Acknowledgements

This edition is the fifth 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, Social Sciences and Religious Tourism. 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 fifth volume, we are publishing 5 articles that refer to Sociology of Religion, History of the Othodox community of Albania in Ottoman Empire, Orthodox Missionary, Study of Religion and Patrology. We would like to thank our contributors for this second edition and especially As. Lecturer Msc. Thoma Çomëni-“A social and ethical perspective on violence against women, family and customary law in Albanian society”, Lecturer Dr. Thoma Shkira-“The Orthodox Community in the Albanian Territory (XVXIX centuries)”, Adjunct Lecturer Dr. Nikolaos Tsirevelos-“‘Liturgy after the Liturgy’.A code phrase exhorting to missionary outreach introduced by

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania”, Lecturer Dr. Georgios Gaitanos-“The study of religion in a Greek Encyclopedia of interwar period” and Adjunct Lecturer Dr. Nikolaos Zarotiadis- “Learning to love: Approaching the teaching of St. Cyprian and St. Maximus the Confessor”.

The Editorial Board

Dr. Georgios Gaitanos Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos