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I am a Postgraduate Student living in Singapore , in the middle of a Master of Arts in Late Antique & Byzantine Studies at King's College London , having previously acquired a BA in Classics from the same institution. I am an alumnus of the Anglo-Chinese family of schools in Singapore, specifically Anglo-Chinese Junior School , Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College in turn.
My research interests include Byzantine History , Late Antique Greek and Byzantine Palæography , Culture and Religion in Late Antiquity , Theology & Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches , Byzantium after Byzantium , Postclassical Greek and Latin .
While on sabbatical in Singapore, I teach Greek & Latin as a private tutor, and Greek Tragedy at Anglo-Chinese Junior College .
I have a particular interest in Eastern Christianity, specifically in its Byzantine form, being a member of the Russian Catholic Church . I am a chanter trained in various traditions of church music both East and West, but particularly in Slavonic (Russian, Galician etc), Byzantine and Gregorian Chant .
In my free time I fence Sabre , Rapier and Broadsword . I also play Lute - both the smaller Renaissance 7-course Lute , the Baroque Archlute and Theorbo (which means I also play Basso Continuo ).
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I proudly award you "The Saints' Barnstar " for creating and improving articles on saints and Eastern Christianity. Majoreditor 16:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Articles With Substantial Contributions
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Ah Lian , Akribeia , Amice , Anglo-Chinese School , Armenian Church, Singapore , Army Daze ,
Blessed Virgin Mary , Canonical hours , Clerical celibacy , Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church) , Charalampus , Chorbishop , Christianity in Singapore , Cosmas of Aetolia , Constantine XI , Council of Florence , Cyriacus of Athens ,
Dalmatic , Dikirion and trikirion ,
Eastern Catholic Churches , Ecumenical Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople , Ektenia , Eucharistic discipline ,
Gemistus Pletho , Gennadius II Scholarius , George Acropolites , Glory Be to the Father
Hail Mary , Hakka , Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari , Holy Week ,
Infant communion , Isidore of Kiev ,
Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow , Johannes Bessarion ,
Kliros , Kyrie ,
Lamb (Liturgy) , Latin spelling and pronunciation , Lestovka , The Lord's Prayer in different languages , Lute ,
Maniple (vestment) , Mapo dofu , Maximus the Greek , Menander Protector , Metropolitan Vitaly Ustinov , Michael Panaretos , Mitre ,
Old Believers , Omophorion , Orarion , Otak-otak ,
Pancras of Taormina , Phelonion , Prayer of Saint Ephrem ,
Raffles Institution , Roti john ,
Sabbas the Sanctified , Saints Cosmas and Damian , Sakkos , Sticharion , Subdeacon , Sub tuum praesidium ,
Teh tarik , Theorbo , Transubstantiation , Trisagion , Typica ,
Vestment ,
Znamenny Chant
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Chinese Orthodox Church , Ethnic Russians in China , Isidore of Kiev , Maximus the Greek , Patriarch Nikon , Amphilochius of Pochayiv , Easter Vigil , Euchologion , Missa Sicca , Canonical hours , Greek Catholic Church , Aumbry , Reserved sacrament , Pyx , Paschal Tide , Severus of Antioch , Moleben , Zemnoy poklon , Exapostilarion , Kassia , John Michael Botean
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