kliros

thumb|250px|Chanters singing on the kliros at the Church of St. George, Istanbul|Church of St. George, [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]]

The kliros (Greek: κλῆρος klēros, plural κλῆροι klēroi; Slavonic: клиросъ, "kliros" or sometimes крилосъ, "krilos") is the section of an Eastern Orthodox, Armenian, or Eastern Catholic church dedicated to the choir. It refers both to the general space in which chanters or singers assemble for the services, as well as to the actual music stand or shelves on which music is stored and read. ==Overview== The name derives from the Greek word for "lot", since originally those who read and sang were chosen by lot.