[jontilas@protonmail.com]

Good evening, my name is Jon Tilas from Camp Pendleton, CA. Due to me moving to Michigan within the next month, I am currently a member of St Innocent of Irkutsk Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Redford, Michigan. My Godfather has taught me a little bit of Byzantine Chant, as well as friends of mine such as Christian Farradj, but I am still a beginner with byzantine notation.
I hope to not only learn more about chant (both western and byzantine) but to be able to structure services from scratch, as I am very often isolated from a parish due to military obligations. In addition, I hope to one day serve the church as a reader. I am a very big fan of the Anthologion and Book of Hours, as it has provided me the ability to “conduct” services in the absence of a priest when I am in the field or serve the recruits at MCRD San Diego when the chaplains could not be there due to military obligations.

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