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1 2,6| are taken care of by the deacons, the vestry is also called
2 2,7| called the “southern” or “deacons’ door.” On these two doors
3 2,7| Kingdom of Heaven — or sainted deacons, who in their lifetime,
4 3,1| bishops, the priests and the deacons.~The first and highest degree
5 3,1| of their ordination all deacons are equal; yet there are
6 3,1| grades among them. The senior deacons of the principal churches
7 3,1| they officiate with other deacons; and the chief deacon attached
8 3,1| celebrants — bishops, priests and deacons; the lower includes the
9 3,2| down upon them abundantly. Deacons wear it on the left shoulder
10 3,2| recites prayers. In old times, deacons used to wipe the lips of
11 3,2| received the Eucharist. Because deacons minister on earth around
12 3,2| folded round the person; deacons have the tunic, the stole
13 5,2| in Christ,” (the body of deacons), “for all the clergy” (
14 5,8| reading all sat, and the deacons distributed to the hearers
15 7,1| faithful began only after the deacons had ascertained that none
16 9,5| left of the altar, and the deacons utter the words: “Command,
17 9,5| receives his blessing. Then the deacons lead him thrice around the
18 9,5| ordained priest is led out by deacons into the middle of the church,
19 9,5| Eucharist, but also of ordaining deacons and priests; moreover it
20 9,6| himself, then the priests and deacons, then distributes the vessels
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