ACADEMIC RANK: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BYZANTINE MUSIC (Since 2014)
FACULTY: ST JOHN OF DAMASCUS INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND
ADDRESS: Balamand Monastery, Koura, Lebanon
Mobile: 0096176774486
Fax: 009616931283
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EDUCATION
2005 Bachelor of Theology
University of Balamand, Lebanon
2004 Diploma of Byzantine Music (with Excellence)
Ethniko Odio, Athens, Greece
2011 Ph.D. in Byzantine Music (with Excellence)
Aristotelian University of Thessalonica, Greece
Dissertation: The Byzantine Music in the Liturgical Practices in the Patriarchate of Antioch in the Twentieth Century.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014-present Master of Theology
THEO373: Approaches to the Study of Church Hymnology and Byzantine Music (3cr. 45 hrs.)
2014-present Bachelor of Theology
- THEO206: Church Music I (4cr. 90 hrs.)
- THEO273: Church Music II (4cr. 90 hrs.)
2017-present Supervision of MTh:
- Julia Tsyganok “Analyzing of Arabic Pascha Canon” Finished 2019
- Suliman Abou Hannoud “still working”
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
2019 Manuscript 104 of Balamand. Patriarchal Monastery of our Lady of Balamand Publications, 2019.
JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER REVIEWED)
2021 “The First Use of the Arabic Language in Church Music, Nikiforos Kandoniaris, Protodeacon of the Antiochian See” (in Arabic). Annals of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, vol. 12 (Under Print).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2020 “Ecclesiastical Music in Antioch A Quick Glance into the Trilingual Tradition” (In English). Musical and Cultural Osmoses in the Balkans Conference, National University of Music Bucharest, Romania, 2019 (Under Print).
2017 “Protomartis and Isapostolo St. Thekla and the Patriarchal Monastery Maaloula, Folk and Manuscript Tradition” (in Greek). Fourth International Conference of Cypriot Hagiology, Konstandia, Cyprus. 2017
2009 “The Deferential Transactions of the Mode and Problem for the Understanding of Musical Spaces.” Fourth International Music Conference, Athens, Greece, 2009. (in Greek)
TRANSLATIONS
2019 Elder Joseph the Hesychast. Translated from Greek to Arabic.
2008 Byzantine Music in the Arabic and Hellenic Language. Book and CD authored by Antonios Aligizakis. Translated from Greek to Arabic & Arabic to Greek.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARIES
2006 International musical conference of choirs, ΔΕΛΤΙΟΤΥΠΟ: Patra, Greece.
2006 Second International Musical Conference, Athens, Greece.
2010 Local Music Conference of the Metropolis of Neapolis, Thessalonica, Greece.
2011 Theological Seminar, University of Regensburg, Germany.
2008-2011 Music Seminars in Aristotelian University of Thessalonica, ΑΠΘ, Greece.
2017 Fourth International Conference of Cypriot Hagiology, Konstandia, Cyprus. Protomartis and Isapostolo St. Thekla and the Patriarchal Monastery “Maaloula”. Folk and Manuscript Tradition.
2018 Hosting the Sixth international Conference of United international Orthodox Dogmatic, “The Theory of Hesychasm of Orthodox Theology. Taking a place in Balamand Patriarchal Monastery.
BYZANTINE MUSIC ACTIVITIES
1995-1997 Protopsalti in Church of St. John of Damascus, Damascus, Syria.
1994-2006 Byzantine Music Teacher in the School of St. George Al Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery, Syria.
1997-2000 Director of the Choir of St. John of Damascus in Damascus with regional conferences in Syria and Lebanon.
2000-2005 Director of the Choir of St. John of Damascus in the Theological Institute of St, John of Damascus, University of Balamand, Lebanon.
2005-2011 Member in the Choir of Macedonia University, Thessalonica, Greece.
1994- 2006 Director of St. Romanos the Melodist Choir. Published Fourteen Byzantine Music CDs.
MUSICAL CONCERTS PARTICIPATION
As a Choir Member:
2000 Concert of Byzantine music in Lemeso - Cyprus, Choir of St. George Al-Humayrah Monastery.
1999 Concert in Cappadocia – Turkey, Choir of St. John of Damascus, Damascus, Syria.
2006 Concert in the International Music Conference of Choirs, Patra, Greece.
As a Choir Director:
1997-2001 Concerts in some cities of Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
2003 Concerts in Nicosia and Larnaca, Cyprus.
2008 Concert in Drama, Greece.
2010, 2010 and 2011 Educational Concerts in Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; and London, United Kingdom.
MUSIC & ECCLESIASTICAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMITTEES
1988-2000 Member in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in Damascus.
1990-2001 Secretary of Metropolis Bousra Hawran.
2013 Secretary in the Patriarchal office.
2014-2015 Director of the Voice of Grace, the Patriarchate of Antioch Radio.
2016-present Abbot of the Patriarchal Monastery of our Lady of Balamand
2016-present Member of the Institute Council
2020-present Coordinator of the Institute of Theology Jubilee Committee
2020-present Coordinator of the Institute of Theology Research and Publications Committee
2012-present Participated in several Patriarchal Church delegations
2019 Member of IMS Study Group “Music of the Christian East and Orient.” This study group was founded in 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. Co-organized by the National University of Music Bucharest, and the International Musicological Society-Regional Association for the Study of Music of the Balkans.
2020 Member of music committee in University of Thessalonica ΑΠΘ, in Byzantine music department.
2021 Synodal Publications Committee Member.
LANGUAGES
Arabic, English, Greek and German.
