 In 1682 Arsenije decided to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but before leaving, he paid a visit to Metropolitans Teofan of Skopje and Ananije of Kratovo and all the faithful of that region.When he arrived in Jerusalem, Arsenije was the honored guest of the famous Patriarch Dositheus II Notarius of Jerusalem (1669-1707).While he was in the Holy Land, Arsenije immediately embarked on a pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mar Saba and other monasteries, the journey of which we know from the diary he kept.