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Τετάρτη 29 Μαρτίου 2023

LET'S MAKE HISTORY: ORDAIN DEACONESSES IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH TODAY

               

by Carrie Frederick Frost | ελληνικά | Русский

March is Women’s History Month, when we particularly witness women’s vital roles in our past, including in the Orthodox Church. These stories deserve our attention and appreciation, but let’s not just look to the past, let’s also look to the future. Let’s make history. 

Κυριακή 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2022

THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: REVEALING THE TRUTH BY

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion), greek city times

Some days ago, I friend of mine asked me in all sincerity: “Do you believe we will see a female priest in our lifetime within the Orthodox Church?” In a very natural way, so to speak, and rather instinctively I replied: ‘I don’t know about female priests, but I am pretty sure that we will see female deacons. We will definitely witness deaconesses in the Orthodox Church as it has been part of our tradition for centuries. It was never abolished but the practice ceased around the 12th century or so. Now is the time for its revival.’

Παρασκευή 24 Ιανουαρίου 2020

CATHOLIC OBJECTIONS TO WOMEN’S ALTAR SERVICE: BARRED FROM THE SACRED

Cover, Women: Icons of Christ by Phyllis Zagano
by Phyllis Zagano
The question of women deacons continues to be discussed in the Catholic Church, and questions about women are again in the news. Whether the discussion is about priestly celibacy or about ordaining women to the diaconate, the common denominator is that women are unclean. In the Roman Catholic Church, marriage is a diriment impediment for priestly orders and women cannot be ordained as deacons. The below is excerpted from Chapter 3, “Altar Service” in Phyllis Zagano’s forthcoming Paulist Press book Women: Icons of Christ, which traces the development of the diaconal ministries performed by women, ordained and not ordained as deacons.

Τετάρτη 30 Οκτωβρίου 2019

FORDHAM SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSES POSSIBILITIES OF WOMEN DEACONS


by Sarah Salvadore PeopleVatican,                National Catholic Reporter
Womendeacons CROP.jpgJ. Patrick Hornbeck II, chair of the Theology Department at Fordham University, introduces (from left) Phyllis Zagano, Meghan Clark and George Demacopoulos, panelists for the symposium on women deacons Oct. 22 in New York. (NCR photo/Sarah Salvadore)

Σάββατο 26 Οκτωβρίου 2019

AMAZON SYNOD CALLS FOR MARRIED PRIESTS, POPE TO REOPEN WOMEN DEACONS COMMISSION



Pope Francis attends the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon Oct. 26 at the Vatican. Also pictured are Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, and Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Παρασκευή 4 Οκτωβρίου 2019

Πέμπτη 3 Οκτωβρίου 2019

SCHOLARS NOT PRIESTS

by George Demacopoulos

In a seminal essay in 1990, the eminent scholar of early Christianity, Elizabeth Clark, demonstrated that Christianity grew rapidly, in large part, because women served as the community’s earliest financial benefactors—they were “Patrons not Priests.”[1]

Τετάρτη 12 Ιουνίου 2019

WOMEN AND THE DIACONATE A DEBATE THAT WON'T GO AWAY

Pope Francis greets Sister Carmen Sammut, president of the International Union of Superiors General, in 2016 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Massimo Faggioli professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University.

Τετάρτη 15 Μαΐου 2019

THEOLOGY ROOTED IN PATRIARCHY DELAYS RESTORATION OF FEMALE DIACONATE


 Detail of 12th-century stained glass fragment depicting an angel appearing to a deacon saint, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 
Overall I was more encouraged than discouraged by Pope Francis's May 10 discussion about women deacons at the triennial meeting of the Union of International Superiors General.

Δευτέρα 13 Μαΐου 2019