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  2. Reader (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    Immediately before ordination as a reader, the candidate is tonsured as a sign of his submission and obedience upon entry into the clerical state. It is a separate act from ordination. The tonsure is performed only once, immediately prior to the actual ordination of a reader, which the ordination rite refers to as "the first degree of priesthood".

  3. Ordination - Wikipedia

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    Ordination of a Catholic deacon, 1520 AD: the bishop bestows vestments.. Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. [1]

  4. Ordinal (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    [12]: 3 Simultaneously, the formula for the ordination of priests was modified to explicitly tie the Holy Spirit's descent on a presbyterial candidate to the imposition of hands. [5]: 990 The Alternative Service Book of 1980 was a further development of the Church of England's ordinal. The 1980 ordinal emphasized the different level of Holy ...

  5. Installation (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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    Installation is a Christian liturgical act that formally allows a cleric to assume the office of his appointed position at a particular place such as a cathedral.

  6. Holy orders - Wikipedia

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    The ordination of a deacon occurs after the Anaphora (Eucharistic Prayer) since his role is not in performing the Holy Mystery but consists only in serving; [11] the ceremony is much the same as at the ordination of a priest, but the deacon-elect is presented to the people and escorted to the holy doors by two sub-deacons (his peers, analogous ...

  7. Edwardine Ordinals - Wikipedia

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    The Gallican ordination liturgies, which had influenced broader Roman Rite practices in the early medieval period, were ritually complex but also possessed clear moments of ordination. For priestly ordination, the bishop laying of hands on a candidate would say it was "the blessing of the presbyterate".

  8. Maundy (foot washing) - Wikipedia

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    Foot washing rites are practiced by the Lutheran and Anglican churches, whereby foot washing is most often experienced in connection with Maundy Thursday services and, sometimes, at ordination services where the Bishop may wash the feet of those who are to be ordained. Foot washing by the Bishop of St Asaph, Church in Wales, Maundy Thursday

  9. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    The Baptism Office ("Taksa d'Amadha") is generally bound up with the Liturgies. The "Taksa d'Siamidha" has the ordination services. The "Taksa d'Husaia" contains the office for Penance, the "Kthawa d'Burrakha" is the marriage service, the "Kahneita", the burial of clergy, the "Annidha" that of laymen.