By ΠΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΈΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ (ΠΠ½ΠΈΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ²)
ΠΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΈΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ (ΠΠ½ΠΈΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ²), ΠΏΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ²ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΈΠΊ ΠΈΠ· ΠΠ·ΡΠΌΠ° Π₯Π°ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π³ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΈ, Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π» ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ ΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎ Π‘Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ XIX Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°. ΠΠ°ΠΊ Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ»Π΅Π½ ΠΠΌΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π²Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΠ°Π»Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°, ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ» Β«ΠΏΠ°Π»ΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΒ», ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΈΠ΅ Π² 1887 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Π΄ΠΎ 600 ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ Π²ΠΎ Π΄Π²ΠΎΡΠ΅ Π‘Π΅ΡΠ³ΠΈΠ΅Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΎΡΡΡ Π² ΠΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅. ΠΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄Π°ΡΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠΎΠ²ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ Π΄Π°Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ Π·Π°Π²ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π» ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ Π² Π»ΡΡΠ°Ρ Β«Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΅Π±Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΡΒ». ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΡΡ Π³ΡΡΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π‘Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅ ΠΈ ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΡΡΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ°, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ».
Protopriest Alexander (Anisimov), a parish priest from Izium in the Kharkov province, recorded his pilgrimages to the Holy Land in the late 19th century. As an active member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, he organized popular "pilgrimage readings" that attracted up to 600 listeners in the courtyard of the St. Sergius estate in Jerusalem in 1887. His travel notes convey the unique storytelling gift that captivated audiences gathered under the "magic lantern" light. The work reflects his deep melancholy for the abandoned Holy Land and his firsthand experience of all historic sacred sites.