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==Altar girls==
[[Image:Altar girl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A girl vested in [[sticharion]] and serving in the altar area at an [[OCA]] parish, an image which erupted controversy in Fall of 2004]]
Generally, Orthodox [[parish]]es do not allow females to serve liturgically in the [[sanctuary]] of the church. In the Fall of October 2004, the image at right was circulated, depicting a young girl [[vestments|vested]] in [[sticharion]], appearing to serve in the sanctuary at an [[OCA]] parish. Upon the wide distribution of this image, a response statement was issued in October of 2004 from [[Protopresbyter]] [[Robert S. Kondratick]], by the Chancellor of the OCA, forbidding this practice and citing the position of the OCA's [[Holy Synod]].[http://www.oca.org/Docs.asp?ID=104&SID=12]
In March of 2005, the ''St. Nina's Quarterly'' website published a response mainly consisting of messages in favor of females serving in the sanctuary, stating that there is "there is '''no good theological reason''' for such a practice" (emphasis in original).[http://www.stnina.org/journal/onl/Feat-AltarServers]
