Some data suggests that 75% of converts to the Orthodox Church in America — the second ... in 2016 to “restore the ancient Order of the Deaconess.” Shortly afterward, the Patriarch ...

Angelic Molen of Zimbabwe was ordained a deaconess in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and of All Africa, a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. (photo: St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess) ...

the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years of ...

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa ordained Zimbabwean Angelic Molen as a deaconess in the Orthodox Church. Taking place on May 2, Orthodox Holy Thursday, the ordination was ...

IN VIEW of the decision of the Bishops in the Upper House of Convocation with regard to a form of “Ordination” for Deaconesses, it is interesting to recall that there was in the early Church an ...

(RNS) — On Thursday (May 2), the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking ...