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- Cheirotonia or Chirotonia (Gr****: χειροτονία) etymologically means "hand-stretching." It acquired a few different meanings, which survive as technical...
- (diocesan) life. The Eastern Orthodox Church considers ordination (known as cheirotonia, "laying on of hands") to be a sacred mystery (μυστήριο, what in the...
- ordination is one of the seven sacraments, variously called holy orders or cheirotonia ("Laying on of Hands"). Apostolic succession is considered an essential...
- through the Sacred Mystery (sacrament) of the laying on of hands (called cheirotonia) by bishops. Priests and deacons are ordained by their own diocesan bishop...
- ordained to the diaconate. The bishop has placed his omophorion and right hand on the head of the candidate and is reading the Prayer of Cheirotonia....
- In Christianity, the laying on of hands (Gr****: cheirotonia – χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") is both a symbolic and formal method of invoking...
- Christianity, laying on of hands is used for the ordination (called cheirotonia) of the higher clergy (bishops, priests and deacons), and is also performed...
- ordained to the diaconate. The bishop has placed his omophorion and right hand on the head of the candidate and is reading the Prayer of Cheirotonia....
- Acts of the Apostles (1:15–26; 6:2–61). Election and ordination (Gr****: cheirotonia - χειροτονία, literally, "laying-on of hands") are two separate actions...
- sacrament which may be celebrated only by a bishop is that of Ordination (cheirotonia, "Laying-on of Hands"), or Holy Orders.[citation needed] In these traditions...