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*[http://www.chrysostom.org/andrew/texts/Readers-and-Cantors.pdf Readers, Cantors, and Church Music in Early Eastern Christian Worship], by [[User:ASDamick|Andrew Stephen Damick]]
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A '''cantor''', also called a '''chanter''' (in Greek, Ψάλτηςψάλτης, ''psaltis''; in Slavonic, Пѣвецъ - , ''pievets''), is a lay person in [[minor orders]] who chants responses and hymns in the services of the church. Particularly in the [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine tradition]], the cantor in charge of doing the music for a service is referred to as the '''''protopsaltis''''' (Π�?οτοψάλτηςπροτοψάλτης), a term which may also refer to an office within a [[diocese]] or whole [[jurisdiction]].
In modern use, the role of the cantor has been replaced in some traditions by choirs. In this setting, the cantor is sometimes considered the choir director or the person to lead in congregational singing.
In churches of the Greek tradition, cantors and men who sing at the [[Kliroskliros]] will often wear outer-cassocks (Rasso in Greek, Riassa in Slavonic, Jibby in Arabic)an [[exorasson]].
==See also==
*[[Reader]]
*[[Minor orders]]
*[[Lampadarios]]
==Sources==
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8049.asp ourfaith8049 A Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology - Part 1]
==External link==
*[http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/readers.htm Instructions . . . For the Church Reader]
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