John Koukouzeles

Saint

John Koukouzeles
St. John Koukouzeles depicted on a 15th-century musical codex at the Great Lavra monastery, Mount Athos, Greece
BornDyrrhachium or Anatolia
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast1 October

John Koukouzeles Papadopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης Παπαδόπουλος, romanized: Ioannis Koukouzeles Papadopoulos) was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death. Among the most illustrious musicians of the Palaiologos dynasty, his music remains held in high esteem by Albanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Macedonians, Romanians and Serbs.

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