While the Catholic Church continues to debate deaconesses, some Orthodox Churches have already embraced them, and still others look on with caution. Ani-Kristi Manvelian, 24, was ordained as a ...

In a first for the global Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa has backed the ordination of a female deaconess by the Archbishop of Zimbabwe to serve the Church's growing mission in ...

BROOKLINE, Mass. (RNS)— A consortium of Orthodox Christian scholars, clergy and lay supporters meeting this week outside Boston proposed guidelines for the church to revive the ancient practice of ...

During the in-flight press conference, Pope Francis revealed that some in the Vatican commission have concluded that historically the female diaconate was different from the role of male deacons, ...

At the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Bishop Robert Brennan ordained 11 men to the permanent diaconate, each committing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Orthodox Church in America Diocese of New England welcomed the highest-ranking official in the Church for an Ordination ceremony Saturday. St. Peter and St. Paul ...

“Relying on the help of the Lord God, and of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we choose these, our brothers, for the order of the ...

Pope Francis said Tuesday that the Vatican commission exploring the possibility of female deacons continues its study, but does not have any consensus that would lead soon to a plan of action. "For ...