Heads of religious confessions operating in Azerbaijan have sent
letters of gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev, expressing their
appreciation for the head of state’s care and attention to the
faithful people, Azernews reports.
In their letters, heads of religious confessions praised the
atmosphere of religious tolerance existing in Azerbaijan. They also
hailed the financial support provided to the religious confessions
under the Order of President Ilham Aliyev dated January 7, 2026,
“On providing financial assistance to religious institutions across
Azerbaijan,” describing this as another manifestation of the
consistent advancement of state-religion relations in the
country.
Noting that the Order is of great public importance in
maintaining unity, solidarity, and social stability in Azerbaijani
society, the leaders of non-Islamic religious communities expressed
their gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for the constant
attention, material and moral support provided to the religious
sphere in the country.
In their letters, Bishop Alexy Smirnov of the Russian Orthodox
Church’s Baku and Azerbaijan Diocese, Milikh Yevdayev, Chairman the
Religious Community of Mountain Jews in Baku, Head of the European
Jewish Community in Baku, Alexander Sharovsky, Head of the European
Jewish Community in Baku, Robert Mobili, Chairman of the
Albanian-Udi Christian Religious Community, Zamir Isayev, Head of
the Baku Religious Community of Sephardic Jews, and other leaders
of religious communities expressed their deep appreciation for the
constant attention and care show to their cultural and religious
heritage. They expressed their gratitude not only for the economic
development and socio-political stability of modern Azerbaijan, but
also for the level of the prevailing situation of religious
tolerance and communal harmony.
They also commended the multiculturalism, which is the
Azerbaijani people’s way of life, emphasizing that religious and
ethnic diversity is not a divisive line in the country, but, on the
contrary, is perceived as an important factor enhancing unity and
solidarity.