Tag: Parish Ministry

Shared Ministry and Divine Grace: Restoring the Diaconate in Orthodoxy

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Public Orthodoxy

March 7, 2017

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Sacramental and Liturgical Life, Women in the Church

Deaconesses, Diaconate, Nicholas Denysenko, Parish Ministry

by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko The Orthodox world is buzzing with the recent news report on the ordination of deaconesses in the Patriarchate of Alexandria. To the best of our knowledge, the ordination occurred after the Divine Liturgy in the nave of the temple, and appears to resemble the rite used to ordain subdeacons. This […]
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