Dr. Desislava Panayotova

Director, Center for Religious Studies and Consultations „St. Cyril and St. Methodious“ of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Desislava Panayotova (Ph.D., Sofia University „St. Clement Ohridski“, 2004) works in the field of History of Religions, Christian Confessions and New Religious Movements. She is a professor of Christian Apologetics and Psychology of Religion in Plovdiv University “St. Paisii Hilendarski”. As a member of the Commission on Religious Education of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Desislava Panayotova is involved into the dialogue between the Church and the Bulgarian government concerning the place and the role of Religion as a discipline in the primary and secondary Bulgarian school curricula. She is also director of the Center for Religious Studies and Consultations „St. Cyril and St. Methodious“ of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Bishopry of Sofia - „St. Cyril and St. Methodious“ Church. As such she lectures and gives consultations to governmental institutions, media, NGOs, families and individuals on the religious movements with totalitarian and destructive characteristics.

Contact Desislava Panayotova at: crsc_st_cyril_st_methodious@abv.