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Armenian Apostolic Archbishop ordains female deacon, without canonical sanction
January 15, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: A leading prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Church has ordained a woman as a deacon, although the Armenian Church has not instituted the female diaconate. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissan of Teheran said that the ordination of Deacon Ani-Kristi Manvelian “is in conformity with the traditional of the Church and nothing else.”
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