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'''''Diakonissa''''' is a Greek title of honor that is used to refer to a [[deacon|deacon's]] wife. It is derived from ''diakonos''—the Greek word for ''deacon'' (literally, "server"). There does not currently seem to be any standard English equivalent, so most English-speaking Orthodox Christians will use the title most common in the old country churches from which their local family or parish finds its origin.
''Diakonissa'' was also the term used in the ancient Church for the order of '''[[deaconess''']], a non-[[clergy|clerical]] order which saw to the care of women in the community.
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*[[Ordination of Women]]
==External linkslink==*[http://www.anastasis.org.uk/woman_deacon.htm "Order for the Ordination of a Woman Deacon"]**[http://www.anastasis.org.uk/ordinations.htm "Ordination of a Woman Deacon"] offers background to the link above, both from the ''Euchologion'' of the Monastery of Saint Andrew the First Called in Manchester, England*[http://www.angelfire.com/pa/deaconess/ The Historical Orthodox Deaconess]*[http://www.geocitiesorthodoxinfo.com/Athens/Olympuspraxis/5357/geofdclergy_etiquette.html "Prayers for the Ordination of Women Deacons as found in Georgian Manuscripts"aspx Clergy Etiquette], taken from: "The Georgian Version of the Liturgy of St. James," F. C. Conybeare and Oliver Wardrop, from ''Revue de l'Orient Chretien'', XIX, 1914 (Paris)*[http://www.stnina.org/journal/art/3.2.7 Book Review: ''Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church: Called to Holiness and Ministry''] by Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald, reviewed by Deborah Malacky Belonick for ''St. Nina's Quarterly''*[http://www.stnina.org/journal/art/3.2.6 "An Interview with Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald"] by Teva Regule of the ''St. Nina's Quarterly''
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