Streets in the area of ​​Moscow mosques will be closed on Eid al-Adha late in the evening on April 9

The Moscow Department of Transport reported the closure of part of the streets on Eid al-Fitr at 23:00 on April 9. Some tram routes will change. Until noon on April 10, trams will not operate between Kalanchevskaya Street and Belorussky Station. Up to 200 thousand Muslims are expected at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque on Eid al-Fitr, the mufti of the Moscow region said.

As follows from messages of the capital’s Department of Transport, tram route No. 9 will not operate. Tram No. 7 will run from the Rokossovsky Boulevard metro station to Kalanchevskaya Street (instead of the Belorussky Station), tram No. 50 will run from the Compressor Palace of Culture to Kalanchevskaya Street (instead of the Novoslobodskaya metro station). The electric bus route c510 will be extended from the MIIT cultural center along tram route No. 9 to the Belorussky railway station. Muscovites are advised to use the metro and buses M5, M53 and 604.

Up to 200 thousand Muslims are expected to attend the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in the Moscow Cathedral Mosque on April 10, said Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of the Russian Federation, Mufti of the Moscow Region Rushan Abbyasov during a teleconference at the international multimedia press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group.

“The Moscow government roughly estimates that from 150 to 200 thousand Muslims will be present at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque to celebrate Eid al-Adha. On other sites there are a total of about 100 thousand believers. In the Moscow region, together with the government, we have prepared about 50 additional sites, where in total we expect about 200 thousand of our co-religionists,” the mufti said. He called for maintaining order in mosques and listening to the demands of law enforcement officers to ensure security.

Eid al-Fitr falls on April 10 this year. The holiday marks the end of the Ramadan fast. In regions with a large proportion of Muslim population (Bashkiria, Tatarstan, Adygea, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and others) this day will be a day off. From early morning, solemn sermons and collective prayers will be held in mosques across the country.

Anastasia Larina