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his edition is the second volume of the Journal “Theology & Culture” (ISSN: 2708-6755), which is the official academic Journal of the Department of Theology & Culture, University College Logos. This academic journal is 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. 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 reviewers and editorial board members are from different countries all over the world. 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 researches 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. For this second volume, we are publishing 6 articles that refer to History of Religions, Christian Ethics, Orthodox Missionarism, Social Anthropology, Immigration, Bible studies in Albania, Liturgy and Christian Iconography and Art. We would like to thank our contributors for this second edition and especially Adjunct Lecturer Dr. Nikolaos Tsirevelos-“The awakening of the Orthodox witness to the nations. Communication approach in the missionary magazine Porethentes”, Lecturer Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos & Dr. Charalampos Machairas-“Christ, Melchizedek and David. A Sinaitic Icon of the Prothesis?”, Adjunct Lecturer Dr. Georgia Sarikoudi-“Albanian Immigrants in Thessalon7
