First four women ordained. (World).For the first time, the Church in Ceylon (Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. ) has ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. women to the deaconate. On March 2, Bishop Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the bishop of the Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion. List
Andrea Mann, mission coordinator for Asia, South Pacific and the Middle East, attended the ordinations as a partner from the Anglican Church of Canada. The ordination service which was attended in large numbers, used a "creative and culturally relevant liturgy," said Ms. Mann. The diocese first decided in 1993 to ordain ORDAIN. To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. 2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. women, said a press release from the diocese of Colombo. "By an unintended but happy circumstance, the four new women deacons represent four different geographic areas of Sri Lanka," the release noted. One is from the city of Colombo, one from the war-torn north, one from the hill country tea plantations and the fourth from a rural area in the North Central Province. |
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