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Discerning Your Vocation to the Priesthood Ebook Now Available

July 7, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The Calling. Those of us who are clergy know it and know how relentless and ephemeral it can be sometimes. Discerning a Vocation to Holy Orders (Deacon, Priest, or Bishop) is not something to be taken lightly, or under one's own initiative. This guide, originally made available during the "You're On … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: deacon, Diaconate, priest, Priesthood, Vocation

The Orthodox Diaconate

September 5, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

By Fr. Deacon Photios Touloumes Preface My Lord Bishops, Honoured Hieropriests, Archpriests, Presbyters, Fellow Deacons, and Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I greet you with the words of our Saviour:  If any one serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon Tagged With: Church, deacon, Diaconate, Fr. Deacon Photios Touloumes, Orthodox

The Diaconate in the Church Today

August 27, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Metropolitan SABA Esper The diaconate, from its inception, has had a clear and definite ministry. With the increase in the number of the faithful, the apostles, after Pentecost, found themselves involved in the application of faith within the domain of the new gathering, especially in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Vocation Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, deacon, Diaconate, Eucharist, Metropolitan Saba Esper

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