Established: 1999
President: Dr. Christian Hannick
Director: Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza,
PhD Kule Family Professor of Liturgy
Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
Faculty of Theology
Saint Paul University
223 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1S 1C4
Office telephone: 613-236-1393 extension 2419
Extension to Sheptytsky Institute reception: 2332
Fax to office: 613-782-3026
Home telephone: 613-230-0997
Assistant Director for Research Projects: Dr. Yu. Yasinovs’kyi
Tel.: (380-322) 40-99-40, 76-95-45
Fax: (380-322) 40-99-50
email: ils@ils.org.uaTel.: (380-322) 40-99-40, 76-95-45
Fax: (380-322) 40-99-50
Purpose: To analyze, interpret and foster the liturgical tradition ofChurches of the Byzantine Tradition
Fields of activity:
- Training of cantors and choir directors
- Publication of church music for use in churches of the Byzantine-Slav tradition
- Organizing seminars and workshops on liturgy and liturgical music
- Description of manuscripts and early printed liturgical books
- Creation of a catalogue of incipits of ecclesiastical chants in acomputer database
- Assembling an anthology of ecclesiastical hymnography and recordings
- Studying the repertoire of Ukrainian sacred monody in the form of acomputer database (under the supervision of Prof. Yu. Yasinovs’kyi);
description and preparation for publishing of a catalogue of manuscripts and early printed Service and Prayer books (trebnyks) (under thesupervision of P. Galadza and T. Shman’ko)


