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Last week the Orthodox Church sacramentally ordained a deaconess for the first time in modern times. Archbishop Serafim of Zimbabwe ordained Angelic Molen (pictured right) as a deaconess on Maundy Thursday (2 May) in Harare. Molen “will do what the deacon does in the liturgy and in all sacraments in our Orthodox services” Serafim says. Read more