News Satellite imagery confirms that the regime demolished the church in Artsakh’s former capital city of Stepanakert. April 23, 2026 — 2 min read The Holy Mother of God church in Stepanakert, the former capital city of the Republic of Artsakh (photo Nathan868 via Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 ) The sustained threats to Armenian religious and cultural heritage across Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh) have reached a new level following reports that the Azerbaijani regime has razed another prominent church in the region. Satellite imagery obtained by Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW) confirmed that the Holy Mother of God Church, which stood in the former capital city of Stepanakert, was demolished within the last eight weeks. The Artsakh Tourism and Cultural Development Agency shared the news of the church's destruction on social media on Tuesday, April 21, only three days before the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.…