Consecrations in Eastern Christianity can refer to either the Sacred Mystery of Cheirotonea of a bishop, or the sanctification and solemn dedication of a church building. It can also be used to descri
Commencing the consecration of an antimension, the bishop unfolds the relics lying on the antimension being consecrated to sew into it.
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In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordained ministries of bishop, priest, and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders. Churches recogniz
Consecration in Eastern Christianity
…being a monk, and so when a non-monastic is elected to the episcopate, he is tonsured a monk before consecration. One who is not a priest, or in Holy Orders at all, may be elected a bishop, but if so, he must be ordained a deacon and then priest; also, he is typically elevated to the rank of archimandrite…
Ordination of John of Matha
Ordination to the Catholic priesthood in the Latin Church. Devotional card, 1925.
Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) performs the laying on of hands (Cheirotonia), conferring the holy order of presbyter (priest) upon an Orthodox deacon.
After the transmutation of the Holy Gifts, the bishop presents to the newly ordained priest a portion of the Lamb (i.e., the Body of Christ).