{"id":1692,"date":"2020-12-16T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/?page_id=1692"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:06:56","slug":"theological-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/?page_id=1692&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Theological Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a01000 Sofia, 19 Sveta Nedelya Sq., 1st floor\u00a0<br><strong>Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a0(+359 2)\u00a09890 115 \/ ext. 21, 22<br><strong>E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0theolibr[at]theo.uni-sofia.bg\u00a0<br><strong>Opening Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday to Thursday: 9.00-18.00 <strong>(Friday: 10.00-17.30<strong>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The library was established in 1923, together with the Faculty of Theology. After 1951, when the Faculty of Theology was set apart from the structure of Sofia University and transformed into a Theological Academy, the library functioned under the guidance of the Holy Synod. In 1992, after the re-establishment of the Faculty of Theology, the library became a branch library of Sofia University Library.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-2048x1372.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3534a-1-299x200.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today the library collections contain over 86,310 library items (books, serials, icons, music scores, CDs, DVDs, audio and video tapes) in the field of theology, philosophy and history. It stores a rich collection of rare and valuable books &#8211; old printed Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Greek books, serials from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival, rare editions of the Old and New Testaments in various languages and other valuable editions. It also stores donated private libraries of eminent scholars in the field of theology \u2013 Bulgarian Exarch Joseph I, Patriarch Cyril of Bulgaria, Archpriest Prof. Stefan Tsankov, Prof. Vasil Pandurski, Protoiereus Ivan Goshev, Prof. Gancho Pashev and others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" data-id=\"2816\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-1536x1117.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-2048x1489.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-275x200.jpg 275w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3524a-1-346x250.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"860\" data-id=\"2819\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-1024x860.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-1024x860.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-1536x1290.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-2048x1721.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3526a-2-238x200.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2818\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-1476x2048.jpg 1476w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-144x200.jpg 144w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3532a-1-scaled.jpg 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The library has 60 reading places, including 2 computerized workstations. Since 1998 within the Theology Library\u2019s premises functions the Biblical Studies Reading Room &#8211; a joint project of the Faculty of Theology and the Society for New Testament Studies (SNTS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-2048x1357.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3154a-1-302x200.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address:\u00a01000 Sofia, 19 Sveta Nedelya Sq., 1st floor\u00a0Telephone:\u00a0(+359 2)\u00a09890 115 \/ ext. 21, 22E-mail:\u00a0theolibr[at]theo.uni-sofia.bg\u00a0Opening Hours:\u00a0Monday to Thursday: 9.00-18.00 (Friday: 10.00-17.30) The library was established in 1923, together with the Faculty of Theology. 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