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Section of a fresco in the Niccoline Chapel by Fra Angelico, depicting Saint Peter consecrating the Seven Deacons. Saint Stephen is shown kneeling.. The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to enable the Apostles to concentrate on 'prayer and the Ministry of the Word' and to address a ...
James the Deacon (died after 671), Roman deacon and saint; John the Deacon (disambiguation) Leo the Deacon (c. 950–?), Byzantine Greek historian and chronicler; Nicanor the Deacon (died 76), martyr and one of the Seven Deacons; Nicolas the Deacon, claimed by some of the early Christian Church Fathers to be the author of the heresy and sect of ...
Deacon, Archdeacon Apostle of the Seventy Protomartyr of the Faith First Martyr; Born: c. AD 5: Died: 33–36 (aged 27–31) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire: Venerated in: All churches that believe in Sainthood: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Feast: 25 December (Armenian Apostolic Church) 26 December (Western) 27 December, 4 January, 2 August, 15 ...
The Greek word diakónissa (διακόνισσα), meaning deaconess, is not found in the Bible. However, one woman, Phoebe, is mentioned at Romans 16:1–2 [8] as a deacon or deaconess (διάκονος, diákonos) of the church in Cenchreae.
When Sixtus became the pope in 257, he ordained the young Lawrence who was only 32, as a deacon, and later appointed him as "archdeacon of Rome", the first among the seven deacons who served in the cathedral church. This was a position of great trust that included the care of the treasury and riches of the Church and the distribution of alms to ...
The "likewise" could indicate that female deacons are to live according to the same standards as male deacons (see also the Apostle Paul's use of the term "likewise" in Romans 1:27, 1 Cor. 7:3,4,22, and Titus 2:3,6). [11] [12] The predominant view holds that this verse refers not to female deacons, but instead to the wives of deacons. See, for ...
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Nicanor (/ n aɪ ˈ k eɪ n ər /; Greek: Nικάνωρ, romanized: Nikánōr) was one of the Seven Deacons. [1] He was martyred in 76. He is one of 5 out of the 7 deacons of the Seventy collectively feasted on July 28.