A patristic, historical and liturgical study of the deaconess in the Church. Includes the stories of the women deacon saints, the decline of the order, and the attempts at its restoration by St. Nektarios of Aegina, Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow, and a close examination of the 1988 Consultation in Rhodes. "A significant and thought-provoking study which will contribute positively towards the future of our Church." (Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch)

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