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Kleronomia, Vol. 16, Issue B, July 1984, 364 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 3 theological essays and a bibliographic bulletin.

Panagiotis Christou mentions the various activities of Gregory Palamas, at the time of his prelacy. The writer, studies the Hesychast disputes, the Synod of 1351, his captivity and his action in Thessaloniki and Constantinople.

Bas. Fanourgakis continues the above research for Saint Gregory Palamas, especially at the time of his captivity (1354-1355) and gives us plentiful material from the letters of this period.

Christos Krikonis presents the republication of the newspaper Church Truth and the journal New Shepherd at the period 1919-1923.

The bibliographic bulletin presents many books of the period and works of the Patriarchal Institution of Patristic Studies of the same period.

Kleronomia, Vol. 15, Issue B, July 1983, 365 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 6 theological essays and a bibliographic bulletin.

Antonios Kompou, Metropolitan of Sisanio and Siatista, does a systematic study on the Christian attitude towards the secular power during the years of persecutions. The martyrs’ testimonies give concrete examples of Christians’ attitude towards the persecuting sovereigns.

Rev.George Papadimitriou studies, in English, the way to unity with The Absolute, the Creator of all! In doing so, the writer attempts a parallel approach between Plotin and the patristic literature of that time, between action and theory.

Angelica Strati presents the mural decor in the chapel of Archangels Gathering in the Holy Abbey of St. John the Baptist in Serres. She also presents historical, architectural and iconographical elements of the Church, having a rich photographic material.

Constantine Perialas studies the rhetorical art of Saint Chrysostom, regarding priesthood in general.

Dr.Carla Spadavecchia presents to us the aspects of Saint Basil the Great about friendship in combination with the pagan literature of his time. She also studies the meaning of conciliation, as base of religion and education and concludes with the meaning of charity.

A. Bantella, P. Savvaidis and I. Duka study the problem of land-planning orientation of various Churches of Thessaloniki. They all follow the general south-eastern city’s orientation. This orientation changes according to the Churches’ places, in combination with the neighbourhoods, the streets’ orientation, the topography and the ground’s form at the region where the Churches were built.

The bibliographic bulletin presents many books of this period.

Klironomia, Vol. 16, Issue A, January 1984, 172 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 3 interesting essays and a bibliographic bulletin (review and books’ presentation).

Eleytherios Raftis studies the institution and the Legal status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the Byzantine Empire up to the Ottoman Empire, as well as its modern history. There is also a similar work, in volume 11 of Kleronomia (1979), where Silas Koskinas, Bishop of New Yemen, presents extensively the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s role as a cultural power in America.

George Theodoroudis in his study examines the rhetorical methodology of Eustathios of Thessaloniki.

F.N. Nikitopoulou gives a bibliographic, review note on the publication of the “reward ”of the Holy Abbey of Saint John Theologos at the island of Patmos.

In the end we find a bibliographic bulletin with interesting books of this period.

Kleronomia, Vol. 15, Issue A, January 1983, 174 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 4 interesting essays and a bibliographic bulletin (review and books’ presentation).

An. Ioannidis studies the term “virtue” based on the biblical and patristic texts of the Church. The writer begins his study with the effect of the Greek and Jewish thought and goes on to the biblical aspect (Christocentric and eschatological analysis). The writer believes that the combination of thought with virtue is achieved through the patristic approach. This combination is indicative of classic and Christian virtues. He also believes, that even though a philosophical method is used by the Holy Fathers, this method is considered as “training” and “aiding”, developing a new patristic virtue system with purely Christian content.

J. Coman presents, in French, through the work of H.I.Marrou, the life and the personality of Saint John Kassianos. This study starts with the citation of the place where Saint Kassianos was born, which is not Syria, neither Constantinople nor Marseille but the cityCasian,North East of Constanta. Kassianos (360-435) lived in Marseille, where he defended Orthodoxy, and wrote many theological works about the organization of monasticism.

Basil Thomas Kontovas makes a systematic registration of all the Greek manuscripts of the Holy Abbey Cheilandariou, as well as its bibliographers. The work continues in the next volume of Kleronomia.

Emmanuel Clapsis presents, in English, a systematic study on the subject of Tradition. The study is interesting and it is a theological contribution in a World Council of Churches conference of the “Faith and Order” Committee. Through the interpretation given by the Church’s Fathers, (Saint Irenaeus, Saint Basil the Great, Ecumenical Councils etc.), the writer concludes that the Church’s doctrines cannot be changed as far as their essence in concerned, but only regarding their interpretation, depending on the place and the time.

Last follows a bibliographic bulletin with interesting books of this period.