Finances allocated to religious institutions

16:00 - 8.07.2021


July 8, Fineko/abc.az. President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on financial assistance to religious organizations of Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ reports that the Presidential Reserve Fund of Azerbaijan’s State Budget 2021 allocated AZN 2 million to the Caucasus Muslims Department for financial assistance to religious organizations in Azerbaijan, AZN 350,000 to the Baku and Azerbaijan Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, AZN 350,000 to the Baku City Religious Community of Mountain Jews, AZN 150,000 to the Baku Religious Community of European Jews, AZN 150,000 to the Apostolic Prefecture of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, and AZN 150,000 to the Albanian-Udi Christian Religious Community of Azerbaijan, and AZN 100,000 to the Fund for the Promotion of Spiritual Values under the State Committee for Work with Religious Entities for the purpose of material support of other non–Islamic religious communities.

The Ministry of Finance is tasked to undertake the financing procedure.

 

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