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The Holy Apostles Church ( ; also known as the Cathedral of Kars) is a 10th century Armenian church built in what was then Bagratid Armenia, and that is now Kars, Turkey. It was completed in the mid-940s under the rule of the Bagratid Armenian King Abas.
In 1579 the Ottoman Turks converted the church into a mosque. After Russian control of Kars, it was converted to a Russian Orthodox church. In 1918, after the fall of Kars to Turks, the cathedral was again turned into a mosque. In 1919, following the retreat of Turks and during the first republic of Armenia, the cathedral functioned as an Armenian church. In 1920, it was again converted to mosque after Turkish control of the area.
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