Friday, July 21, 2017

The calling of men to the diaconate in the Armenian Church


Posted by Byzantine, TX

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  1. AnonymousJuly 21, 2017 at 11:18 PM

    ԱչքնԵրդ լույս

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  2. Steve_BarrieJuly 26, 2017 at 9:45 AM

    Why no mention of the calling of women to the diaconate? The Armenian orthodox Church is one of the few churches in which the ordination of women as deaconesses did NOT die out.

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    1. Byzantine, TXJuly 26, 2017 at 10:09 AM

      That wasn't their title for the picture. Also, we don't know that women were ordained as men were.

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  3. Steve_BarrieJuly 27, 2017 at 12:32 PM

    In the Armenian Orthodox Church? You have got to be kidding.
    "In 1984, Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, Primate of the Western Diocese, ordained Seta Simonian Atamian acolyte at the holy altar of St. Andrew Armenian Church, in Cupertino, Calif. In 2002, Archbishop Gisak Mouradian, Primate of Argentina, ordained Maria Ozkul to the diaconate."

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/07/06/a-nearly-forgotten-history-women-deacons-in-the-armenian-church/print/


    See also:
    Ervine, Roberta R. “The Armenian Church’s Women Deacons.” St. Nerses Theological Review (New Rochelle) 12 (2007).
    Oghlukian, Fr. Abel. The Deaconess In The Armenian Church – A Brief Survey. New Rochelle, NY: St. Nerses Armenian Seminary, 1994.
    For a video of an Armenian Deaconess chanting the Gospel go to
    https://www.facebook.com/pg/ortakoymeryemanakilisesi/videos/?ref=page_internal
    and click on the May 31 2016 video. The Church is an Armenian Orthodox Church in Istanbul.




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    1. Byzantine, TXJuly 27, 2017 at 12:37 PM

      I think I've even posted that article on here before. I was referring to the Orthodox Church. I didn't mention women because... there aren't any women in the photo.

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