1992, 352 pp. (in Armenian)

The 2nd volume of the Gandzasar Theological Review comprises the following sections: Unpublished texts; Theological Studies; Church Fathers; Bible Commentaries; Lives of Saints; Spiritual Culture.
The volume opens with the Eastern Armenian translation of Prince Sahak Artsruni's letter to St Moses of Khorean (Movses Xorenac'i), of St Moses' reply and his treatise "On Vardavar" (Transfiguration) (trans. from Classical Armenian by Gurgen Gasparyan).

In the section of Unpublished texts, Hakob Keoseyan presents the Classical Armenian translation of St Basil the Great's "Word on the Great Day of the Lord's Presentation to the Temple".

In the Theological Studies section, articles by Very Rev. Fr. Sepuh Sargsyan, Very Rev. Fr. Mikayel Ajapahyan, Rev. Fr. Mesrop Aramian and Tigran Khachatryan are placed.

The Church Fathers section includes Eastern Armenian translations of St Dionisyus the Areopagite's "Mystical Theology" and letters to Gaius and Dorotheus. These are translated by Vigen Ghazaryan from the Classical Armenian version of Areopagitica. Also the Eastern Armenian translation of an admonitory treatise by Khosrov Bishop of Andzevatsik (Xosrov Anjewac'i) is presented (trans. by Tigran Khachatryan). The Classical Armenian text of the "Word of Confutation against Dyophysites" by Anania of Sanahin, the first parts of which were published in the 1st volume, is continued in this volume.

In the Bible Commentaries section, Very Rev. Fr. Mikayel Ajapahyan presents, both in the Classical Armenian original text and its Eastern Armenian translation, the "Commentary on the Song of Songs" by Petros Berdumyan.

The next section includes the lives of several saints, venerated in the Universal and/or Armenian Churches.

The Spiritual Culture section presents articles by Khoren Palyan, Vigen Ghazaryan and Hakob Keoseyan.

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