The Annual Scientific Conference with the participation of professors, teachers and students continues at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary. On May 1 and 2, a sectional session was held, as part of the conference in which the representatives, professors and teachers, of all the departments of the school participated.
Here, we offer the program of the sectional session on May 1 and 2:
May 1
Theology
Chairwoman of the session - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor
Gvantsa Koplatadze
1. Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Gvantsa Koplatadze
- The General Epistle of Photios
2. Giorgi Gvasalia, a doctoral student - The Savior’s Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
and the Historical Jewish Context
3. Irakli Orzhonia, Doctor of Theology and Nugzar Samkharadze, Master of Theology - Ecclesiastical Exegesis of the Notion of the Leather Clothes Worn by Our Primogenitors
History
Chairman of the session – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Eldar Bubulashvili
1. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Eldar Bubulashvili – Rapiel Ivanitski-Ingilo’s Cultural and Educational Activities in Itali
2. Doctor of Theology, Professor, Archpriest Aleksi Kshutashvili – A Previously Unknown Georgian Monastic Abode on the Foreign Soil
3. Nino Tomadze, Doctor of History – Portrayal of David VII Ulu
4. Grigol Bendeliani, a doctoral student – History of Ecclesiastical Educational Centers
Old Georgian Literature
Chairwoman of the session – Doctor of Philological Sciences, Medea (Mariam) Ghlonti
1. Khvtiso Zaridze, Doctor of Philology – A Parable of the Life of Serapion of Zarzma
2. Ketevan Mamasakhlisi, Doctor of Philology - The Literary Center of Sabatsminda, and “On Contrition and Humility” by the Monk Martyr
4. Asmat Jikia, Doctor of Philology – For Some of the Things Unrevealed in the “Life of Kartli” but Disclosed in the “Life of Grigol of Khantsa”
5. Medea (Mariam) Glonti, Doctor of Philology - Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani’s Exegetical Thought (Old Georgian: Namesake and Bearing the Same Name)
Art Theory and History
Chairwoman of the session - Nana Burchuladze, Doctor of Art History and Theory
1. Nana Burchuladze, Doctor of Art History - On the Iconography of the Anchi Icon of the Savior
2. Professor Murad Tqhemaladze, Doctor of Geology – Iconography in the Colors of Theology
May 2
Canon Law and Liturgy
Chairman of the session - Archpriest Longinoz Suarishvili
1. Archpriest Longinoz Suarishvili – The Canon of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea
on the Tolerance of the So-Called “Cathars”
2. Irakli Guniava, a doctoral student - Property Rights of the Church,
According to the Canons of the Local Councils of the Church of Georgia
3. Archpriest David Chigladze, a doctoral student – The Benediction in the Service of Vigil According to the Typicon of the Shiomghvime Monastery
Georgian Language and Literature
Chairman of the session - Avtandil Arabuli, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Acad.
1. Avtandil Arabuli, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Acad. - Phonetics of the Old Georgian Language and “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
2. Khatuna Kalandarishvili, Doctor of Philology - The Issue of Faith in the Works of Nikoloz Baratashvili
3. Khatuna Nishnianidze, Doctor of Philology - Modern Approaches to the Study of Hagiography
Philosophy and Psychology
Chairman of the session - Professor Teimuraz Buadze, Doctor of Theology
1. Doctor of Social Sciences, Irma Khurtsia - The Concept of the Psychic Unconscious According to Dimitri Uznadze’s General Psychological Theory of Mood
2. Doctor of Philosophy, Elene Shubladze - The Church Fathers on Human Nature According to Jean-Claude Larchet
3. Teimuraz Buadze, Doctor of Theology, Professor – The Essence of Evil
in “Oedipus Rex”, “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” and Dante’s “Divine Comedy”
The conference will resume on May 7 and 8 where students will present interesting scientific topics to the audience.