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2024 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter Die Bulgarische Orthodoxe Kirche im Dialog zwischen Orthodoxen und Altkatholiken in der zweiten H.lfte des 20. Jahrhunderts Ivan Yovtchev Fr. Mivhail Apostolov – a Confessor from Ovtshartsi (archimandrite Makariy) Tsvetomir Penkov Orthodox Pastoral Approach in Caring for people with addictions and their families Fr. Georgi Hristov Fotakiev Confession and Pastoral Care in the Eponymous Pastoral Study by Archpriest Christo Dimitrov Ivaylo Vasilev Spiritual as a Fundamental Anthropological Premise of Logotherapy (Essential Framework and Significance in Opposing Materialistic and Reductionist Views of Man) Maya Hristova On the Biography of Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Philippopolis (Plovdiv) in the period 1824 – 1850 Fr. Emil Paralingov The Clash Between Christianity and the Concept of Genius in Roman Society Fr. Stefan (Stoycho) Staykov St. Gregory of Nyssa – Reflections on the Uncertainties in His Biography Vladimir Iontchev Rebuke by and Reciprocity of Marcella Rebecca Ruth Faber

2016 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Intertextuality and Biblical Text Emil Traytchev The 1st Epistle of Apostle Paul to the Corinthians in the Modern Scholarship Emanuela Ivanova “Acribeia” in the 2nd Marriage Practice according the St. Euthymius of Tyrnovo's Letter to the Metropolitan of Ungro-Valachia Anthimus Dilyan Nikolchev The Drama of the Bulgarian Academic Theologian Pavel Pavlov Patristic Views on the Hierarchy of the Angels Danail Nikolov Acedia – an Old Demon in Modern Times Ioannis Kamminis Homiletic and Exegetic Approach of St. Pionius (in His Martyr’s Atc) Angel Petkov The Impact of St. Nicodemus Hagioreite on the Church Life Today Emilianos Kazandzidis

2018 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter The New Testament Canon and the 39th Paschal Epistle of St. Athanasius of Alexandria Emil Traychev St. Athanasius of Alexandria in Exile (335-346) Aleksandar Omarchevski St. Athanasius' Faith against Arianism between Nicaea and Serdica Elena Nikolova The Great Constantine and Athanasius. A Meeting between Two Different Worlds Pavel Pavlov Apologetic Views in the Early Works of St. Athanasius the Great Dimo Penkov St. Athanasius of Alexandria's Teaching on the Holy Spirit Georgi Chochev The Consecration of the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre in the Context of the Council of Tire (335) Ekaterina Damianova Proverbs- 8-22-25 in the Context of the Antiarian Polemics of St. Athanasius' Second Oration against the Arians Rossen Roussev St. Athanasius' Orations against the Arians in the 1st Bulgarian Kingdom Svetoslav Ribolov Greek Researches on St. Athanasius the Great in the 20th Century Yoannis Kamminis Studies on St Athanasius of Alexandria in Bulgaria 20th and early 21st Century Angel Petkov

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

2019 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter Orthodox – Old Catholic Dialogue (Negotiations for Unification) Ivan Yovchev Saint Martyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome Fr. Stephan (Stoycho) Staykov Bulgarian Composers of St. John Chrysostome’s Liturgy Stoyan Malinov Church Hymnography and Music in the Works of the Three Holy Hierarchs Liubomir Ignatov Saint Justin, Philosopher and Martyr, and his view for the the relationship between Christianity and philosophy Atanas Vatashki Deunovism – Doubtfully Attractive and Undoubtfully Dangerous Ventzislav Sergiev About the Origin of the Alphabet Martin Mitov NICHIFOR CRAINIC and the Christian-Nationalism from the Romanian Space Rev. Iuliu-Marius Morariu History and Creativity in Fr. George Florovsky's Theology Roussina Torosyan Jaroslav Pelikan and the history of theology Theodor Avramov

2015 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter The Principal Difficulties in Conducting Ecumenical Council Stefan Cankov CHRISTIAN EDUCATION in the Context of the New Paradigms of Education and in the Romanian Education System Adrian Ivan Pastoral and Psychological Aspects in the Works of Three Hierarchs Ivo Yanev “Philosophy chapters” of St. John of Damascus - an Overview on the Structure Atanas Atanasov The Prophets’ Service in the Ancient Church in the Sources of the 1st and the early 2nd Century Petar Simeonov Transcedental Meditation- a Provocation against the Human Ego Emmanuel Nikolov Biblical Background of Sacrament of Priesthood Deacon Nikolay (Petrov) Musical Works of Hieromonk Neophytus of Rila Andrey Kasabov Status of Woman in Contemporary Judaism Magdalena Kraycheva Prison Letters of St. Ap. Paul- Theories about the Place of Writing Georgi Boev Meaning and Content of Figurative Cycle „Ordeals of Soul“ Lyubomir Traykov

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

2022 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter Teaching of the Orthodox Faith according to the Principles of Liturgical Byzantine Treatises. Testimonies and Interpretation Fr. Ivan Ivanov (Kyumurdjiyski) THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN BULGARIA DURING THE MIDDLE CENTURIES Svetoslav Riboloff Ein theoretisches und praktisch–angewandtes Modell für die Digitalisierung der religiösen Bildung. Das Beispiel des Videounterrichts über Religion von der Sonntagsschule an der Kirche „Heilige Dreifaltigkeit“ Stefan Tonchev, Iliana Dimova The Holy Sacraments of Penance and Anointing as Therapeutic Means in Pastoral Ministry Goran Stoevsky The ministry of the ephemeral priest in educational institutions Ivaylo Vasilev The Speech of the Angel of the Lord in Judges 6-11-16 Zoran Kalev “External Knowledge” and how to approach it. The Pattern of St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianz" Kalin Angelov Review-Specificts of the Latin Trinitarian Paradigm Dimitrina Cherneva Reviews John Behr, Mystery of Christ Ioannis Kamminis

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.

Prof. Pavel Pavlov, PhD Assoc. prof. Svetoslav Ribolov, PhD Editors in Chief Academic Secretary (Manuscripts, Submission Review Managment) Ch. asst. prof. Theodor Avramov, PhD COLLEGIUM EDITORUM Fr. Porphyrius Georgi (University of Balamand) Maria Yovtcheva (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Ivaylo Naydenov (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Ion Marian Croitoru (University of Valachia, Targoviste) Prot. (Maxim) Iuliu-Marius Morariu (Pretoria University, South Africa & Academy of Romanian Scientists, New York) Ilias Evangelou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Athanasios Anastisiadis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Andrian Alexandrov (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Polina Spirova (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Valchan Valchanov (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Ioannis Kaminis (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Clara Toneva (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Prot. Ivan Ivanov (University of Sofia St. Clement of Ochrid) Konstantinos Nichoritis (University Macedonia) Maria Schnitter (University of Plovdiv) Dimitar Dimitrov (University of Veliko Tyrnovo) Maria Spasova (University of Veliko Tyrnovo) Dimiter Mirchev (Medical University of Plovdiv) Ioannis Panagiotopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Prot. Liudmil Malev (University of Veliko Tyrnovo)