An Annual Scientific Conference of Professors and Teachers
Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary proceeds to hold sessions of the annual scientific conference of professors and teachers. On May 16, within the framework of the conference, sectional work was held in the fields of Theology, Old Georgian Language and Literature, History and Art Theory and History.
The conference summarizes to some extent scientific and research activities carried out by professors and teachers throughout this year up to now. Sessions of different sections were attended by many interested listeners, including many students.
The speakers answered their questions, and also, very interesting and significant opinions were suggested.
See the program of sectional work:
Theology
Chairperson of the session - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Gvantsa Koplatadze
1.Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Gvantsa Koplatadze - Saint John Chrysostom and His Moral Theology;
2. Archpriest David Chighladze (a doctoral student) - The Rule of Psalmody at the Service of Vigil According to the Typicon of Shiomghvime Monastery
3. Deacon Levan Chankvetadze (a doctoral student) – The Teaching About Philosophical Voices
4. Master of Theology Giorgi Todua (a doctoral student) – The Old Testament Prophecies (Hosea 2.25; 2.1) as the Apostolic Witness (Romans 9.25-26), and Their Theological Analysis
5. Master of Theology, Revaz Mujirishvili (a doctoral student) – The Ecclesiastical Teaching About the Doubts of Joseph the Betrothed
History
Chairman of the session - Doctor of History, Professor Eldar Bubulashvili
1. Doctor of Theology, Professor Teimuraz Buadze - How Christianity Changed Women’s Lifestyle in the Early Centuries
2. Doctor of History, Professor Eldar Bubulashvili - Unknown Material About Georgia Preserved in the Vatican Archive
3. Doctor of History Nino Tomadze – The Bureaucratic Apparatus in Byzantium
4. Master of Theology, Giorgi Metreveli (a Doctoral student) - For the History of Determining the Date of the Easter
Old Georgian Language and Literature
Chairman of the session - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Academician Avtandil Arabuli
1. Doctor of Philological Sciences, Academician Avtandil Arabuli - The Functional Role of the Old Georgian Attributive Particle in the Syntagmatics of “The Knight in the Panter’s Skin”
2. Doctor of Philological Sciences Khvtiso Zaridze – A Character in the Georgian Hagiography
3. Doctor of Philology Ketevan Mamasakhlisi - Rules of Activities in the Literary Tradition of the Iberian Monastery of Mount Athos
4. Doctor of Philology Asmat Jikia - The Beginning of Monastic Life in Kartli
5. Master of Philology Khatuna Nishnianidze - For the Study of the History of “Davitiani”
Art History and Theory
Chairperson of the session - Doctor of Arts Ketevan Abashidze
1. Archpriest Ioseb Vanidze, Doctor of Art Studies Nana Burchuladze - Typology of the 11th-12th Century Ushguli Icon of the Mother of God
2. Priest Giorgi Vashalomidze - Iconography of the Epiphany and Its Theological and Typological Aspects
3. Doctor of Architecture, Professor Medea Melkadze - The Advanced Role of the 20th Century Georgian Architecture in the History of the Development of Landscape Architecture
4. Doctor of Arts Ketevan Abashidze - The History of the Fortress Called “Kukia Village” and Its Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God
5. Doctor of Geology, Professor Murad Tkemaladze - Natural Minerals of the Blue Color in Iconography
6. Master of Theology, Nugzar Samkharadze (a doctoral student)- Iconographic Images of the Sacrifice of Isaac in Christian Art.