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Moscow and All Russian Patriarch Cyril call on Orthodox Christians in Azerbaijan to value relations with Muslims

06 November 2009 15:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Moscow and All Russian Patriarch Cyril called on the Orthodox Christians in Azerbaijan to value their good relations with the Muslims. During the cathedral sermon in Baku, Cyril said there are multiple problems ahead of the people of new period. â€œThe people should visit the churches to hear the Godâ€™s reaction to their prayers. But it is not enough to visit the church to be Orthodox. The people have to deliver their religious faiths to their children and grandchildren and to save the Godâ€™s rules in their hearts. If the humanâ€™s spirit is dead, it means there is no humanityâ€.

Patriarch said despite little Orthodox community in Azerbaijan, the Orthodox faith has been protected in the country in 200 000 years since the period of Bartholomew, heavenly protector of Baku. After the sermon, the patriarch presented a decorative rood to the Baku and Caspian Eparchy bishop Alexander and Jesus icon to the cathedral. Minsk and Slutsk mitropolit Filaret, representative of the Constantinople patriarchate, Gall mitropolit Emmanuel and other religious figures and nearly 500 participants attended the ceremony.