religion in Caucasus

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100 days before 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku

100 days before 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku

Today marks 100 days until the kick off of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku - 300 volunteers have formed a symbolic figure of 100. The Director of the Operating Committee of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games, Elchin …

Georgia celebrates St. George's Day

Georgia celebrates St. George's Day

Today, Georgia is celebrating one of the most important religious holidays in the country - the St. George's Day or Giorgoba. Festive services, dedicated to this day, are held in all the acting churches of Georgia. …

Patriarch Kirill: Nagorno-Karabakh wound keeps bleeding

Patriarch Kirill: Nagorno-Karabakh wound keeps bleeding

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a bleeding wound on the body of the Caucasus, the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia said during a meeting with the chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office, Sheikh-ul-Islam …

Abdulatipov attends festive prayers in Makachkala

Abdulatipov attends festive prayers in Makachkala

Morning prayers were held at the Central Jumah Mosque in Makachkala due to the feast of Eid al-Adha. It was attended by the head of the Republic of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, and the Dagestani Mufti, Sheikh …

Happy Eid al-Adha!

Happy Eid al-Adha!

Today Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival of the sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar. On this day believers gather at a mosque for common prayer and sacrifice an …

Vatican on visit of Pope Francis to Armenia in June

Vatican on visit of Pope Francis to Armenia in June

Pope Francis will arrive to Armenia on June 24, he plans to visit the Armenian Apostolic Church's seat in Echmiadzin and conduct a liturgy with Armenian Apostolic Church leader Catholicos Garegin …

Margvelashvili congratulates Georgians on Easter

Margvelashvili congratulates Georgians on Easter

Today President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and First Lady Maka Chichua congratulated the country's population on Easter holiday. President and first lady themselves celebrated the holiday in …

First prayer house opens for soldiers in Georgia

First prayer house opens for soldiers in Georgia

A preaching house for military personnel who profess Islam has started its work in the third infantry brigade in Kutaisi.  It is reported that this measure is aimed at the protection of the …

Prayer for Unity held in Baku’s Heydar Mosque

Prayer for Unity held in Baku’s Heydar Mosque

A Friday Prayer was performed yesterday in the Heydar Mosque in Baku as part of the Year of Multiculturalism, declared by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The Unity Prayer was jointly performed by the Muslims belonging to …