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Abstract

Volume 105 of the GSU-IF has a preface, articles and studies dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian autocephalous archbishopric in Ohrid and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Vesselin Beshevliev. A list of abbreviations and data on the authors are placed at the end.
Contains an introduction by G. Nikolov and P. Pavlov; the study by Ang. Delikari on the jurisdiction of the Ohrid Archbishopric 1019-1767; the study by P. Pavlov on the Archbishopric of Bulgaria; the problems in the literature of the Ohrid Archbishopric by Il. Iliev; the Archbishopric of Ohrid at the time of the Despotism of Epirus by D. Tsiyman; documentary analysis by V. Karavalchev on the letters of Paisius of Ohrid to Metropolitan Timothy of Italy; M. Panov discusses the ideological conception of the Ohrid archbishopric of Tsar Samuel; Sts. Koyumdzhieva publishes notated monuments from the south-western Bulgarian lands up to the 15th century; the peripeteia surrounding the publication of the so called Dukanjo's list have been analyzed by L. Simeonova; Iv. Yovchev examines the church dioceses in Vardar Macedonia between the two world wars. These articles cover pp. 7 to 119.

The second part of volume 105 contains articles dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of the eminent Bulgarian scientist Prof. В. Beshevliev. Three of them contribute to the study of the professor's work - J. B. Beshevliev and Sn. Rakova for the work of prof. Beshevliev at the Institute of Balkan Studies; D. Petrova for Beshevliev's research on Byzantine sources on the reign of Khan Krum. The last article by T. Tomov discusses two graffiti from the Church of St. Sofia in Constantinople.