Curriculum Vitae Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae V. Dură

Prof. Dr. Nicolae V. Dură, who was born on 9th August 1945 in Rm. Vâlcea (Romania), has three Doctorates, namely Doctor in Theology ( University), Doctor in Law and Doctor in Canon Law (France). He did also doctoral Studies in Philosophy and in the History of European Culture of Latin Language at the Sorbonne University (France). Professor Nicolae Dură, who is Professor Emeritus of the Ovidius University, – has also three D.H.C. abroad (Ukraine, and Georgia), being thus an Universitary Professor with an wide international recognition. Moreover, N. V. Dură is the only professor who received the “National Order of Merit” from President of France; the Pontifical Medal “Ut Unum Sint” (from the Pope John Paul II); the “Order of St. Vladimir” (from the Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia); Patriarchal Gramata “Sofronie Vracianski” (from the Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria) etc. Visiting professor abroad, at different doctoral Schools, the Professor Nicolae Dură is also member of the Scientifically Boards of the some famous Reviews from abroad: Republic of Moldavia, Georgia, Poland, S.U.A., Canada etc. (in the Philosophical, Canonical, Juridical, Theological and Historical fields). And the last, but not the least, the professor Dură is Full Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists (2015) and Foreign Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (2016).

University and Post-University training:

- 1969 – Graduated with High Honours, BA dissertation, major in Byzantinology, under the guidance of Academician Professor Dr. Alexandru Elian, from the Theological Institute of University Rank in Bucharest, with the average 10.00; - 1969-1971 – Master and PhD. Canon Law classes (the Doctorate School), under the guidance of the famous european theologian, canonist and jurist, Professor dr. Liviu Stan – at the Theological Institute of University Rank in Bucharest; - 1971-1974 – BA classes at the Faculty of Law (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia); PhD classes, documentation and research studies in the Faculties of Law and Theology and in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). His research work on the text of the ancient Ethiopian Manuscripts permitted to him to be the main specialists in Ethiopian Studies (Theology, Canon Law, Law, History and Philosophy) from the South-Eastern European Space. - 1990-2000 – PhD classes: at the Sorbonne (Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Classical Letters); at the Faculty of Law of the Universities Paris II (Sorbonne) and Paris XI; at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Catholic University of Paris; at the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law of

1 the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Toulouse Pontifical University (France); - 1981 – PhD in Theology, Speciality Canon Law, at the Theological Institute of University Rank in Bucharest; - 1997 – PhD in Canon Law and Law in France; - 1990 – Post-doctoral scientific research and studies (Canon Law, Law, Theology, Philosophy, History etc.) in different Universities, Research Institutes and Libraries (Paris, Toulouse, Salamanca, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Brussels, London, Oxford, Krakow etc.).

Academic activity:

- Professor of Canon Law at the Theological Institute of University Rank in Bucharest (1976- 1990; 1997-2002); Tenured Professor from 1986; - From January 2002, Tenured Professor in the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences of the “Ovidius” University of Constanta, teaching “The European and the International Law”, “The History of the European Institutions”, “The History of the Romanian State and Law”, “The Juridical Protection of Human Rights”, “The Social Law”, “The Roman and Byzantine Law”, “The Canon Law” etc.; - PhD Coordinator in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Bucharest (since 1986), and since the 2004 - 2005 academic year in the Faculty of Theology of the “Ovidius” University of Constanta; - Author of books, studies and articles (on canon law, law, theology, philosophy, history, ecclesiology, the history of ancient literature etc.), amounting to thousands of pages published in Romanian, French, English, Bulgarian, Georgian, Ethiopian, Polish etc.; - Member of the Senate of the “Ovidius” University of Constanta (2004-2012); - Member of the “Society of the Law of the Oriental Churches”, based in Vienna (from 1991-present); - Member of the Board of Advisors of the American Biographical Institute; Member of the Romanian Jurists Union; - Member in International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Milan (2009 - present); - Editor-in-chief of the Magazine of Theology “St. Apostle Andrew” (Faculty of Theology, the “Ovidius” University of Constanta) (2002 - ); - Editor-in-chief of the Annals of the Faculty of Law (“Ovidius” University), series: Law and Administrative Sciences (2003-2008); - Editor-in-chief of the Annals of the “Ovidius” University, series: Theology (2004 - ); - Editor-in-chief of the Review “Dionysiana” of the Centre of the Religious and Juridical- Canonical Studies and Research of the three Monotheist Religions (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic) - CRM (Faculty of Theology – the “Ovidius” University of Constanta) (2007 - ); - Founder-Member in the board of the magazine “Ars aequi” of the Studies and Research Centre on Human Rights and Discrimination (Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences – the “Ovidius” University of Constanta); - Member in the Scientifically Boards of the some Reviews from abroad: Religion Review (Georgia); Philosophical-Theological Review at the Sate University (Georgia); Ecumeny and Law Review at the Silesia University (Polonia); Journal of Politics and Law, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) (Canada); - Member of the Studies and Research Centre on Human Rights and Discrimination (Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences – the “Ovidius” University of Constanta) (2004 - 2012); - Founding member of the MA Program Administrative Sciences – European Governance and Public Administration, (accredited both by ARACIS and the Ministry of National Education in France), organized by the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, the “Ovidius” University and the University in Lille (France); - Founder and Director of the Centre of the Religious and Juridical-Canonical Studies and Research of the three Monotheist Religions (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic) - CRM (Faculty of Theology of the “Ovidius” University in Constanta); - 2004-2008 Vice-Dean (for Education and Research) at the Faculty of Law, “Ovidius” University of Constanta (elected on the 29th January 2004);

2 - President of the University Ethics Commission (“Ovidius” University of Constanta 2006-2008); - Vice-Rector of the “Ovidius” University for Inter-University Relations and Foreign Students (2008-2012); - Member in the Council of EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education), (Bruxelles \ Belgium) (2008 - 2014); - Doctor Honoris Causa - at the Humanist Sciences University of Ostrog (Ukraine) in 2002; - Doctor Honoris Causa - at the St. Clement Ohridski University of Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2010; - Doctor Honoris Causa - at the State University „Ivane Javakhishvili” of Tbilisi (Georgia) in 2015; - Professor Emeritus of the Ovidius University of Constanta (2013); - „Visiting professor” in Poland and in Georgia.

Professor Nicolae V. Dură published eleven books and over 400 scientific studies, as wells different notes, reviews and lectures amounting thousands of pages, evincing the transdisciplinarity and pluridisciplinarity of his preoccupations in the field of research work. Professor Dură participated also to over 200 Conferences (with different topics: in Law, Canon Law, Philosophy, Theology, History etc.), presented in Romania, France, Italy, SUA, Russia, Georgia, England, Germany, Austria, Greece, Bulgaria, Republic of Moldavia, Malaysia, Belgium, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, China, Croatia, Tunis, Hungary, Ukraine etc.

Prizes, distinctions, medals:

For his scientific research works, Professor Nicolae V. Dură was awarded distinctions and prizes by prestigious scientifical institutions in Romania and abroad. For his prolific scientific research activity, with inter- and pluridisciplinary character, he was awarded the “Sofronie Vracianski” homage Patriarchal Grammata, delivered by the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Church, His Holiness Maxim, on the 1st July 1989, as order - Cultural Merit - for his scientific discovery on the life and activity of the founder of the modern Bulgarian culture, Sofronie Vracianski, who died in Romania. He worked for months with archives, and discovered documents regarding the activity of bishop Sofronie Vracianski, on Romanian land, where he took refuge from the persecutions of the Turks in 1803. The results of this research and archive discoveries were published in the magazines: “Romanoslavica”, the Magazine of the Bulgarian Academy (Sofia) and of the B.O.R. (Biserica Ortodoxă Română - ). The scientific paper presented in Sofia, which was followed by interviews for the Bulgarian radio and television, was published in specialized magazines in Bulgaria. On the same occasion, he became an honorary member of the Slavistic Association in Sofia. On the occasion of the visit of Pope John Paul the II in Romania (1999), the Professor is the only Romanian academic who received the Pontifical Medal “Ut Unum Sint”, delivered to the personalities who contributed by their scientific works to the unity of the Christian Churches. Then, an international recognition of the incontestable value of the scientific studies elaborated by Professor Nicolae V. Dură came from France, in 2001. The “National Order of Merit” (version the Legion of Honour, Cultural Merit), awarded in June 2001, by the President of France, Jacques Chirac, at the proposal of the French Minister of External Affairs, for his contribution to the promotion of the French language and culture, as well as for his scientific work for a better knowledge of the ancients European Cultural and Juridical Institutions. Another prestigious prize was awarded by Romanian Academy: the A. D. Xenopol Award, on the 21st December 2001, for his exceptional research activity, concretized in his book published in 1999 in French: “Le Régime de la synodalité selon la législation canonique, conciliaire, oecuménique, du Ier millénaire”, which amounte 1023 pages. Another international recognition is the award of the prestigious title “The Man of the Year, 2001”, by the American Biographical Institute, New York (United States of America), for his studies, with humanist character, in the field of Law, History, Philosophy, Theology, Letters etc. The same institution also presented him with the title “The Man of the Year, 2004”, for his contributions in the field of scientific research with humanist character and for his contribution in the approach to social- humanitarian problems. At the proposal of some Russian Orthodox Academics, (theologians, canonists, historians, jurists), in August 2003 the Professor was decorated by the Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia with the highest distinction offered by this Orthodox Church, namely the “Order of St. Vladimir”, for his

