Deaconess
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A deaconess is a member of a ministry for women in some Christian churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and who may carry a liturgical role. The word comes from the Greek diak
Elizabeth Catherine Ferard, first ordained deaconess of the Church of England
"Adam and Eve" by Albrecht Dürer (1504)
Episcopa Theodora (Church of Santa Prassede)
Icon of Saint Olympias the Deaconess
Ordination of women
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The ordination of women to ministerial or priestly office is an increasingly common practice among some contemporary major religious groups. It remains a controversial issue in certain religious group
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…History of nursing Ordination of women Church of England. The ministry of women, 1920, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Macmillan…
Evangelical-Lutheran ordination of a female priest to holy orders by the bishop in the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas, part of the Church of Sweden (2025)
First woman Mariavite bishop Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska was consecrated in 1929 in Płock.
Cylinder seal (c. 2100 BC) depicting goddesses conducting mortal males through a religious rite
Sarcophagus of the Egyptian priestess Iset-en-kheb, 25th–26th Dynasty (7th–6th century BC)