called plinfa.

In 1931, the church was closed down, and from 1935 to 1938 the building housed the museum of local history.