3 scientifically works with ecclesiological, philosophical, canonical and historical contents, which brought also an important contribution both to the evaluation of the ancient sources of the European Law of the first millennium, and to the approach of a thematic of panorthodox interest (the Orthodox Diaspora, the juridical and canonical status of the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople, the results of the Panorthodox Conferences etc.). The same year, in 2003, the Professor was awarded the Order “The Birth of God”, by the diocese of Edinet and Briceni (Republic of Moldova) for his publishing and editing activity (to mention that the Professor was not only author of studies and articles published in the prestigious magazine of Orthodox reflection and spirituality “Ortodoxia” – issued in Edinet – but also editor). The Union of Jurists in Romania presented Professor Nicolae V. Dură with the “Prize Mircea Manolescu” for the year 2006, for his contribution in the field of juridical sciences (Juridical Protection of Human Rights, Social Law, the History of European institutions, European and International Law, the History of Law, Roman and Byzantine Law, Philosophy of Law, Religious Law and Compared Canon Law). On the 30th May 2007, he was awarded - by the President of the Union of Jurists in Romania, PhD. prof. Iosif Chiuzbaian, Ex-Minister of Justice, - with the “Gold Medal of the Union of Jurists in Romania”, both for his initiative to the establish the Centre of the Religious and Juridical- canonical Studies and Research of the three Monotheist Religions (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic) – CRM, the only one of this kind in Romania and in Europe, in that time – and for his scientific activity in the juridical field. On the 26th October 2007, he is awarded the title of “Citizen of Honour of Râmnic” – on the recommendation of the county Council of Râmnicu Vâlcea – as result of his activity of promotion of the values of the Romanian culture, spirituality and traditions, including those in Vâlcea’District, in different European countries and Universities. All these distinctions and prizes, awarded by the French Presidency, the Romanian Academy, The Georgian National Academy, the Biographic Institute in the USA, the Moscow Patriarchy, the Bulgarian Patriarchy, the Church of the Republic of Moldova, the Pope John Paul II, the Union of Jurists in Romania etc. are an appreciation of a prolific activity of study and scientific research, embracing an inter- and pluridisciplinary thematic (law, philosophy, theology, letters, history etc.), with a marked humanist, pan-European character. The respective distinctions proves “à l’évidence” his inter-cultural background and emphasize, at the same time, the contribution Professor Nicolae V. Dură made in fields requiring multi-disciplinary preparation and full mastering of the scientific research instruments (method, accuracy, objectivity, languages – ancient (greek, latin, slavonic, gh’ez) and modern (english, french, italian, spanish, greek, bulgarian, russian, german, Amharic)) etc. These prestigious national and international scientific titles and cultural distinctions pay homage to a research activity of over 40 years, fulfilled not only by real scientific contribution and through evaluations, specification, qualifying statements and additions to the scientific papers preceding him, but also through the discovery of unique documentary sources, as in the case of the Ethiopian law sources, of the sources of the Nomokanon printed in Govora in 1640, of those regarding the life and activity of Sofronie Vracianski, of the juridical and canonical sources in the first millennium, of the roots of the European culture and philosophy of humanist character, of the ancient Culture and Civilisations etc.

