First Vice-President congratulates Christian community of Azerbaijan on Easter

First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva shared on April 16 a post on her official Instagram page on the occasion of the Easter holiday.

According to Caliber.Az, the publication says:

“I sincerely congratulate the Christian community of Azerbaijan on the Easter holiday, I wish all our fellow citizens good health and happiness!”

 

 

 

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Today, 24 Christian religious communities hold prayers in 16 churches in Azerbaijan. Four per cent of the ten million population of Azerbaijan is constituted by the worshippers of the Russian Orthodox Church; Georgian Orthodox Church; Armenian Apostolic Church; Seventh-day Adventists; Molokan Church; Roman Catholic Church; other Christians, including evangelical churches and Jehovah’s Witnesses, as well as Jews and Baha’is, and the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, according to 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Azerbaijan released by the US Department of State.