Byzantine Rite
Rite in Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism
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| February 2017 | Patriarch Theodoros II appointed six nuns to be subdeacons in the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, reviving the historical role of women in church leadership. |
| 2016 | Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria decided to reinstate the order of deaconesses after the practice had fallen out of use since the 19th century. |
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