Acknowledgements

This edition is the fourth volume of the Journal “Theology & Culture” (ISSN: 2708-6755), which is the official academic Journal of the Department of Theology & Culture, University College Logos. This academic journal is published two times per year in print and online. Theology & Culture is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research articles in the field of Theology, Study of Religion, Education, Literature, Social Sciences and Religious Tourism. All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. And also, our reviewers and editorial board members are from different countries all over the world.

The journal publishes reviews, original papers, conference announcements, book reviews and research reports trying to provide a platform for experts, scholars and researchers that has started their career now to exchange their latest researches and findings. Another goal of the Journal is be the promotion of case studies that concern religion, history, culture and society in Albania and the Balkans in general. The official language of the Journal is English and only in special cases will be printed articles in German, French or Italian.

The journal will be indexed by Google scholar, DOAJ (Directory of Open Journals) and is hosted to our Issuu page (https://issuu.com/ departamentiitheologjisedhekultures). Also, the journal has its own Academia (https://independent.academia.edu/AcademicJournalTheologyCulture) and Researchgate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theology_Culture) account and every article is accompanied by a Doi number.

For this fourth volume, we are publishing 5 articles that refer to Hagiology in Albania, Religious Coexistence, New Testament heremeneutics, History of Religions, Religious Freedom and the History of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the Communist Regime. We would like to thank our contributors for this second edition and especially As. Lecturer Msc. Thoma Çomëni“Aspects of the reshaping the parish consciousness in the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the Communist System”, Lecturer Dr. Thoma Shkira-“Religious Coexistence through the Cult of Saints in Albania: Saints George and Blaise”, Professors Dr. Thomas Mavromoustakos & Dr. Sotirios Despotis

with two articles -“Numerology in the Gospel of John I: A contribution to the understanding of the numbers (2:6)” and “Numerology in the Gospel of John II: The Jesus’ burial, the resurrection and the significance of the numbers two and one hundred”, and Lecturer Dr. Georgios Gaitanos-“Religious freedom and millet during the Tanzimat Reform”.

The Editorial Board

Dr. Georgios Gaitanos Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos