Reconstruction
Rite of Ordaining
Women Deacons
in Bristol, UK
 
The tombs
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Tombstones of ancient women deacons
Calling the ancient deacons to witness
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Calling the ancient deacons to witness
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Voice from the past
Tombstones of ancient women deacons
Voice from the past
Tombstones of ancient women deacons
The narrator
The narrator (Lala Winkley)
Narrator & Bishop's Voice-over
Narrator & Bishop's Voice-over
The iconostatis
The women deacons symbolically represent the holy screen
Archdeacon & ordinand
The Archdeacon leads the ordinand into the sanctuary
The bishop receives the ordinand
The bishop receives the ordinand and proclaims her election to the diaconate
The Bishop ordains the ordinand
The Bishop imposes his hand on the ordiand and calls down the Holy Spirit on her
The Archdeacon sings the litany
The Archdeacon sings the litany of intercessions, including prayers for the newly ordained woman deacon
The Bishop hands the chalice to the newly ordained deacon
The Bishop hands thechalice to the newly ordained deacon
The Bishop anoints the catechumen
The Bishop anoints the forehead of a catechumen in preparation of baptism
The deacon anoints the catechumen
The deacon anoints the naked catechumen over her whole body
The immersion
The deacon immerses the (naked) catechumen into the baptismal font
After baptism
The newly baptised catechumen is dressed in a brilliantly white robe