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Men and women, boys and girls, vested as altar servers and processing to the Church of the Saviour, Groningen

The development of the ministry of altar server has a long history. In the early Church, many ministries were held by men and women.[citation needed] By the early Middle Ages, some of these ministries were formalized under the term "minor orders" and (along with the diaconate) used as steps to priestly ordination. One of the minor orders was the office of acolyte.[1] Altar servers are a substitute for an instituted acolyte.

In several Christian Churches, women have traditionally been excluded from approaching the altar during the liturgy. Thus The Service Book of the Orthodox Church (English translation by Isabel Florence Hapgood) states that "no woman may enter the Sanctuary at any time".[2] In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the former rule was: "women may not enter [the sanctuary] at all".[3]

This did not exclude women, especially in convents of nuns, from entering the altar area at other times, for cleaning.

In Eastern Churches, women are further restricted by not being allowed inside the altar area and in several traditions even within the church building during their monthly periods.[4]

  1. ^ Meehan, Andrew. "Acolyte." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 14 June 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Service Book of the Orthodox Church, The (Hapgood)". SVS Press & Bookstore. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  3. ^ Fortescue, Adrian; O'Connell, J. B.; Reid, Alcuin (2009-03-29). The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-86012-462-7.
  4. ^ Alessandro Bausi, Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian (Routledge 2017)

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