Ukrainian scientists have found a Ukrainian trace in a 17th century Syriac manuscript written in Arabic
The exhibition “Land of the Cossacks through the eyes of a Syrian traveler of the XNUMXth century” opened in the exhibition halls of the Kyiv Museum “Metropolitan House” of the National Reserve “Sofia of Kiev”.
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This was reported by the ZIK TV channel.
“The exhibition is dedicated to the 360th anniversary of the visit to Ukraine by Patriarch Macarius of Antioch, which took place as part of the patriarch’s grandiose journey in 1654-1656. During the trip, the patriarch was accompanied by his son, Archdeacon Pavel of Aleppo. He left a very detailed description of his trip to Ukraine. In particular, Chigirinshchina’s journey is described here in great detail,” the story says.
“On the way to Muscovy and back, the patriarch had to cross the territory of Ukraine twice, visit Kyiv and the hetman’s capital Chigirin, Subbotov, where the Khmelnitsky palace was located. The Syrians met with the hetman himself twice. All this is described in detail in the book “The Journey of Patriarch Macarius.” Its author is the son of the patriarch Pavel. When the delegation returned safely to Aleppo two years later, he wrote a book. Four copies of this manuscript are known to science (one is kept in Kyiv, the rest are in London, Paris and St. Petersburg). The Kiev copy is being shown to the general public for the first time at our exhibition,” said the curator of the exhibition “Land of the Cossacks through the eyes of a Syrian traveler of the XNUMXth century,” Candidate of Historical Sciences Igor Netudykhatkin.
According to Ukrainian scientists, the manuscript, written in Arabic, describes the moment when the Patriarch of Antioch visited Subotov.
Returning from Moscow to Syria, the guests visited the hetman's capital Chihyryn, and then went to the Khmelnytsky Subotov farm to visit the widow of his eldest son Timofey, Rozanda. The construction of the Elias Church was just underway there. The temple was built from large, about two meters thick, fireplace blocks. Macarius asked where they were brought from. It turned out that it was a war trophy. During one of the campaigns, the Cossacks dismantled the mosque and delivered these blocks to Subotov.
“In addition, the ancient book in particular describes the features of architecture, customs and life of the then Ukraine (as the author himself calls it - “Land of the Cossacks”), so it is an invaluable source for all researchers of national history,” the story says.
The exhibition presents the original Kyiv list; In addition, visitors will be able to trace the route of Syrian travelers on ancient maps.
The exhibition will run until September 12, 2016.