(RNS) — When the ordination of Angelic Molen of Harare, Zimbabwe, as a deaconess by Metropolitan Seraphim, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of the south African country, was announced in a press release ...

(RNS) — Speaking after her ordination at Lutheran Redeemer Church, in the Old City of Jerusalem, 26-year-old Sally Azar was a little nervous, but confident. She even regained her composure after ...

The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) recently announced that they have revoked their ordination of late apologist Ravi Zacharias after an independent investigation revealed that he engaged in ...

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An Episcopal priest found a Christian psychedelic society after he had what he described as a deeply spiritual experience while using psilocybin. Now he has lost his ordination over concerns that he ...

The term “The Ministry of Ordination” sounds very serious and official. I have titled such on purpose, for that very reason: ordination is a crux of ministry. It is both a beginning of ministry and ...

The episcopal ceremony began in solemn reverence as Iyad Twal approached the altar. With a quiet yet profound act of submission, he prostrated himself before the Lord. The stillness in the air was ...

Nicaragua’s government has prohibited the ordination of new Catholic priests and deacons in several dioceses, a move church leaders say intensifies pressure on religious communities in the country.