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2017 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter ABOUT THE CANONICAL MEANING of “The Lifelong Office” of the Orthodox Bishops. Is It Unconditional or Conditional Diljan Nikolchev Liturgical Phenomenology of the Christian Art- Sacred Music, Iconography and Liturgical Text in the Regulations of the Ecumenical Councils and the Textimony of the Fathers Diacono Ivan Stoyanov Ivanov (Kiumurdzhiysky) Synodal Decrees- Their Juridical Characterisics, Functions and Application Stavr. oik. Mihail Mihailov Incarnation and Redemption in the Light of Theotokos' Icon Georgi Chochev Symbolic of the Numbers in the Works of Evagrius of Pontus Yoannis Kamminis Gregory of Nazianz and His Attitude towards Women in His Theological Poems and His Orations Tsvetanka Elenkova Piligrimage and or Religious Tourism-Problems and Perspectives of Developement Nowadays Stefan Tonchev Biblical Account in the Pre-School Education- Methodology and Practical Dimensions Iliana Dimova

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

2014 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Religious and Philosophical Concept of Knowledge in the Yoga Context Emmanuel Nikolov „Bulgarian” Yom-Kipour and the Traditional Jewish Worldview Magdalena Kraycheva Phenomenon of “Creativity” in Nicolas Berdyaev‘s Philosophy Olga Dramancheva Pastoral Psychology and Pastorology: Interdisciplinary Boundaries and Heuristic Opportunities Paulina Todorova Category “Development” in Psychology and Chriatian Anthropology Rositsa Todorova Person between Transpersonality and Pathological Loneliness Rumen Vitanov Meatfare Sunday and the “Last Judgment”: Typology of Influences Tatyana Ivanova Architecture and Liturgical Functions of Skevophylakion at the Great Church St Sophia in Constantinople Alexander Filov A New Hypothesis about Translation of the Right Hand of St John of Rila to Island of Tinos Zornitsa Gyurova Cyril and Methodius. Historical Milieu and Usage of the Holy Scripture in Their Mission among the Slavs Georgios Koundouris 1st Epistle to the Corinthians of Apostle Paul in the Modern Biblical Studies Emanuela Ivanova Aspects regarding the Links between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Sergiu-Grigore Popescu

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