Alban-Udi community sends heritage message from Khudavang monastery

Members of Azerbaijan’s Alban-Udi Christian religious community have visited religious monuments in the country’s liberated territories every year since 2020, Rafiq Danakari, deputy chairman of the community, said.

Danakari made the remarks on September 28 during a visit to the Khudavang monastery complex in Kalbajar, Caliber.Az reports per local media.

He said community members prayed in their native Udi language during the visit and reiterated their position that the religious sites are part of the cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani people.

“Today, as the Alban-Udi religious community, we are very happy to once again visit the Khudavang monastery complex. In general, members of the community have visited religious monuments in the liberated territories every year since 2020,” Danakari said.

“As heirs of the Albanian Church, we offered our prayers in our native Udi language, that is, the ancient Caucasian Albanian language. Today, we once again sent a message to the whole world that these churches belong to the Azerbaijani people and are part of their cultural heritage. Let everyone know that the sole owner of all religious temples located in our country is the Azerbaijani people,” he added.

Community member Romen Callati said that during visits to religious sites in different areas, members also pray for the martyrs who lost their lives for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and light candles in their memory.

By Vafa Guliyeva