[5] It has been inactive due to lack of parishioners since the 19th century, although mass was still regularly held as of 2000 by a Georgian priest.

[1] Previous research had proposed that it had functioned at different times as a Caucasian Albanian Apostolic church, [6][unreliable source?

[8] According to the Armenian historian on architecture[9] Samvel Karapetian, the geographical position of Kish does not seem to match that described by Kaghankatvatsi.

Karapetian believes that they have identified Gis as the village of Bomen/Bum 60 km to the south-east of Kish,[5] in Gabala district.

While many Armenians undoubtedly settled there fleeing the Turko-Mongolic invasions, many more entered the region with the coming of the Russians in the early nineteenth century.

[1] A chancel (the altar area, where the priest officiates) only slightly elevated in comparison to the nave reflects a diophysite view on the nature of Christ (Jesus is seen as equally divine and human at the same time), while a higher elevation of the chancel is typical of Monophysitism (Christ is seen as purely divine).