Marios Kandylaridis was born in Thessaloniki in 1995 and has roots from Crete and Asia Minor specifically from his father's side from Constantinople and his mother's side from the big island of Crete. There, he began to learn traditional Byzantine ecclesiastical music, under the teacher Mr. Konstantinos Stefanakis, Archon of Hymnology of the most holy Church of Christ, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and cantor of the Metropolis of the Entrance of the Virgin, Chania, Crete.

He had the honor to serve for 3 years as an apprentice next to his teacher in the Metropolis of Chania and to attend the Byzantine choir of Steven the Melodos with many participations at home and abroad. He participated in recitals with this choir in Cairo, Egypt to represent Greece in a world music festival for the dissemination of Byzantine Music.

He then continued his journey in Byzantine Music in his hometown in Thessaloniki, and apprenticed for 2 years at the lectern of the Protopsaltis of the Metropolitan Church of Agios Georgios Neapolis of Thessaloniki, Mr. Panagiotis Neochoritis, the current Archon Protopsaltis of our Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Holy Church of Christ. He was for 2 years a member of the choir of the music association, "Romanos the Melodos" of  Thessaloniki, with a considerable and interesting teaching activity.

Decisive, for his development in the art of psalmody, was his meeting in Thessaloniki with his late and beloved man and great teacher Harilaos Taliadoros! He bared the office of "Archon Protopsaltis of the Holy Archdiocese of Constantinople"

Marios then studied at the Macedonian Conservatory and at the School of Byzantine Music of the Metropolis of Thessaloniki and was awarded a cantor's certificate, a diploma in Byzantine music, and finally a teacher's diploma in Byzantine music. A greater honor for him was that he sat next to the great master cantor of the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki for a series of 4 years.

He has been called to serve in the pulpit 3 times going to Constantinople during Christmas and Holy Week and has chanted in the holy churches of the Royal City (Constantinople): 

• Our Lady of Blacherna

• Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios (the old Patriarchate)

He has served as cantor in Greece in various churches, 

• Holy Church of Evangelistria Chania

• Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios of Heraklion

• Holy Church of Panagia right of Thessaloniki

• Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (40 churches) Thessaloniki

 He now chants in the Holy Archdiocese of Canada at the Cathedral of St. George the Trophy Bearer in Montreal.