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12.09.2022 / News

Visitors from Poland got acquainted with religious temples in the regions

Delegation led by Wojciech Bartković, Rector of the Higher Metropolitan Theological Seminary of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw has visited Shamakhi, Gabala and Sheki districts with the organization of the State Committee on Religious Associations, the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Poland and "Word of Life" the Christian religious community.

Within the framework of the visit, the delegation visited Shamakhi city “Juma” mosque, oldest mosque in the territory of our republic. During the visit, the head of Shamakhi District Executive Power Tahir Mammadov welcomed the guests and gave detailed information on tolerance, history, culture, including religious and historical monuments of the district. In addition, Mirahmat Mustafayev, regional representative of the Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB), imam of the “Juma” mosque in the city informed the visitors about the activities and history of the mosque. After that, the delegation visited the Shahendan tomb.

The head of delegation, Rector of the Higher Metropolitan Theological Seminary of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw Wojciech Bartković thanked the head of the Shamakhi District Executive Power Tahir Mammadov and expressed his gratitude for the hospitality.

The delegation met with the Chairman of the Albanian-Udi Christian Community, Robert Mobili. During the meeting, it was reportedly informed that the liberated territories of Azerbaijan had been vandalized by Armenia, cultural and religious heritage of Azerbaijan destroyed or changed - mosques, shrines, churches, cemeteries had been razed to the ground and turned into animal stables, and historical sites of Caucasian Albania were destroyed, internal and external appearance had been altered and grigorianized.

The guests were impressed by the visits to Albanian Church of Saint Virgin Mary and Saint Elisæus Jotaari Church in the Nij settlement of Gabala district, including acquaintance with the ancient Albanian temple located in the village of Kish in Sheki city.

Within the visits to Ganja and Goygol, representatives of the Higher Metropolitan Theological Seminary of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw were in the Russian Orthodox Church named after Alexander Nevsky and they were familiarized with the building of the Ganja State Puppet Theatre, which had functioned as a Christian religious temple, St John’s Lutheran Church and a number of other culturally and historically significant buildings of the city.