Europe in Arabic Sources: “The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch”

The present volume comprises the papers that were presented at the international academic conference “In the Eyes of the Orient: Europe in Arabic Sources” (Kyiv, 22–23 September 2015). The papers are dedicated to various issues of the journey of Macarius III Ibn al-Zaʻīm, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, described by his son Archdeacon Paul of Aleppo, the relationship of Christians of the Middle East with the European countries, and the contribution of Ukrainian scholars to the study of Arabic sources concerning Eastern Europe. The volume is intended for historians, researchers in Arabic literature and philology, and all those interested in the history of contacts between the Orient and Europe.