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Forum Theologicum Sardicense is the academic journal of the Faculty of Theology at Sofia University "St. Clement of Ohrid" focusing on the publication of quality research within the fields of the humanities and theology. Forum Theologicum Sardicense Academic Journal of the Theological Faculty at Sofia University "St. Clement of Ohrid" Indexing ISSN 3033-1811 Forum Theologicum Sardicense is indexed in:

2013 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter State and Church Relations under Communism, National Socialism and Fascism: Some Aspects of the Problem Plamen S. Tzvetkov Odessa Ecclesiastical Counter-Revolutionary Organization of 1931: Martyrs and Confessors Archimandrite Euphrosyne (Bilash) Dynamics of the Communist Repressions against the Church after the Coup of September 9th, 1944 Ventsislav Karavalchev Soviet Paralels in the Politics of Bulgarian State against the Church in the First Years of the Communist Dictature Ventsislav Karavalchev Vatican Radio: From “The Sofia Case of Murder” to the Goоd News Anna-Maria Krasteva Beginning of the State Security Operations against Exarch Stefan during the 40s of the 20th Century Dilyan Nikoltshev The Construction of the Sofia Largo in the 50s of the 20th Century and the Aborted Plans to Destroy the St Nedelia Church and the Banya Bashi Mosque Zhivko Lefterov Second Rome through the Εyes of the Τhird One. The Εvolution of the Ιmage of Byzantium in the Russian Social Consciousness Sergey Ivanov Russian-Soviet Religious Myth Production Oleg-Sandro Pamfilov Simplification of the Communist Past as the Source of the “Political Religion” Momchil Metоdiev Christianity and National Security Viktor Kostov In the Age of the Post-Ecclesiality (The Emergence of Post-Ecclesiological Modernity). Archim. Grigorios D. Papathomas REVIEW: Fr. Radko Poptodorov, Diliyan Nikolchev: Exarch Stephan under the “care” of the Communist Security Services, Sofia: Military Publishing House 2016, 463 pp.

2022 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Art, Creation and Dogma in the Orthodox Christian Tradition Svetoslav Ribolov Fr. Georgi Petroff Ibrishimoff- an Exemplary Shepherd of the Church (Life, Ministry and Works) Clara Toneva, nun Methodia (Kraycheva) The Use of term “Matter” (ὕλη) in St. John Damascene Ioannis Kaminis EHUD‘S MISSION- ASPECTS OF EARLY ISRAELITE RELIGION IN JUDGES 3-12-302 Zoran Kalev Main Points in the Lexicological Studies on “Blessing” in the Old Testament Kalina Sl. Grigorova Bulgarian Composers on the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Stoyan Malinov The Christological Views of St. John Damascene in De fide orthodoxa Alena Kerelezova Reviews Constantin V. Gheorghiu, An answer to a proposed analysis Theodor Avramov Projects Review Thesaurus of the Theology of St. Maximus the Confessor Dimitar Bogdanov

2021 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Philokalia in the Romanian Tradition and Spirituality Iuliu-Marius Morariu Protoiereus Eusthathius Yankov’s Letters to Hieromonk Nikolay (Kozhuharov) Pavel Pavlov Prayer in the Early Patristic Literature Svetoslav Ribolov Authenticity and Church History Dimensions of the Canons of the Council of Serdica (343) Nina Koleva Different Approaches in Hermeneutics of the Book of Revelation Desislava Panayotova The Value of the Church’s Disciplinary Rule with Respect to Salvation in the Oriental Tradition John Ericson

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2020 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter St. Theodore Studites (759-826) and His Apologetical Approach in the Antirretics (Defense of the Icons) Dimo Penkov The Icon of Christ and Aspect and theoretical aspects on the Icons during the Period of Iconoclasm Lyubomira Stefanova Philosophical and Theological Arguments on the Holy Icons in the Work- Nicephorus and Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople and the Great Theodore the Studites against the Iconoclasts Ivan Christiov The Heresy 101 of St. John of Damascus- Doctrinal Differences between Christianity and Islam in Comparative Perspective Klara Toneva Haeresis 101 in the Liber de haeresibus of St. John of Damascus, and the Quranic Arguments against the Icons Zdravko Kanev St. John Damascene and His Contribution to the Medieval Controversy over the “Right Religion” Dietmar Schon A Spelling problem Chavdar Spasov The role of the teacher concerning the Holy Scripture lesson in the courses of Bulgarian language and literature (High School level) Chavdar Spasov The History of Christianity and its Role among the People Engaged with the the Romanian School in Rome (1922-1948) Protos. dr. Iuliu-Marious Morariu

