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- 1851 (Creation)
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1 file; material: paper; dimensions (LxW): 29,5x19,5 cm; binding, green carton (binding of the academy of sciences); manuscript, 159 folios; Recto-Verso; main ink: black and brown ink
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Stay in Jerusalem from January 1 to June 5, 1851. Distribution of Russian donations. Belgian Ambassador Blondel and his desire to restaure the tombs of the Crusaders. Discussion with him and arguments against this plan. Meeting with Samuel Gobat (Anglican bishop). Observations on the life of the bediuns and local Arabs of Palestine, Protestant and Catholic proselytism. Start of the journey to the Dead sea (June 5), stay in Jaffa (till the end of June). Stay in Jerusalem (till September 26). Projects of purchase or rent of the house above the Holy Sepulcre. Adoption of an Abyssinian boy, Frumentij. Arrival of the Patriarch of Antiocheia to Jerusalem (September 1), discussions with him on church and political matters. News on the church affairs in different parts of Syria and Palestine. Remarks on the incomes of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Departure from Jerusalem (October 1).
The text was copied by Porphyrij later, probably in 1855-1856.
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- Russian