Bishop Romanos Daoud of Edessa
Biography
Christian Name: Romanos (formerly Bashar)
Family Name: Daoud.
Date of Ordination:
To the diaconate: 20-7-2000
To the priesthood: 23-12-2008
To archimandrite: 27-4-2009
Date of consecration:
To bishop 5-11-2011
- STUDIES
1998-2002 Degree in Theology from the University of Balamand, Lebanon.
2002-2004 Diploma in Byzantine Music from the National Conservatory, Athens.
2010 Lecturer at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, in the Department of Musical Studies
- LANGUAGES
Arabic – Native
Greek, English and Portuguese
- CONFERENCES (as speaker)
The influence of ancient secular music of the Byzantine eight tones in the Patriarchate of Antioch. The theory and practice of the psaltic art, Athens 17-21 October 2006.
The contribution of Dimitrios Al Mour to Byzantine translations. The translation of liturgical texts into Arabic and Byzantine chant. Aleppo, 9 July 2010
- LITERARY ACTIVITY
Dimitrios Al Mour, The chief chanter of the Patriarchate of Antioch (†2 September, 1969) and his contribution to Orthodox worship in Arabic
- ARTICLES
The Holy Spirit according to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
A Critical Study of the Lord’s Beatitudes according to Saint Luke the Evangelist
The historical evolution of the wars of the Crusaders
Wealth and poverty according to Saint John Chrysostom
B TRANSLATIONS
Byzantine Music (An Introductory Outline) into Arabic
Byzantine Music in Orthodox worship in Arabic into Arabic
The Life of Saint Gregory V, into Arabic
The Life of Saint Païsios, into Portuguese
The Life of Saint Ilianos, into Portuguese
The Synaxario of the Orthodox Church, into Portuguese
Various liturgical and musical services into Portuguese
- ACTIVITIES
President of the Spiritual Court of the Metropolis of Aleppo
Secretary of the Council of the Local Churches of Aleppo
Director of the School of Byzantine Music of the Holy Metropolis of Aleppo
Now Auxiliary Bishop in the Holy Metropolis of Brazil, Patriarchate of Antioch