Giorgos K. Agelinaras

G. K. Angelinaras was born in Samos in 1934. He studied at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens and later pursued further education at the Teacher Training School for Secondary Education. He was taught Byzantine music by the leading chanters and music teachers Emmanuel Vamboudakis and Antonios Syrkas. He holds a degree from the National Conservatory of Athens. He served in secondary education (1962-1995) as a Teacher, Principal, High School Director, and Deputy Director of SELME Athens. He is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Public Central Library of Samos and the Director of the School of Ecclesiastical Music of the Holy Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria. He has been awarded the Golden Cross of Apostle Paul by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and has been honored by the Academy of Athens, the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Athens, the Academy of Social, National, and Cultural Planning, the Holy Metropolis of Trikki and Stagon, the Association of Cantors of Trikala, the Pan-Cretan Association of Friends of Byzantine Music, the Hellenic Army General Staff, and the 79th Higher National Guard Battalions Command.