Other activities:

He participated in national and international congresses and symposiums (on Law, Canon Law, Philosophy, Theology, History, Education etc.); Organizer of the national and international symposiums for the Faculty of Law and Administrative sciences, the Faculty of Theology and the Centre of the Religious and Juridical-canonical Studies and Research of the three Monotheist Religions (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic)of the “Ovidius” University of Constanta, which contributed to better image of our University and of our historical City, Tomis. Consultant for theological, canonical and juridical issues, as well as of different cultural European subject, and trainer of specialists in the field of Theology, Philosophy, Roman Law, Byzantine Law, the Ancient Romanian Law, the Juridical Protection of Human Rights, the Compared Religious Law (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic), the Ancient European Institutions etc..

4 Here are some of the titles of his scientific works:

Books:

1. Organizarea Bisericii etiopiene şi bazele ei canonice (The organization of the Ethiopian Church and its canonical basis), Publishing House: Institutul Biblic, Bucharest, 1990. 2. Le Régime de la synodalité selon la législation canonique, conciliaire, oecuménique, du Ier millénaire, Publishing House: Ametist 92, Bucharest, 1999. 3. Învierea de la ţărmul Mării Negre (The Resurrection on the shore of the Black See), second edition, Publishing House: Ovidius University Press, Constanţa, 2004. 4. „Scythia Mynor” (Dobrogea) şi Biserica ei apostolică. Scaunul arhiepiscopal şi mitropolitan al Tomisului (sec. IV-XIV) („Scythia Mynor” (Dobrodja) and its apostolic Church. The archbishoprical and metropolitan See of Tomis (IVth – XIVth centuries)), Publishing House: Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucharest, 2006. 5. La collégialité épiscopale et la synodalité, anciennes institutions européennes, Publishing House: Ovidius University Press, Constanţa, 2008. 6. Istoria Dreptului românesc. Contribuţii şi evaluări cu conţinut istorico-juridico-canonic (The history of Romanian Law. Contributions and Assessments with historical, juridical and canonical content), Publishing House: Universitară, Bucharest, 2014. 7. Legislaţia canonică şi instituţiile juridico-canonice, europene, din primul mileniu (The canonical legislation and the juridical-canonical European institutions of the first millennium), Publishing House: Universitară, Bucharest, 2014. 8. Principii şi norme ale Dreptului Uniunii Europene privind drepturile omului şi protecţia lor juridică (Principles and norms of the European Union Law concerning the human wrights and their juridical protection), Publishing House: Arhiepiscopia Tomisului, Constanţa, 2014. 9. Philosophy of Religion, TSU Press, Tbilisi, 2015. 10. Marriage from the Roman Catholic and Orthodox points of view, Poland, 2017. 11. The Roots of the Georgian and Romanian Science and Culture, Ed. Academiei Oamenilor de Ştiinţă din România, Bucureşti, 2017.

Studies (some of them):

