On May 8, at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, within the framework of the ongoing Students’ Scientific Conference, sessions were held in the fields of Theology, History, Literature, Art and Religious Studies. Scientific work carried out by the students was evaluated by their teachers. The students comprehensively answered the questions posed by the audience and a discussion was held afterwards.
See below the program of the sessions:
Theology
The Chairman of the session - Lasha Bzukashvili, a second-year student of the Theological Academy
1. Levan Songhulashvili, a second-year student of the Theological Seminary – The Original Sin and Personal Responsibility in the Biblical Context; the supervisor - Rezo Mujirishvili, Master of Theology
2. Levan Saliashvili, a second-year student of the Theological Seminary - Principles of Selecting a New Apostle According to the “Acts of the Apostles” (1. 21-26); the supervisor - Giorgi Todua, Master of Theology
3. Miranda Chiaberashvili, a second-year student of the Faculty of Christian Psychology -Metamorphosis of the Personality and the Inner Transformation of the Human Being; Supervisor - Revaz Mujirishvili, Master of Theology
History
The Chairman of the session - Bachana Aburjania, a third-year student of the Theological Seminary
1. Levan Saliashvili, a second-year student of the Theological Seminary - Catholicos Ambrose – a Researcher of Antiquities; the supervisor - Doctor of Historical Sciences and Theology, Professor Sergo Vardosanidze
2. Bachana Aburjania, a third-year student of the Theological Seminary – Problems of Selling Captives in the Records of Jean Chardin; the supervisor - Doctor of Historical Sciences and Theology, Professor Sergo Vardosanidze
3. Monk Emmanuel (Kekelia), a second-year student of the Theological Seminary - Catholicos-Patriarch Saint Ambrose Khelaia and the Bolshevik Government; the supervisor - Doctor of Historical Sciences and Theology, Professor Sergo Vardosanidze
4. Levan Songulashvili, a second-year student of the Theological Seminary - The Orthodox Church of Georgia in the Early Years of the Bolshevik Occupation (1921-1922); the supervisor - Doctor of Historical Sciences and Theology, Professor Sergo Vardosanidze
Literature
The Chairman of the session - Luka Mghebrishvili, a first-year student of the Theological Academy.
1. Photine Gunia, a first-year student of the Faculty of Christian Art History and Theory – The Martyrdom of Ares, Probus and Elias; the supervisor - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Lela Khachidze
2. Miranda Chiaberashvili, a second-year student of the Faculty of Christian Psychology - The Assyrian Fathers’ Legacy; the supervisor - Ketevan Mamasakhlisi, Doctor of Philology
3. Luka Mghebrishvili, a first-year student of the Theological Academy - The Issue of Education in Ilia Chavchavadze’s Publications; the supervisor - Khatuna Kalandarishvili, Doctor of Philology
Faculties of Christian Art Theory and History and Religious Studies
The Chairman of the session – Giorgi Gegidze, a fourth-year student of the Faculty of Christian Psychology
1. Lazare Jincharadze, a first-year student of the Faculty of Christian Art History and Theory - Icons Related to the Commemoration of the Great Martyr, Saint Queen Ketevan; the supervisors: Professor Eldar Bubulashvili, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Nana Burchuladze, Doctor of Art History
2. Gvantsa Javashvili, a first-year student of the Faculty of Christian Art History and Theory - Georgian Musical Instruments and Polyphony; the supervisor - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Lela Khachidze
3. Luka Khvedelidze, a second-year student of the Theological Seminary - The Personality of Jesus Christ in Gnostic and Neo-Gnostic Religions; the supervisor - Archpriest Teimuraz Tatarashvili, Doctor of Theology
4. Giorgi Gegidze, the fourth-year student of the Faculty of Christian Psychology - Paulicianism and Georgia; the Supervisor - Archpriest Teimuraz Tatarashvili, Doctor of Theology