Protopresbyter Dr. GABRIEL MANDRILA
Holy Monastery Vlatadon
Ἑπταπυργίου 64 (Ἄνω Πόλη)
Τ.Κ. 54634
Thessaloniki, Greece
e-mail: [email protected]
Graduated of:
- Teologic Seminary „Mitropolitul Dosoftei” – Suceava/Romania (1995).
- Orthodox School of Theology of University of Bucharest (1999).
- Master of Orthodox School of Theology of Bucharest (2000).
- Musical Conservatoire of „Nichita the New” from Serres, Greece (2000-2002).
- PhD in Theology of Orthodox School of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a thesis about „The Aesthetics in the Art of discourse of the Church. With a reference of hymnological work of St. John of Damascus” (Thessaloniki 2008).
- Absolvent of biennial lecture of Greek Paleography, organized at the Centre of Hagiological Studies of Holy Monastery of Sf. Theodora in Thessalonica (2008-2010).
Career:
- From March 2007 I am priest at the Holy Stavropegic Monastery Vlatadon fromThessaloniki, Greece.
- From 2009, Member of translators of Commission of translation of patristic texts of Romanian Patriarchate.[1]
Other languages:
– Ancient Greek, modern Greek, Latin, French, English.
Publications:
– „Saint John of Damascus: The Byzantine Music Notation and the Theology of Holy Icons” a paper delivered at the international Congress Crossroads – Greece as an intercultural pole of musical thought and creativity, 6-10 June 2011, Thessalonica.[2]
– «The Aesthetic in the hymnological work of St. John of Damascus », at the international Conference Byzantine music in the 21st century. Problematics and prospectives, – organized at University Macedonia – Thessalonic (2007).
– a interview „The Church of Ortodoxy under the sign of icons (Duminica Ortodoxiei sub semnul icoanei)”, in the newspaper „Lumina”/24 februarie 2007, pp. 4-5.
Translations in Romanian, in collaboration with my wife, Laura Mândrilă (master in classic literature & Phd in Theology):
- Patristic literature:
- The Homilies of St. John of Damascus (Cuvântări la sărbători împărăteşti, la sărbători ale Maicii Domnului şi la Sfinţi), ΕΙΒΜΒΟR Bucharest 2010,[3] with and a introduction (pp. 7 – 20) and notes, including a prologue of his Beatitude, Daniel, Patriarch of Orthodox Church of Romania (pp. 5-6).
- Festal Letters (I-XII) of St. Cyril of Alexandria, ed. Metafraze/Sophia, Bucharest 2012, with a introduction (pp. 9 – 60) and notes.
- About virginity of Basilius of Ancyra.
- The Viae Duxof Anastasius of Sinai.
- from modern Greek:
- Γνῶθισαυτόνof St. Nektarius of Pentapole, with an introduction (pp. 5 – 43) and notes, ed. Metafraze/Sophia Bucharest 2012.
- John Romanides, The Patristic Theology, with an introduction (pp.5 – 35) and notes, ed. Metafraze 2011.
- Alexandros Papadiamandis, The “Songs of God” and other stories (Cântecele lui Dumnezeu şi alte povestiri), with an introduction (pp. 5 – 52) and notes, ed. Metafraze/Sofia, Bucharest 2011.
- Anastasios Yanoulatos, Archbishop of Albania, Ortododoxy and Mondialzation (Ortodoxia şi problemele lumii contemprane), in collaboration with rev. dr. Constantin Coman (ed. Bizantină 2003).
- rev. dr. Filotheos Pharos, The alienation of Christian ethos (Înstrăinarea ethosului creştin, ed. Platytera 2004).
- Alexandros Papadiamandis, Stories about Christmas (Povestiri de Crăciun, with an introduction (pp. 5 – 18) and notes ed. Metafraze/Sophia Bucharest 2011).
- From English:
- Rev. Georges Florovsky, Biserica, Scriptura, Tradiţia – Trupul viu al lui Hristos – (a selection of articles), in collaboration with Florin Caragiu(ed. Platytera 2005).
[1]http://www.patriarhia.ro/ro/opera_cultural_misionara/tradasocompsb.html.
[2]On line at: http://crossroads.mus.auth.gr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CROSSROADS_PROCEEDINGS.pdf, pp. 545-552.
[3]http://www.librariasophia.ro/carti-Cuvantari-la-sarbatori-imparatesti-la-sarbatori-ale-Maicii-Domnului-si-la-Sfinti-Ioan-Damaschin-sf-so-4837.html.