Professor, PhD Pandele Léccu

Originally from Thessaloniki, Pandele (Pandelis / Παντελής) Léccu (Λέκκου) has an interdisciplinary background in Theology, History and Folklore. He graduated from the Department of Pastoral Theology at the Faculty of Theology and the Department of History and Archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy, both at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a Master’s degree in Church History and two PhDs, one in Theology, obtained from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and another in Folklore, obtained from Democritus University of Thrace. He has taught in secondary education and at the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki, and subsequently became a specialist lecturer at the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens, where he teaches subjects relating to the history of the Church’s worship and the history of Hellenism. His areas of research include the history and development of Christian worship, religious folklore, religiosity and popular culture, as well as the history of Eastern Hellenism, with a particular focus on the Greek community in Egypt. He is the author of three monographs, as well as numerous articles and specialist studies, published in academic journals. He has participated extensively in conferences held in Greece and abroad (translator’s note).