The text describes Tomsk in Siberia, and the city's links with the Jesuits and the formation of a Catholic community; according to the article, the Bernardine friar Remigiusz Apanasewicz arrived in Tomsk in 1823, during whose ministry the now existing parish church was built. This is followed by a mention of the church building itself and a reference to the fact that the church in Omsk, dependent on Tomsk, was built at the expense of Poklewski-Koziella (Source: 'Tygodnik Illustrowany', Warsaw 1873, Series 2, T:12, p. 324, after: Digital Library of the University of Lodz).