POLITICS
AZERBAIJAN`S ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY PRESERVES ITS NATIONAL AND TRADITIONAL VALUES, PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV
Baku, January 5 (AZERTAC). President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev greeted the whole Orthodox Christian community of the country on the blessed occasion of Easter.
In his message, the President said: “All nations and ethnic and religious communities, which form the multi-national and multi-confessional society of Azerbaijan - recognized throughout the world as an example of tolerance - are enjoying peace, mutual respect and trust.”
The Head of State also pointed out that “preserving its national and traditional values, Azerbaijan`s Orthodox Christian community, whose members are full citizens of the country, freely celebrates its national and religious holidays and performs religious ceremonies.”
“Every year, Easter, which marked resurrection of Prophet Jesus and wrote a new page in the history of human civilization, is widely celebrated in Azerbaijan by the Orthodox Christian community,” President Ilham Aliyev underlined.