ORTHODOX ECCLESIASTICAL BYZANTINE CHOIR
The Orthodox Ecclesiastical Byzantine Choir was founded in 1992 by Mihalis Makris in collaboration with graduates from the National Conservatory of Athens. He is a teacher at both the National Conservatory of Athens and a High School.

The aim of their work is the mental and spiritual development of people as well as the study and use of scientific documentation regarding the preservation and spreading of genuine Ecclesiastical Byzantine Music, whose source lies in the Patriarchate and the Holy Mountain-Agion Oros.

In the 18 years since its foundation (1992-2010), the Orthodox Ecclesiastical Byzantine Choir has participated in more than 400 events (Liturgies, Vigils, Concerts and so on ). It has presented its work on government-run as well as private television including a host of radio broadcasts. Addressing very young people, it has, from 1996 to date, undertaken the organisation of a series of Greek Music events at educational institutions (high schools-colleges) and schools of Greeks abroad aiming at their initiation into our musical heritage.

It has so far recorded 29 CDs and 2 DVDs, unpublished religious services but also important works of great composers of Greek Byzantine Music such as Ioannis Koukouzelis, First Chanter Iakovos, Germanou Neou Patrwn, to name but a few.

The work of the choir has been acknowledged by prominent individuals in society from different-various religious, political and social backgrounds, not only in Greece but also abroad , including His Holy Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Diodoros, Bishops, professors etc. On 23 November 2002, Mihalis Makris and members of the choir were received at the Presidential Palace by the then President of the Republic Konstantinos Stefanopoulos, and in an air of friendliness and cordiality, the President congratulated them, pointing out the importance of their work for regarding the preservation and spreading of our national music.