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==Pilgrim's guide to the Holy Land== [[File:Serbian Proskynetarion p. 3 - 20.jpg|alt=a Serbian Proskynetarion|thumb|Page from a 1662 Serbian proskynetarion (pilgrim's guide) showing the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]]] Proskynetaria were also a genre of Orthodox Christian [[Christian pilgrimage|pilgrim]] [[guide book|guides]] to the [[Holy Land]], which appeared in the mid-17th century and flourished during the 18th.<ref name=Bursa>[https://eng.travelogues.gr/collection.php?view=62 Chrysanthus of Bursa. Proskynetarion [Pilgrim's Guide] of Jerusalem] and Palestine. Vienna, Schrämbl, 1807. From ''Travelogues'' website, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. Accessed 24 Feb 2021.</ref> The usually small-format, accessibly written books served as practical itinerary suggestions, with descriptions of the pilgrimage sites in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref name=Bursa/> They were authored either by pilgrims, or by writers who recycled material from existing works.<ref name=Bursa/>
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