Father Joseph Paliouras was born in Trikala, Greece in 1961. He began his musical studies at a young age and graduated in Athens, with a degree in Byzantine and European Music. He holds a degree in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens and holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Reading.
In 1986 he moved to London where he still lives. He was a member of the Greek Educational Mission in Great Britain and worked as a Teacher of Music and Religions in Secondary Education and at the Hellenic High School in London. He is the founder of the School of Byzantine Music of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain in London and was also its Director and Choreographer for 30 years 1986-2016. Fr. Joseph Paliouras was ordained a priest on Christmas Eve 1988 and currently serves at The Church of the Twelve Apostles in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
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