Prof. Cyril Pavlikianov (born 1965) is Ph.D. in Byzantine History (National and Capodistrian University of Athens 1998), Dr. Habilitatus (Dr. Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History (University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” 2004), and Professor of Byzantine Philology and Palaeography at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” (since 2007).
Main works:
1. The Medieval Aristocracy on Mount Athos, Sofia 2001.
2. Σλάβοι μοναχοὶ στὸ Ἅγιον Ὄρος ἀπὸ τὸν Ι’ ὣς τὸν ΙΖ’ αἰῶνα, Thessalonica 2002.
3. История на българския светогорски манастир Зограф от 980 до 1804 г., Sofia 2005.
4. The Athonite Monastery of Vatopedi from 1462 to 1707. The Archival Evidence, Sofia 2008.
5. The Early Years of the Bulgarian Athonite Monastery of Zographou (980–1279) and its Byzantine Archives, Sofia 2011.
6. The Mediaeval Greek and Bulgarian Documents of the Athonite Monastery of Zographou (980-1600), Sofia 2014.
7. The Byzantine Documents of the Athonite Monastery of Karakallou and Selected Acts from the Ottoman Period (1294–1835), Sofia 2015.
8. Medieval Slavic Acts from Mount Athos 1230-1734. Bulgarian and Serbian Acts from the Monasteries of Karakallou, Kastamonitou St. Paul, Vatopedi and Xenophontos. Moldavian and Wallachian Slavic Acts from the Monasteries of Docheiariou, Kastamonitou and Zographou, Sofia 2018.
9. The byzantine Greek and Slavic Archives of the Athonite Monastery of Kastamonitou and its History According to the So-Called Legend (Logos Historikos) of Kastamonitou (Codex Kastamonitou no. 114). Diplomatic Edition of 46 Greek, Serbian, Moldavian and Wallachian Documents kept in Kastamonitou (1429-1819), Protaton (1784-1856) and Docheiariou (1578-1763). Critical Edition of Codex Kastamonitou no. 114 and of The Legend of Kastamonitou, Sofia 2020.
10. Acta Graeca Simonopetrae (1516–1821). The Surviving Post-Byzantine Documents of the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra and its Archival Codices A and B, Sofia 2022.
11. Medieval Greek and Slavic Documents of the Athonite Monastery of “Hagiou Pavlou” (St. Paul) 1010–1580, Sofia 2023.
