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Archdeacon
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An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some othe
Protodeacon Vladimir Nazarkin (left) and archdeacon Andrei Mazur of the Russian Orthodox Church during procession.
Protodeacon Vladimir Nazarkin (left) and archdeacon Andrei Mazur of the Russian Orthodox Church during procession.
Archdeacon. Painting by Ilya Repin (1877)
Archdeacon. Painting by Ilya Repin (1877)
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Deacon
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A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.
Archdeacon
…However, Eastern Catholic Churches still utilize archdeacons. When Sixtus became Pope in 257, he ordained as deacon the young Lawrence who was only 32, the first among the seven deacons who served in the cathedral church. Later, Sixtus appointed Lawrence as Archdeacon…
Saint Stephen, one of the first seven deacons in the Christian Church, holding a Gospel Book in a 1601 painting by Giacomo Cavedone.
Saint Stephen, one of the first seven deacons in the Christian Church, holding a Gospel Book in a 1601 painting by Giacomo Cavedone.
Ornately embroidered dalmatic, the proper vestment of the deacon, shown from the back with an appareled amice.
Ornately embroidered dalmatic, the proper vestment of the deacon, shown from the back with an appareled amice.
A Catholic deacon wearing his dalmatic and biretta.
A Catholic deacon wearing his dalmatic and biretta.
Greek Orthodox deacon in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, wearing an orarion over his sticharion. On his head he wears the clerical kamilavka.
Greek Orthodox deacon in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, wearing an orarion over his sticharion. On his head he wears the clerical kamilavka.