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Lutheran church opened in Azerbaijani Khanlar region

Lutheran church opened in Azerbaijani Khanlar region
# 06 February 2008 09:43 (UTC +04:00)
The church was built in 1854 and has been repaired recently. The church was repaired by German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). €250,000 was spent for repair. Per Christopher Stanchina, German Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Arif Seyidov, head of Khanlar Executive Power, parliamentarians Rovhsan Rzayev, Malahat Hasanova, representatives of GTZ and other persons participated in the event. Seyidov addressing the meeting said that the church was built by Germans and it is protected as a historical monument now.
“Azerbaijan is known as a tolerant country. There are several nations here. Germans lived in Azerbaijan two centuries before and this church is an obvious example for it,” he said. German Averang band performed in the event. /APA/
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