Posted on 05/19/2023 6:48:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hopes to implement the jurisdiction-wide practice of girls serving in the altar and being tonsured as readers.
This would include not just young children, but even students of the Archdiocese’s Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, according to a resolution submitted to the Metropolis of New Jersey’s Clergy-Laity Assembly yesterday.
The resolutions, which are intended to be passed on to the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress, read:
Resolved: That the Metropolis of New Jersey Local Assembly convey to the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress the request to develop the role of women and girls in the life of the contemporary Orthodox Church in America. Examples of this would be: involving girls in processions and other liturgical service during liturgy, serving as acolytes, and reading of the Epistle; tonsuring of female students as readers and blessing them to serve in the altar at HCHC, presenting educational programs and symposia at Metropolis Local Assemblies and Archdiocese Clergy-Laity Congresses, and reviving the female diaconate.
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I’m sure it will stop there. No agenda here at all. /s
well, if the boys and men won’t do it it falls of girls and women....simple as that....
John Paul approved this in the Catholic Church in 94. It seems to have resulted in fewer altar boys with girls/women dominating. Some say this isn’t great because God plants seeds of vocations to the priesthood in boys who serve at the altar.
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