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After having studied and taught Byzantine music for many years and since I no longer teach, I felt the need to communicate, using modern technology, with fellow cantors and friends and provide advice and help to those who study Byzantine music and strive for musical excellence, in this sacred art.

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Therefore, let us get better acquainted, particularly with the younger generation of cantons:

(a part of my résumé is provided below, as found in my book “Byzantine hymns of the Divine Liturgy”)

“Argyrios Dintsis was born in Hariessa, Imathia in 1927. From a young age, he was distinguished for his calliphony and mucial perception. He took his first lessons in Byzantine music from his late father Athanasios, who was an excellent musician and melodius/notable canton. In 1952, after completing his military service, he approached the Archon Protopsaltes (the highest title a canton may be awarded) of the Αγιωτάτης Αρχιεπισκοπής Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athanasios Karamanis, to complete his studies in the art of chanting and shape his style. For more than thirty years, he has served in the lecterns of various temples, chanting from the position of protospaltes (lead singer).

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In detail, I chanted as a protopsaltes in the following Temples:

• Metropolitan Church of Giannitsa “Holy Church of the Assumption of the Virgin”

• Holy Church of Agios Antonios of Veria

• Metropolitan Church of Edessa "Holy Shrine of Agia Skepi"

• Holy Temple "Agios Savvas" (Panagia Kyriotissa) of Veria

• Metropolitan Church of Veria, Holy Apostles Peter and Paul "

• Occasionally in our parish of Agios Dimitrios Hariessas.

 

 

Simultaneously:

I served as a professor of Byzantine music and choirmaster at the school of the Holy Metropolis of Veria and Naoussa.

• Founding member of the Association of Cantors of the Holy Metropolis "Konstantinos Priggos"

• Author of the book “Byzantine hymns of the Divine Liturgy”

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I believe that my involvement with Byzantine music was inevitable since my father Athanasios Dintsis was a cantor and excellent connoisseur of Byzantine music. He was the person that acknowledged  my musical talent and introduced me to Byzantine music and chanting, and the person who made me love both our Church and studying. After all, our family had close ties with Church, my grandfather – my mother Chrysi’s father – was a priest and my father was a lead singer in the church of our parish. 

 

I loved Byzantine music so much that I was dedicated to learning it. Only when you love something a lot, can you be devoted to it. I did not consider my engagement in Byzantive music to be my  livelihood; for me, it was the pure love for music and praise of God. Agriculture was my livelihood, a hard and frequently incompatible profession with chanting and teaching. However, my wife Paschalina supported me throughout any difficulties, being a fierce helper in the agricultural work and family life.

In 1985, I resumed  my active ministry in the pulpit, except in certain circumstances. However, I continued to revise my handwritten compositions (old and new ones), aiming to compile them in a book, the one I published entitled:  “Byzantine hymns of the Divine Liturgy".