1. The Protos in the Romanian Orthodox Church According to its Modern Legislation, in Kanon (Iahrbuch der Gesellschaft für das Recht der Ostkirchen), vol. IX, Wien, 1989, p. 139-161. 2. Political-Juridical and Religious Status of the Romanian Countries and the Balkan People during the 14 th - 19 the Centuries, in Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes, Bucharest, tomul XXVII (1989), nr. 1-2, p. 159-170. 3. Le Régime de la synodalité dans les huit premières siècles. Les types des synodes, in L’Année Canonique (Hors Série), vol. I (Actes du VII-e Congrès International de Droit Canonique, Paris, Unesco, 21-28 septembrie 1990), p. 267-283. 4. New Data Concerning Sofronie Vracianski, in Revue des Études Sud-Est Européenes, tom XXIX, 1991, nr. 1-2, p. 103-119. 5. New Discoveries – on the Basis of Original Documentary Materials – on the Life and Activity of Bishop Sofrony Vracianski (1739-1813) in , His Adoptive Country (1802- 1813)(Correctives and Clarifications), in Bulgarian Historical Review, no. 1, Sofia, 1991, p. 29- 45. 5 6. Denis Exiguus (Le Petit) (465-545). Précisions et correctifs concernant sa vie et son oeuvre, in Revista Española de Derecho Canonico (Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca), L (1993), p. 279- 290. 7. The Ecumenical Council in Trullo (691-692). The Canonical Tradition’s Evidences from East and West, in Kanonika, Roma, 1995, nr. 6, p. 229-262. 8. Les relations canoniques de l'Église roumaine nord-danubienne avec les principaux Sièges épiscopaux du Sud du Danube, in Revue Roumaine d'Histoire, tom. XL-XLI (2001-2002), p. 5-20. 9. Le Concile des Apôtres, prototype de tous les conciles, modèle de la synodalité orthodoxe, in La Lumière du Thabor (Revue Internationale de Théologie Ortodoxe), nr. 49-50, Paris, 2003, p. 61- 84. 10. Christianism in Pontic Dacia. The „Scythian Monks” (Daco-Roman) and their Contribution to the Advance of Ecumenical Unity and the Development of the European Christian Humanist Culture, in Revue Roumaine d'Histoire, 2003, nr. 1-4, p. 5-18. 11. The "Petrine primacy": the role of the Bishop of Rome according to the canonical legislation of the ecumenical councils of the first millennium, an ecclesiological-canonical evaluation, in the vol. The Petrine ministry: Catholics and Orthodox in dialogue: academic symposium held at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, ed. Walter Kasper, New York, Newman Press, 2006, p 164-184. 12. Le jugement synodal, in the vol. The Place of Canonical Principles in the Organization and Working of Autocephalous Orthodox Churches (Locul şi rolul principiilor de organizare în viaţa şi lucrarea Bisericilor autocefale), Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu din Arad, 2008, p. 105-111. 13. The Law no. 489/2006 on Religious Freedom and General Regime of Religious Cults in Romania, in Dionysiana, II (2008), No. 1, p. 37-54. 14. Love in the Christian Religion. Testimonies of the Theology of the , in Dionysiana, II (2008), no. 1, p. 420-433. 15. Religion and Culture in Scythia Minor, in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Series on Philosophy, Psychology and Theology, vol. I, nr. 2, 2009, p. 67-78. 16. The European juridical thinking, concerning the human rights, expressed along the centuries, in Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, nr. 2/2010 (VII), p. 153-192. 17. The ‘Scythian Monks’ (Daco-Roman) and their Contribution to the European Christian Humanist Culture, in the vol. Dialogue of Civilizations, ed. David Muskhelishvili, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2010, p. 33-42. 18. Proselytism and the Right to Change Religion: The Romanian Debate, in the vol. Law and Religion in the 21st Century. Relations between States and Religious Communities, Edited by Silvio Ferrari and Rinaldo Cristofori, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Ehgland, 2010, p. 279-290. 19. The Fundamental Rights and Liberties of Man in the E.U. Law, in Dionysiana, IV, no. 1 / 2010, p. 431-464. 20. Law and Morals. Prolegomena (I), in Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, nr. 2/2011, p. 158- 173. 21. Thinking of Some Fathers of the Ecumenical Church on the Law, in Christian Researches, VI, Tbilisi, 2011, p. 230-245. 22. The Theology of Conscience and the Philosophy of Conscience, in Philosophical-Theological Reviewer, Tbilisi, nr. 1, 2011, p. 20-29. 23. The Byzantine Nomocanons, fundamental sources of old Romanian Law, in the vol. International Conference, “Exploration, Education and Progress in the third Millennium”, Proceedings vol. I, no. 3, Galati University Press, Galaţi, 2011, p. 25-48. 24. General Principles of European Union Legislation Regarding the Juridical Protection of the Human Rights, in Journal of Danubius Studies and Research, vol. III, nr. 2/2013, p. 7-14.

