Author
Muhammad, Amira Al-Saeed Al-Tantawi
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1110-3922
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_1333364
Library Location
Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
Russia has shown a clear interest in the Levant since the 1830s, and was keen to support its presence in these regions by showing its interest in the Orthodox, improving their conditions, and caring for their churches, especially since the Russian church policy during the nineteenth century formed part of the public diplomacy of St. Petersburg, which aimed to strengthen Russian political interests in the Arab Levant. That is why, since 1838 AD, it sent some members of the Holy Russian Council to the Levant. They presented their recommendations on the necessity of Russia protecting the Orthodox holy places in Palestine, and sending a religious mission to the Levant to find out the conditions of the Orthodox there. The missions of Parfiry Ouspensky were a response to those recommendations. The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Holy Russian Council chose Parfiry Ouspensky in November 1842 AD to travel to the Levant due to his wide culture and interest in the affairs of the Near East and Orthodox Christians in it. The Russian Foreign Ministry informed him of the secret of his mission, and specified for him in a precise and detailed manner the tasks he was assigned to perform. During the period of his first mission (1843-1844 AD), Parfiry was keen to visit the various Levantine cities and villages, meet their residents and clergy, and inspect the conditions of the churches. desert monasteries; In his reports, he provided the Russian government with detailed information stemming from his real experience of the situation in the Levant, which was appreciated by the Russian Foreign Ministry, so it sent him for the second time to the Levant in 1847 AD, and he continued there until 1854 AD. During this period, Parfiry was keen to provide a helping hand and assistance to Orthodox Christians, especially the Arabs, and to stand in the face of Protestant and Catholic proselytization, and to pay attention to educational aspects, but due to the outbreak of the Crimean War (1853-1856 AD) Parfiry returned to Russia, and his opinions and observations on the situation in the Levant formed a basis when the Russian Foreign Ministry planned to send a public religious mission to restore the lost Russian influence within the Ottoman Empire after the Crimean invasion, and lay the foundations for the Russian presence in the Levant during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Görüntüle
Alexandria Faculty of Education Journal, 2022, Vol.32 (1), p.207-251
