Moscow, 28 April 2008 (Interfax):
Viktor Khristenko, the Minister of Industry and Power Engineering, spoke of his special love of pilgrimage to holy places. “As I am Orthodox, the idea on going on pilgrimage is very personal. For me, it is extremely interesting and it is also very spiritual”, he said Monday in an interview published in the newspaper Vedomosti. Specifically, he spoke of his visits to one of the oldest Russian monasteries, the Staritsky Holy Assumption Monastery in Tver oblast. Mr Khristenko has assisted the restoration of this monastic house for some seven years now and he considers it an obedience.
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