Posts by Maria Dunnan

Greetings, my lovely parish! I spend most of my time with my back turned toward you as I direct the choir during services. Many, many things happen in the kliros…what’s that, you say? Kliros?? The kliros is the area where the singers and readers stand. The word apparently comes from the Greek κλῆρος, meaning “lot”, as the singers of ancient times were chosen by lot. As I was saying…many, many things happen in the kliros. I thought perhaps from time…