CREDO

Confession and Hagiography in the Church

the Organizing Committee is pleasedto invite you to the 24th International Symposium on Science, Theology and Arts (ISSTA 2025)

Programme

having four different sections:

1. The living history of faith and national unity at the centenary of the Romanian patriarchate;
2. Credo … in unam sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiams;
3. Art as Testimony to God – Ethos in the Foundations of Creation;
4. Confessors of the faith during communism and the martyrdom of the Church.

PARTNERS

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Mihai HIMCINSCHI, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania, dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, director of ISSTA 2023
Oliviu BOTOI, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Alexandru Moldovan, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Mark J. CHERRY, Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, SUA
Emil JURCAN, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Dumitru VANCA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Ovidiu PANAITE, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Dragoș ȘUȘMAN, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Mariyan STOYADINOV, ”St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Marius TELEA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Lucian COLDA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Oliviu BOTOI, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Ana ILTIS, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Răzvan BRUDIU, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Porzia QUAGLIARELIA, Faculty of Theology, Bari, Italia
Sorin ALBU, “Arte și Design” University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Andrei DÎRLĂU, researcher, theologian, writer,editor, translator

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mihai HIMCINSCHI, PhD, Rev., Professor, dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, director of ISSTA 2020 “1 Decembrie 1918” University in Alba Iulia
Oliviu BOTOI,, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania,
Mihail Dan, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Emil JURCAN, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Dumitru VANCA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Domin ADAM, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania
Alin ALBU, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Ovidiu PANAITE, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Marius TELEA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Lucian COLDA, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Răzvan BRUDIU, ”1 Decembrie 1918” University, Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia, Romania
Andrei DÎRLĂU, researcher, theologian, writer,editor, translator
Tiberiu APOLZAN, MA Theology, MA Economics, secretary of the Faculty of Theology in Alba Iulia

CONTACT

The full paper written in Microsoft Word must be submitted until April 30, 2025, to the e-mail address of the person in charge of the panel to which the registration was made:

1. The living history of faith and national unity at the centenary of the Romanian patriarchate; issta.panel1@uab.ro

2. Credo … in unam sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam; issta.panel2@uab.ro

3. Art as Testimony to God – Ethos in the Foundations of Creation; issta.panel3@uab.ro

4. Confessors of Faith during Communism and the Martyric Memory of the Church issta.panel4@uab.ro

The paper must be an original work, written in English (for foreign guests!), with considerable scientific relevance, and it must not have been previously published.

Your paper (the whole text, including the abstract, footnotes, remarks, and references!) should not exceed 25.000 characters and be drafted according to the requirements available on the Symposium website: http://issta.ro/information-for-authors/ (Information for Authors).

Nota Bene: only papers written in the above format will be taken into consideration by the editorial team!!! The paper must include, at the beginning, the name and affiliation of the author, the abstract and 4-5 keywords in English.

***Also, please attach a brief presentation of yourself, which should include your scientific and academic titles and ranks, the titles of your recent relevant publications and your e-mail address.

The conference proceedings will be published at Reîntregirea Publishing House (ISBN, category CNCS B). A selection of the presented papers will be published as extended works in English in the International Journal of Orthodox Theology (indexed in ERIH Plus, ATLAR DB, etc.). according to the terms and conditions for publication of IJOT (http://orthodox-theology.com/media/PDF/Call%20for%20Papers/ijot-guidelines.pdf),and another selection of papers will be published in the academic journal Altarul Reîntregirii (indexed in International Data Base, and CNCS B category), according to the requirements (https://fto.ro/altarul-reintregirii/1188-2/).