Canonical Resolutions, § 36. The deaconess looks after
and washes the altar linen.
Canonical Resolutions, § 38. With permission of the
bishop, the deaconess may pour wine and water into the chalice.
Note. This rule is also found in the Nomocanone of
Bar-Hebraeus. See A.Lamy, De Syrorum Fide et Disciplina, Louvain 1859,
pp. 89-91; Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis, vol.II, De
Monophysitis § 10.