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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

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

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

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

2019 / Issue 1 Front and Back Matter Τρισάγιον – Trisvyatoe in the Byzantine and Old Bulgarian Liturgical Practice. Characteristics, Features and Use in the Liturgical Tradition of the Church Ivan Ivanov Theological Legacy of a Church Historian-Prof. Hristo Stoyanov Pavel Pavlov Distance Education in Religion and Catechesis during an Year of Pandemy Polina Spirova Novatian, Presbyter of Rome and Anti-Pope (251 – 258) Fr. Stephan Staykov Nichifor Krainic - Christian Nationalism Theodor Avramov Peculiarities of Holy Week According to the Typicon of the Orthodox Church and the Place of Orthros in the Liturgical Service and Tradition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Based on Ancient Testimonies from the History of Worship Delyan Todev Strategies of Christian Apologetics according to Origen and the Basic Principles of the Modern Apologetics Atanas Vatashki Creativity and Neo-Patristic Synthesis in Fr. Georges Florovsky's Thought System (Princeton Insights) Rousssina Torosyan

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