Theology & Culture

The Academic Journal of the Department of Theology and Culture University College Logos

Theology & Culture Volume 1, Number 1, June 2020 ISSN: 2708-6755

Department of Theology and Culture University College Logos

Contents

Acknowledgements

Nikolaos Tsirevelos

1. Christian Witness, Communication and Education: The example of Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania Anastasios (Yannoulatos)

Georgios Keselopoulos

2. Unity or diversity in the four gospel narratives of the resurrection? A patristic approach

Konstantinos Georgiadis

3. From a Christological controversy to an Iconoclastic one: Biblical dicta as interpreted by the Councils of Hieria (754) and of Nicaea II (787)

Georgios Gaitanos

4. A modern perspective on the History of Religions

Thoma Çomëni

5. Brotherhood in terms of orthodox theology and life

Chrysovalantis Ioannidis

6. The Hymns of the Great Lent: its content and origin 7

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We have the honor to announce that this is the first volume of the Journal “Theology & Culture” (ISSN: ), which is the official academic Journal of the Department of Theology & Culture, University College Logos. The Department of Theology & Culture belongs to the Faculty of Human Sciences of University Logos and at the moment our Department provides a three-year undergraduate program in Theology. The department is housed in a modern building complex around the Holy Mon astery of Shen Vlash, in the homonymous village, 5 minutes outside the city of Durrës.

This academic journal will be published two times per year in print and online. Theology & Culture is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research articles in the field of Theology, Study of Religion, Education, Literature and Social Sciences. The journal publishes reviews, original papers, conference announcements, book reviews and research reports trying to provide a platform for experts, scholars and researchers that has started their career now to exchange their latest re searches and findings. Another goal of the Journal is be the promotion of case studies that concern religion, history, culture and society in Albania and the Balkans in general. The official language of the Journal is English and only in special cases will be printed articles in German, French or Italian.

The journal will be indexed by Google scholar, DOAJ (Directory of Open Journals) and is hosted to our Issuu page (https://issuu.com/ departamentiitheologjisedhekultures). Also, the journal has its own Academia (https://independent.academia.edu/AcademicJournalTheologyCulture) and Researchgate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theology_Culture) account and every article is accompanied by a Doi number.

Theology & Culture is a peer review journal. All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. And also, our re viewers and editorial board members are from different countries all over the world.

For this first volume, we are publishing 6 articles of new career academics

and researchers that refer to Orthodox Theology, Patristics, Study of Religion, Christian Education, Christian Ethics and Byzantine Hymnology. We would like to thank our contributors for this first volume and especially Dr. Nikolaos Tsirevelos-“Christian Witness, Communication and Education: The example of Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania Anastasios (Yannoulatos)”, Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos-“Unity or diversity in the four gospel narratives of the resurrection? A patristic approach”, Dr. Konstantinos Georgiadis-“From a Christological controversy to an Iconoclastic one: Biblical dicta as interpreted by the Councils of Hieria (754) and of Nicaea II (787)”, Dr. Georgios Gaitanos-“ A modern perspective on the History of Religions”, MSc. Thoma Çomëni-“ Brotherhood in terms of orthodox theology and life”, Dr. Chrysovalantis Ioannidis-“ The Hymns of the Great Lent: its content and origin”. The Editorial Board Dr. Georgios Gaitanos Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos