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За жизнь!

An rud is measa le duine ná a bhás, ní fheadar sé nach gurab é lár a leasa é

Created on 2005-08-29 15:14:07 (#8154941), last updated 2009-06-26

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Name:	Ольга Балытникова-Ракитянская (Olga R.)
Birthdate:	1984-07-15
Location:	Moscow, Москва, Russian Federation
Website:	Prose and Poetry (моя литературная страничка)

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My heart is a Pontic lyra;
On it I play
The sharply bitter
And sharply joyous
Melody of life...

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По вероисповеданию - православная христианка (Александрийского Патриархата). Более 11 лет (1997-2008) прожила с родителями и сестрами (

anna_earwen и

nastja89) в г. Претория, столице Южно-Африканской Республики. Счастлива в браке с любимым человеком - Вадимом Балытниковым (

balytnikov), с которым обвенчалась 25 января 2009 г. Собственно, помолвка и брак с Вадимом и стали главной причиной моего возвращения в Россию.

Отношу себя к двум народам - русскому и греческому (понтийскому), свободно говорю и пишу на русском, новогреческом, понтийском и английском. Также знаю древнегреческий, среднегреческий, латынь, французский, испанский, португальский, немецкий и немного ирландский языки. По профессии - антиковед-классицист с уклоном в богословие и патристику. В 2003 г. получила диплом бакалавра в Университете Претории (UP), а в 2007 г. защитила магистерскую диссертацию на тему "Καύχησις и родственные ему понятия в Посланиях Апостола Павла" (Καύχησις and related terms in Pauline literature) в Университете Южной Африки (UNISA).

Пишу стихи и прозу (на русском и греческом языках), изредка публикуюсь, в основном в греческой периодике. Некоторые из моих вещей можно прочесть на Самиздате, а также в моем "альтернативном ЖЖ"

olga1821.

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My name is Olga. For 11 years (1997-2008) I lived in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, but I was born in Dubna, a beautiful town in Russia. You can view the website of my native town here: http://www.dubna.ru In 2008 I returned to Russia and currently live in Moscow, while my family is still in SA. The main reason for my return was my engagement to Vadim Balytnikov (

balytnikov), whom I recently married (there were both church and civil marriage ceremonies, as church marriage does not have a legal status in Russia). We are very happy to be together :)
Like all my family, I belong to the Orthodox Catholic Church (also referred to as "Eastern Orthodox", "Greek Orthodox" or just "Orthodoxy") and used to attend the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Annunciation of Our Lady in Pretoria. You can view our parish website here: http://www.orthodoxpretoria.co.za.
In November 2003 I graduated from UP (University of Pretoria) with BA in European Languages & Cultures (Ancient Greek, Latin, German, French). In 2007, I completed my MA in Classics at UNISA (University of South Africa). From 2006 till 2008 I worked at the Embassy of Greece in Pretoria as PA to the Ambassador. Now I work at an Orthodox publishing house, "Sibirskaya Blagozvonnitsa", where I translate books from various languages.
My first languages are Russian and Modern Greek (including Pontian), and my second language is English. I can also speak Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, and Irish (Gaelic). So, feel free to comment in my LJ in any of these languages.
I write poetry (mostly in Greek) and prose (mostly in Russian). You can read some of my works here: http://olga1821.livejournal.com
I have two sisters (both younger than me): Anna (

anna_earwen) and Anastassia (

nastja89), whom I love very much. So, you can have a look at their LJs, too!