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Kleronomia, Vol. 9, Issue B, July 1977, 525 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 8 theological essays, a bibliographic bulletin and the season’s Chronicles.

Panagiotis Christou, studies an important work of Clemens of Alexandria, who showed a special interest in poetry and music. He analyzes the way in which he uses extracts, as musicological reports, from the Song of Songs in his main works Stromateis, Pedagogue, and Protrepticos.

Dimitrios Nikitas studies the issue of asking and answering, as means of enunciating the devil and confessing faith, an element of the baptismal practice of the Church in the 4^th century AC. The writer studies the way and the character of asking and answering, as well as the time when this part was incorporated in holy Baptism.

Artemios Rantosavlievic examines the Sacrament of Marriagein the light of dogmatic theology. He also studies patristic texts and answers to the principal question “What does the Church bless through Marriage?”

Archimandrite Naukratios Tsoulkanakis extensively interprets the religious phenomenon of Anchoritism, which caused the division of the history of Christian ascesis in two different periods: the first from the apostolic years up to Anchoritism, which according to the writer is named unorganized ascesis and the second, the period of organised monasticism. The writer refers particularly to Tertullian.

G. Th. Bergotis presents the liturgical Memoranda or “ceremonial comments”, which are from the early Byzantine period. He examines historical, liturgical and theological problems, based on the texts of Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Maximus the Confessor.

Nicolas Croussouloudis extensively presents the principals of the Latin Church at the island of Chios while and he also offers lists with the Bishops’ names.

Sot. Cadas examines the iconographed holy icon stand of the Holy Lands, which is in the Code 159 of the Holy Monastery of Grigoriou.

Finally, Theodore Zisis answers to the article of f. Ioustinos Popovic regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the ecclesiastical dialogues.

In the end there is a bibliographic bulletin. The Chronicles present the 2^nd Meeting of Theological Faculties, documents of the mixed Orthodox-Anglican dialogue Committee and of the 1^st Pre-assembly Pan-Orthodox Conference.

Kleronomia, Vol. 10, Issue A, January1978, 210 pages.

This volume of Kleronomia includes 9 interesting essays, a bibliographic bulletin and the season’s Chronicles.

Silas Koskinas, Bishop of Amfipolis, studies the teaching of Apostle Paul on eschata. Paul, even though he did not do any systematic composition of Christian teaching, attempts through his epistles to answer to practical problems which troubled the Churches. According to him, salvation has an eschatological orientation but is realized in the present time through the Holy Spirit.

Jean Vafiadis examines in a short work the matter of Love according to Nicolas Kavasilas, which is identified with life in Christ. The terms that are used for love are many (filter, charity, affection, passion, friendship), but God’s love is active only with human will.

Athanasius Papas, Metropolitan of Eleutheroupolis describes in detail the portrait of Cyril Metropolitan of Mitilini, which is at the mansion of the Holy Metropolis of Chalcedon.

P.Drossoyiannis analyzes the characteristics of the frescoes in the region of Virgin Mary Forviotissa Aspou (Nicosia, Cyprus), based on professor’sKurt Weitzmann instructions, in 1106.

TheodoreNormanRussell presents the aspects of Anselm’sHavelberg and Nikita of Nicomedia, in 1136. This constitutes a systematic effort of understanding both sides: East and West. The writer presents the characteristic differences of both sides, as well as their mutual completion in a potential effort to unite the two Churches.

Archimandrite Nafkratios Tsoulkanakis studies the personality of Nikephoros Marthalis, Archbishop of Sinai in the 18^th century. He also presents many epistles illustrating his work.

In the pages of DISCUSSIONS Professor Basil Stavridis attempts to evaluate the orthodox participation in the ecumenical movement (1948-1978), while John Romanidis studies the work of Professor Gerasimos Konidaris, related to ecclesiology and bilateral dialogues. There we also find an open epistle of Archbishop Athenagoras Kokkinakis, concerning the ecumenical dialogue of the Orthodox Church (June 1977).

The bibliographic bulletin has many interesting seasonal books. The Chronicles present lectures and documents of the A’ Pre-Assembly Pan-Orthodox Conference (21-30.11.1976).

Kleronomia, Vol. 11, Issue A, January 1979, 238 pages.

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

Metropolitan of Tyroloe and Serention Panteleimonas Rodopoulos researches the ecclesiological aspect of the 34^th Apostolic Canon, which refers to the canonical and synodical relations of local Bishops with the primate Bishop of the Metropolis, in other words of an independent metropolitan region. The above text was the writer’s lecture at the 4^th International Meeting of the Law Association of Eastern Churches (Regensburg, 19-24.9.1978).

Theodore Zisis comments on 10 points-phrases of ancient apologists, analyzing their historical and theological content. It is an important article, which clarifies the mistaken perceptions about the life of the first Christians.

Th. Nikolaou examines the meaning of Christian truth and ethics, in regard to Greek philosophy. This approach is based on the theology of Saint Clemens of Alexandria and his works “Pedagogical” and “Exhortative”.

Peter Meinhold studies the ecumenical importance of the work and the personality of Saint Athanasius. The writer analyzes four points: 1) the formulation of Christian understanding of God, 2) the monastic ideal, 3) the Canon of the New Testament and 4) his fighting attitude in the Ecumenical Councils.

Constantine Kalokiris, even though he isn’t a specialist nor on patristic neither on liturgical studies, analyzes the Canon on Resurrection of John Damascenes, with parallel passages from speeches of Saint Gregory Nazianzus (Speech 1 & 45).

John Kalogirou through the pages of DISCUSSIONS theologically estimates the 3^rd Conference of Mixed dialogue between the Orthodox and the Old-Catholic Church. He also presents the detailed final Report (p. 177), as well as the relevant presentations (p. 186).

Lastly follows a bibliographic bulletin with interesting books.