Jaan J. Leppik
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Sakarias Jaan Leppik is the priest of the Värska and Saatse parishes of the Orthodox Church of Estonia in South-East of Estonia, thinker, culture analyst, theatre and film critic, musician and journalist.
He was born in Valga, Estonia
in 1969. He studied in Tõrva Secondary School as well as in Tõrva Music School and graduated both in 1987.
During 1987-88 he studied biology at the University of Tartu. During 1991-1996 he was a student of the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tallinn.
He has also studied political science on courses of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, taken media studies at the World Council of Churches, apologetics and history of religion courses at the University of Aarhus, Denmark and studied Greek language at the University of Ioannina, Greece.
During 1999-2003 he was a Member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu
). 2003-2005 the Chief Manager of the International Theatre Festival of Tallinn City Theatre.
After that he was a editor of foreign economy news in Baltic News Service
.
He was the creator of the programme "12th hour" in Estonian TV in 1998. Since 1994 he has been one of the programme creators of the Estonian Public Broadcasting and lately Klassikaraadio. Since 2006 he is a priest of the Orthodox Church of Estonia and the chief editor of its cultural magazine "Faith and Life".
Sakarias J. Leppik is also a professional singer of the Gregorian chant
ensemble Vox Clamantis
since 1996.
The Film Journalist of the Year by culture newspaper Sirp. He is an alumnus of the ethnomusicology of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 2011.
Father Sakarias is married to Marion Leppik, a cultural anthropologist.
He was born in Valga, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
in 1969. He studied in Tõrva Secondary School as well as in Tõrva Music School and graduated both in 1987.
During 1987-88 he studied biology at the University of Tartu. During 1991-1996 he was a student of the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tallinn.
He has also studied political science on courses of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, taken media studies at the World Council of Churches, apologetics and history of religion courses at the University of Aarhus, Denmark and studied Greek language at the University of Ioannina, Greece.
During 1999-2003 he was a Member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu
Riigikogu
The Riigikogu is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. All important state-related questions pass through the Riigikogu...
). 2003-2005 the Chief Manager of the International Theatre Festival of Tallinn City Theatre.
After that he was a editor of foreign economy news in Baltic News Service
Baltic News Service
The Baltic News Service is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students , it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union...
.
He was the creator of the programme "12th hour" in Estonian TV in 1998. Since 1994 he has been one of the programme creators of the Estonian Public Broadcasting and lately Klassikaraadio. Since 2006 he is a priest of the Orthodox Church of Estonia and the chief editor of its cultural magazine "Faith and Life".
Sakarias J. Leppik is also a professional singer of the Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services...
ensemble Vox Clamantis
Vox Clamantis
Vox Clamantis is a Latin poem of around 10,000 lines in elegiac verse by John Gower that recounts the events and tragedy of the 1381 Peasants' Rising. The poem takes aim at the corruption of society and laments the rise of evil...
since 1996.
The Film Journalist of the Year by culture newspaper Sirp. He is an alumnus of the ethnomusicology of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 2011.
Father Sakarias is married to Marion Leppik, a cultural anthropologist.
Sources
- http://www.eoc.ee/eng/cat-501/Church/cat-504
- http://ariel.ee/More-about-the-artistic-directors.php
- http://www.voxclamantis.ee