Paul Zaim of Aleppo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1627 Aleppo, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | January 30, 1669 (aged 41–42) Tiflis, Georgia |
| Church | Melkite Church |
| Writings | The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch |
| Title | Archdeacon |
Paul Zaim, known sometime also as Paul of Aleppo (Paul, Archdeacon of Aleppo) (1627–1669) was an Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler. Son of Patriarch Macarios III Zaim, Paul accompanied his father in his travels throughout Constantinople, Wallachia, Moldavia, Ukraine and Russia, as an attempt to raise funds and support for their Church (from 1652 to 1659, and from 1666 to 1669).
Life and works
He was born in 1627 in Aleppo, the same year his mother died. He was appointed a reader on May 8, 1642. On February 17, 1644, he married, and on November 21, 1647, he was ordained archdeacon.[1] He died in Tiflis, Georgia[2] on January 30, 1669.[3]
Paul wrote down an account of his visits, The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch (edited in Arabic).[4] It is important as a source on Wallachia, documenting the main events of Constantin Şerban's rule and the Ottoman expedition of 1657. He wrote also a History of the Patriarchs of Antioch.[2]
Notes
- ^ Raheb, Abdallah (1981). Conception of the Union in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (1622 - 1672) (PDF). Beirut. pp. 79, 81 and note 376. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ a b Graf, Georg (1960). "22. Paulus von Aleppo". Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, Volume 3. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. p. 110.
- ^ See (in Russian): Фонкич Б.Л. "О дате кончины Павла Алеппского": in: Очерки феодальной России. 13. М.-СПб.: Альянс-Архео, 2009, pp.289-292
- ^ English translation from Arabic in: Belfour, C., ed. (1836). Travels of Macarios, Patriarch of Antioch. London.
External links
- The fall of Minsk to the Russians (1655) as witnessed by Paul of Aleppo
- Paul of Aleppo's account of Wallachia
- Adam Olearius, Paul of Aleppo and Nikolas Witsen about Russian Patriarch Nikon
- Paul of Aleppo on the construction of the Bucharest Cathedral (in Romanian)
- Paul of Aleppo Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine