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The Church of Greece has had deaconesses intermittently over the recent centuries, and appears to have usually had deaconesses in its female [[monastery|monasteries]] from time immemorial. In 2004 the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece officially restored the female diaconate.<ref>[http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=3997 "Grant Her Your Spirit"] by Phyllis Zagano, ''America: The National Catholic Weekly'', February 7, 2005.</ref>
The Russian Orthodox Church still has deaconesses.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060823042703/http://www.antiochian.orgnet/index.au/content/php?option=com_content&task=view/466/6/ Archive of &id=472&Itemid=21 "Russian Orthodox Deaconesses"] from the website of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], which points to Item 8 of the [http://eng.sedmitza.ru/index.html?did=1906 The minutes of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, April 11, 2006] as evidence for the existence of deaconesses in the Russian Church.</ref>
In female monasteries the role of a deaconess seems necessary for the good order and function of the monastery church. It is more seemly than having male deacons involved there.
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