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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

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)

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

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2018 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter On the Canonical Significance of the Right of Stauropegia. A Response to a Study by the Bishop of Znepol Paisius, Stauropegia in the Church from the Canonical Poiont of View, and in Particular the Status of the Church Nikolay N. Glubokovski DOGMATIC THEOLOGY IN BULGARIA DURING THE 20TH CENTURY Svetoslav Riboloff Orthodox Theology and University in Bulgaria (History and Methodology) Pavel Pavloff God-Man Intimacy, Communication and Love, according to the Theology of Fr. Georges Florovsky Rousinna Torosyan Insights of the Natural Reason in the Search for Truth (Athenagoras of Athens and His Attitude to Ancient Philosophy) Atanas Vatashki Christian Family- A Priority Issue for Romanian Preachers in the 20th Century Nikusor Beldiman CANONICAL RROVISIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT OF THE CHURCH PROPERTIES George Grigoriţă Concept of the Word according to the Christian and the Muslim Tradition Zdravko Kunev The Image Twelve-Years-Old Jesus Christ Talks to the Scribes in the Temple in the New Bishopric of Messmbria in the Context of Altar Iconographic Program Nikolinka Klimukova The Miracle of Christ's Resurrection in the Context of the Modern Science Chavdar Spasov The Role of Religious Education in the Training of Young People in Christian Moral Values and Virtues Vanya Karchina

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

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2015 / Issue 2 Front and Back Matter FATHER ARSENIE PAPACIOC AND THE PROPER ARRANGEMENT OF SPIRITUAL LIFE. Glimpses of His Experiences in the Communist Prisons Ion Marian Croitoru Is the Anthropic Principle Possible as a Theological Argument? Cvetin Cekov St. Gregory of Nyssa on the Virginity Georgi Chochev PĂRINTELE PROFESOR MARIN C. IONESCU – ORATOR TALENTAT ȘI MISIONAR CONȘTIINCIOS Pr. Nicuşor Beldiman Theology of Creation in the Bulgarian Theological Thought of the 20th Century Svetoslav Ribolov CANONICAL INSTITUTION OF AUTOCEPHALY AND DIASPORA THE RECENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE AND THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE Iulian Mihai L. Constantinescu ΣΥΝΤΟΜΗ ΑΝΑΣΚΟΠΗΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΟΥΛΓΑΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΟ ΗΜΙΣY ΤΟΥ 13ΟΥ ΑΙΩΝΑ Petăr P. Simeonov ABORTION – MORAL, ETHICAL AND CANONICAL ISSUES Petcu Cristian Vasile DIE ORTHODOXIE IM DIALOG MIT DEM ISLAM (1986- 2012) – EIN VERGLEICHENDER ÜBERBLICK ZU THEMEN, METHODEN UND ERGEBNISSEN Dietmar Schon