After Azerbaijan regained its independence, the church was included in the list of local significant immovable historical and cultural monuments by the decision No.

In December of the same year, the Azerbaijan Communist Party Central Committee transferred many mosques, churches, and synagogues to the balance of educational clubs for enlightening purposes.

[8] Though released later, he was rearrested in 1937, accused of anti-Soviet and religious propaganda, and subsequently sentenced to execution by firing squad by the NKVD troika.

[9] After Azerbaijan regained independence, the church building was included in the list of locally significant historical and cultural monuments by the decision No.

[10] Due to a lack of repairs and restoration for an extended period in the 1990s, the building fell into a dilapidated condition.