Cantor (Christianity)
（重定向自Psaltis）
![John Koukouzeles, saint and one of the most famous maistores of Psaltic Art at Constantinople, leading a choir by the cheironomic gesture of Ison (picture of a 15th-century chant manuscript at the Great Lavra Monastery, Mount Athos)](/Images/godic/202502/05/Ioannis_Koukouzelis4252.jpg")
![Chantre con el bastón cantoral](/Images/godic/202502/05/Bâton_de_Chantre4252.jpg")
![Taburete de chantre](/Images/godic/202502/05/Morsan_tabouret_de_chantre4252.jpg")
![Miniature tirée du Scivias de sainte Hildegarde de Bingen, XIIe siècle : sous la Vierge et l'Esprit Saint, qui inondent l'Église de grâce et de lumière, toute l'Église en ses membres dont le grand chantre reconnaissable à son bâton cantoral avec la crosse en forme de tau (lettre grecque pour le T majuscule)](/Images/godic/202502/05/Gesalbt_mit_dem_Heiligen_Geiste4252.jpg")
The cantor, sometimes precentor, or the protopsaltes (Gr. πρωτοψάλτης, "first of the singers"; from Gr. ψάλτης, "singer") is the chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, a cathedral or monastery with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir and the preparation of the divine services in the context of a secular or monastic liturgy.