6 25. Loi morale, naturelle, source du Droit naturel et de la Morale chrétienne, in the vol. La morale au crible des religions (Studia Arabica XXI), coord. M. Th. Urvoy, Éditions de Paris, 2013, p. 213- 233. 26. Man in the view of some Christian Theologians with Philosophical Background, în Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, Series on Philosophy, Psychology, Theology and Journalism, vol. 5, nr. 1-2, 2013, p. 75-97. 27. De iura personarum. Considerations and Assesments of some juridical and philosophical texts, in Revista de Teologie Sfântul Apostol Andrei, Anul XVII, nr. 1 / 2013, p. 28-47. 28. Le jugement et la déposition des Evêques selon la legislation canonique conciliaire, œcumenique, du Ier millenaire, in the vol. In memoriam Akademiemitglied professor Protopresbyter Dr. Stefan Tsankov, Ed. Universităţii Sf. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, 2014, p. 117-128. 29. The Freedom of Religion and the Right to Religious Freedom, in vol. SGEM Conference on Political Sciences, Law, Finance, Economics & Tourism, vol. I, 2014, Albena, p. 831-838. 30. The State and the Church in IV-VI Centuries. The Roman Emperor and the Christian Religion, in vol. SGEM Conference on Political Sciences, Law, Finance, Economics & Tourism, vol. I, 2014, Albena, p. 923-930. 31. The right to Freedom of Religion in the Jurisprudence of the European Court, in Journal of Danubius Studies and Reseaech, vol. IV, nr. 1/2014, p. 141-152. 32. About „Jus naturale”. Philosophical-Juridical contributions, in St. Andrew Theological Review, XVIII (2014), nr. 1, p. 39-52. 33. The human fundamental rights and liberties in the Text of some Declarations of the Council of Europe, in Proceedings of the International Conference „Exploration, Education and Progress in the Third Millennium”, (Galati, 2013), vol. I, no. 5, Ed. ProUniversitaria, Bucharest, 2015, p. 7- 22. 34. The "Man" and His Creation in the Perception of "Creationism" and "Evolutionism". Contributions of “Christian Philosophy”, in Philosophical-Theological Reviewer, no. 4, 2014, p. 9-27. 35. The right to freedom of religion, in Annales Canonici, 10 (2014), p. 27-40. 36. The Right to Freedom of Religion during of Emperors Cyrus "the Great" (559-529 BC) and Alexander "the Great" (336-323 BC), în Studii filosofice, Tomul I, nr. 2, 2015, p. 231-242. 37. “Justitia” and “Aequitas” in the perception of the Greek philosophers and of the Roman jurists, in Teologia Młodych, no. 4 (2015), p. 4-9. 38. From “Proti Philosophia” to Nietzsche’ thinking. Some considerations as philosophical knowledge is concerned, in Philosophical-Theological Reviewer, no. 5, 2015, p. 9-25. 39. The Right and its Nature in the Perception of the Roman Jurisprudence and of the Great Religions of the Antiquity, in vol. LUMEN: Rethinking Social Action. Core Values, coord. A. Sandu et all., Medimond, Bologna, 2015, p. 517-524. 40. “Antimoz Iverieli” (Anthim the Iberian). New Contributions on his Life and Printing Activity, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016, p. 153-162. 41. "Rights", "Freedoms" and "Principles" Set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, în Journal of Danubius Studies and Research, vol. VI, nr. 2 (2016), p. 166-175. 42. Rules of national and international law prohibiting all forms of discrimination based on religion or religious belief, in Annales Canonici, 12 (2016), p. 45-64. 43. About Philosophy and Theology, in Philosophical Studies, tom II, nr. 1/2006, p. 111-129. 44. The Right to Religion: Some Consideration of the Principal International and European Juridical Instruments, in Religion and Equality. Law in conflict, ed. by W. Cole Durham Jr. and Donlu Thayer, Routledge, UK, 2016, p. 15-24.

7 45. The Right to the “Freedom of Conscience”, Legal Basis for the Educational and Missionary Activity of Religious Denominations, in Ecumeny and Law, vol. 5, 2017, p. 147-170. 46. About “Publius Ovidius Naso” († 17 p. Chr. n.) and His Poems Written in the “Getae” Language, in Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences, ed. by C. Finkl, C. Makowski, Springer 2018, p. 67-78. 47. Provisions of International Law on the Parents’ Right to Provide their Children with a Religious Education, in Proceedings The fundamentals of our spirituality, Batumi, 2018, p. 240-248.

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