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In Arabic, a deacon's wife is called ''Shamassy'' (derived from ''Shamas'', Arabic for "deacon"). Romanian uses a derivative from the Greek term, ''diaconiţă''. The Slavic tradition generally uses the same word for deacon's wife that is used for a [[presbytera|priest's wife]]: ''Matushka'' (Russian), ''Papadija'' (Serbian), ''Panimatushka'' (Ukrainian), etc.
==See Alsoalso==* [[Presbytera]]*[[Ordination of Women]] ==External links==*[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)
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