Some five thousand Russian pilgrims will celebrate Orthodox Christmas in Israel this year -- three times more than in 2007, Yury Minulin, the director general of the Radonezh travel company, announced.
"These figures are based on the assessment of the flights from Moscow to Tel Aviv sold by Russia's Transaero and Sibir (S7) and Israel's El Al airlines," Minulin said in an interview with the Interfax news agency.
In all, these companies are expected to fly between 12,000 and 15,000 Russian travelers, half of them tourists or visiting relatives. The other passengers are pilgrims and business people, he said.
The Orthodox Christmas is on Jan. 7 every year, two weeks later than the Catholic Christmas.
Source: Xinhua
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