2023 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter History of Religions in the Bulgarian Systematic Theology (in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Theology) Clara Toneva Mihail Emanuilovich Posnov – Life and Works Ventzislav Karavaltchev Patriarch Cyril as a Church Historian Fr. Stephan (Stoycho) Staykov The City of Ochrid and the Archbishopric in Ochrid in the Researches of Prof. Ivan Snegarov Ivan Yovchev Pastoral Ministry in St. Kliment of Ochrid Academic Chapel of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology Ivaylo Vasilev DIVINE FREEDOM AND THE BEING OF THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON ACCORDING TO ST CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Rosen Rusev The Topic of “Sin” in Judges 10:6-16 Zoran Kalev Dynamics of the Old Testament Priesthood from Aaron to Zadok Fr. Boris Borisov Incarnation and Icon in the Polemical Works of St. John of Damascus Alena Kerezova The Ambivalent Relation to Faith in Elin Pelin’s Stories of the Early 20th Century Yonko Bonov “On Faith” by St. Basil the Great: Context, Structure and Addressee Kalin Angelov Projects NARRATE: DIGITAL RECORDING AND DOCUMENTATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CULTURAL TREASURES IN MONASTERIES AND TEMPLES (The Project Activities in Bulgaria) Ioannis Kamminis

2014 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter Four articles for soviet Russia in the journal „Dvuglavij orel“ (1921– 1922) N. N. Glubokovsky „In memoriam of Late Prof. Alexey Petrovich Lebedev (Under the First Impressions of a Heavy Loss)“ N. N. Glubokovsky God the Logos. Exegetical sketches on the Johannine prologue (1:1–18) N. N. Glubokovsky Prof. N.N. Glubokovsky and His Influence on the Biblical Studies in Bulgaria Emil Traytchev To the Problem of the Interpretative Method in “Gospel of Christian Glory in the Apocalypse” by N. N. Glubokovsky Nevjana Rizova The Words of the New Testament in Romanian and European Space from the First Utterance of the Apostles to the Present Day. Fr. Ion-Sorin Bora Theological Ascetism and Scientific Humility: The Aca- demic Legacy of Prof. Nikolai Nikanorovich Glubokovsky Pavel Pavlov Orthodox Perspectives of Theological Dialogue and Christian Unity according to Nikolai Glubokovsky Kostadin Nushev Prof. N. N. Glubokovsky and Theological Education Reform in Russia in the Late 19th and the Early 20th c. (On the Education of the Priests) Ivo Yanev Prof. N. N. Glubokovsky on “Stauropegia” in the Church (Notes from Sofia Archive) Ivan Yovchev On the widespread malicious rumors against N. N. Glubokovsky the second half of the 20-s of the last century (based on archival documents) Diljan Nikoltchev, Ekaterina Damjanova

2017 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Reflections on Religious Dialogue in Today’s Europe David Pestroiu Miraculous Submotives in the Martyrium of St Perperua and Felicitas Angel Petkov Evagrius of Pontus' Christology Ioannis Kamminis Apostolicity of the Church Aleksandar Aleksandrov Prison Letters of St. Ap. Paul – Theories about the Place of Writing Georgi Boev Being Risen or Being Raised Rossen Rousev Invisible War in the Works of St Nikodemus Hagioreite (The Struggle for Spiritual Perfection according to the Manual for Spiritual Advises) Archim. Emilianos Kazantzidis Affirmation of Love to Our Fellow Human (Pastoral Care for AIDS Patients) Ivo Yanev Our Relationship with Authority-Political, Religious and Ecclesiastical Dilyan Nikolchev

2024 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Paula of Bethlehem: Blending the Ascetic and Aristocrat Worlds Rebecca Ruth Faber Chronology of the Theological Works of Theodore II Laskaris Cyril Galev Aurelius Augustine and Pelagianism Dimitria Cherneva Romanian Orthodox Church and Ecumenism – an overview Iuliu-Marius (Maxim) Morariu Professor Stavrophorian Archpriest Hristo Dimitrov as the most prolific researcher in the field of Pastoral theology in Bulgaria Ivo Yanev Prof. Hristo Dimitrov and his contribution in the efforts of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for religious education among children in the period 1944-1948 Polina Spirova Psychological aspects of the confession according to the work of Prof. Archpriest Hristo Dimitrov Maya Hristova Creativity and Personhood in the theology of prot. Georges Florovsky Roussina Torosyan Archimandrite Irinei Pop Konstantinov – A Little Known Witness to the Christian Faith Tsvetomir Penkov