Unità documentaria RU-AVPRI/180/1820/ff174-181 - Report from Russian consul in Jerusalem V.F. Kojevnikov to Russian minister in Constantinople N.P. Ignatiev

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fol. 174-181 : from Russian consul in Jerusalem V. F. Kojevnikov to Russian minister in Constantinople N. P. Ignatiev; report; Greek Patriarch refuses to publish a document acknowledging Arabs' rights; Greeks want to reach an oral agreement, but Arabs require a signed document; the Patriarch asks the Russian consul to play the mediator; only 5 Arabs' requests out of 7 could be accepted; the consul offers to publish a Patriarch's letter for the people; the Patriarch asks about Bessarabian incomes; he shows that the Greek clergy’s interests are hostile to the Russians' conditions (invalidation of the excommunication of ex-Patriarch Cyrille and peace with Arabic community); the Patriarch Hierotheos is confused and not smart; he doesn't know what to do; local administration.

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