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ff. 85-86 Discussion on the answer to Archimandrite Nicodemus and the necessity to support Patriarch Hierotheus.

ff. 87-91v On the Catholic and Protestant propaganda in the Holy Land and the necessity to support Orthodoxy and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

ff. 92-93v About financing the journey of bishop Jacob; on the Bulgarian question; about his returning to Russia as a bishop. Includes marginal note about receiving the letter on December 24.

ff. 94-95 On the request about the practice of the Greek church in divorces; about the abuse of the Russian consul in Constantinople who demanded money from the pilgrims for issuing Turkish teskere. Includes marginal notes about receiving the letter,…

ff. 96-96v Justification of the Russian consul at Constantinople concerning his actions with the pilgrims.

ff. 97-102v On the properties of the Holy Sepulchre in Bessarabia and the Caucasus. Short historical infromation concerning their secularisation (in 1873). The reasons for this were purely political; after the pacification of the relations between…

ff. 103-104 Complains against Archimandrite Antonin Kapustin for financial and personal reasons. Includes marginal note about receiving the letter on March 11, in Russian and brown ink.

ff. 105-106 Commentary on the complaint of the conductor of the choir; discussion on the finances of the mission and the distribution of the donation of P. P. Mel'nikov (more than 20.000 Rub).

ff. 107-108v About the two churches, constructed in Jerusalem by the mission. About the success of the mission, and its difficulties in the relations with the Russian authorities.

ff. 109-111v On his activities for the election of Nicodemus at the patriarchal see of Jerusalem; the activities of his rival Gerasimos; details on the electoral race.