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Deaconesses were an order in the primitive Christian Church. Information is sparse as to their activities at the time, though it is clear they were mostly involved with ministering to other women and girls.
The question of having deaconesses perform the liturgical role of deacons in parish churches or cathedrals is a different matter and should be the subject of separate discussion.
==External Linklinks==*[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.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/5357/geofd.html "Prayers for the Ordination of Women Deacons as found in Georgian Manuscripts"], 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''
[http://www.antiochian.org.au/content/view/472/21/ Deaconesses]
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