Holy Orders

Holy Orders

Celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Orders

The Ordination of Bishops

Holy Orders is celebrated and exercised in 3 degrees:

1. Episcopacy11. Presbyterate111. Diaconate

The Ordination of Priests

The Ordination of Deacons

-Fullness of Holy orders- The ordinart confers the sacrament on the bishop-elect through laying on of hands and a consecratory prayer-Recieves Book of the Gospels, ring, mitre, and crosier

-Presented to the bishop after assent of the community-The bishop confers the sacrament on the ordinand through laying on of hands and a consecratory prayer-Recieves a stole and a chasuble and has hands anointed with chrism

-Transitional or permanent-The bishop confers the sacrament on the ordinand through laying on of hands and a consecratory prayer-Recieves Book of the Gospels, a stole, and a dalmatic

Holy Orders conforms the ordained minister even more closely to Christ, giving him an indelible character