From December 7-31, 1843, and January 1-21, 1844
- RU-PFARAN/118/Op.1/6
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- 1843-12-07 - ?
Description of his journey in Syria and Palestine (from Beyruth to Jerusalem), his arrival in Jerusalem on December 20 and first activities in Jerusalem. Meetings with Greek ecclesiastics and European diplomats. Details about the Greek brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, the repairing of the Temple. Suggestions about the improvement of the Orthodox church in Jerusalem (organisation of an ecclesiastical school in the Patriarchate with students from all Orthodox nations). Suggestions on the future organisation of the Russian mission.
This part of the Journals is written in a note-book "Harwoods improved paper-memorandum book No. 34. London, with a mark of the firm. Fol. 1-4 are an English printed text (title and explanations about different memorandum-books). The last 3 folios were damaged by water in the upper part, but the text can be read clearly.