On February 7, on the eve of Diplomatic Worker’s Day, at the Zion Orthodox Cemetery in Jerusalem, Ambassador of Russia to Israel Anatoly Viktorov laid flowers for the first time at the grave of the Consul General of the Russian Empire in Jerusalem Vasily Fedorovich Kozhevnikov (1828-1885).
The memorial litany was performed by the Deputy Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, abbot Nikon (Golovko).
The monument to the outstanding diplomat was restored and polished in advance for the 140th anniversary of his death. A detailed biography of Vasily Kozhevnikov and the history of the discovery of his grave can be found in the documentary.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Deputy Head of the Russian House in Israel German Granovsky, representative of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Goszagransobstvennost” Roman Dikansky, Director of the Antonin Kapustin Foundation Ruslan Ashurbeyli, and diplomats.
