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2020 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter The Uncreated Light of Transfiguration of Our Lord in St. Gregory Palamas’ Thought Dimo Penkov Iconographic Veneration of St. Gregory Palamas in the Late Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Period Svetoslav Ribolov The Palamite Ideas for the Divine Light of the Image in the 14th Century Churches of Thessaloniki Lyuboira Stefanova The Modern Anti-Palamism and the Orthodox Doctrine of Theosis Ventzislav Karavaltchev Ontology of the Divinizing Grace according to the Defender of Hesychasm St. Gregory Palamas Dimitrios Tselengidis The Use of Logical Proofs in Theology according to St. Gregory Palamas Theodore Zisis Murals and Prints of St. John of Rila and the Revival Pilgrimage Plamen Mihailov

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

2016 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter Byzantine Ecclesiastical Chant- a Legacy of the Holy Fathers Svetoslav Ribolov The Number of the Modes according to St. Maximus the Confessor Liubomir Ignatov Theodore Manourgаs (13th-14th c.)- His work as a Composer (His Legacy, Ornaments on His works, and Commentars made by Gregorius Chourmouzius) Sevi Masera KURZER KOMMENTAR BEZÜGLICH DES ANGENOMMENEN DOKUMENTES des orthodoxen Konzils auf Kreta – „Die Beziehungen der orthodoxen Kirche mit der übrigen christlichen Welt“ Ivan Yovchev Homiletic Elements of the Orthodox Iconography Nikushor Beldiman Holy Angels and Economy of Christ Danail Nikolov Protological and Eschatological Aspects of Ecclesiology in the 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians of St. Clement of Rome Aleksander Aleksandrov Evagrius Ponticus - Theology as a Way of Life Yoannis Kamminis

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)

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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

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

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

2013 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Byzantine Synaxaristes for September Ivan Christov Oration on the Deceased by the Humble Monk and Presbyter Gregory Tsamblakus Maria Spasova Importance of the Work of St Nikodemos Hagiorites for the Ecclesiastical Life Today Archimandrite Aemilianos Kazantzidis Tertullian and the Montanism Archimandrite Pavel Stefanov Christian Love to God According to “Sermon on the Divine and Holy Love” by Theodoret of Cyrus Rossen Milanov Movement and Energy in the Debate between John Philiponus and Proclus on the Eternity of the World Rossen Roussev Development of the Liturgy in the Urban Environment of Constantinople in Preiconoclastic Period Alexander Georgiev Marriage – Sacraments of the Church and Institurion of Roman Civil Law Iulian Mihai L. Constantinescu St. Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of St. Macrina Helena Panczova La Bulgarie à nouveau entre Constantinople et Rome, fin 12e – début 13e siècle Petăr P. Simeonov “Woman in Priesthood” in Orthodox Juda- ism and Orthodox Christianity” Magdalena Kraycheva