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Sheikh of All Caucasus is about to mark 25 anniversary of holding the post

15 December 2005 [10:31] - TODAY.AZ
Sheikh of All Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazadeh has been receiving congratulations on 25th anniversary of holding the post for some months already. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexei II visited Baku to congratulate Sheikh and Cardinal of Catholic Church visited Baku and congratulated Allahshukur Pashazadeh on behalf of Rome Pope Benedict XVI.

25th sheikhdom anniversary of clerical head of Committee of Caucasian Muslims (CCM), Allahshukur Pashazadeh will be marked solemnly on December 20.

The event is expected to be attended by President Ilham Aliyev and religious and public figures from a number of countries. The embassy of Georgia in Azerbaijan told APA that Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilya II will visit Baku to take part in the jubilee.

APA

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