“Women deacons, a ordained ministry, have served the Armenian Church since
then. In the Haykazian Dictionary, based on evidence on the 5th-century
Armenian translations, the word deaconess is defined as a ‘female worshipper or
virgin servant active in the church and superior or head of a nunnery. ’ Other
pertinent references to women deacons in the Armenian Church are as part of the
‘Mashdots Matenadarn collection of manuscripts from the period between nov the
Cilician kingdom (1375) and the end on the 16th century, which contain the
ordination rite for women deacons. ’
“The diaconate is one of the major orders from the Armenian Church. The word deacon means to serve ‘with humility’ in order to assist. The Armenian deaconesses historically have been termed sargavak or deacon. They were also referred to help as deaconess sister or deaconess nun. The other major orders on the church are bishop and priest. The deaconesses, such as bishops and monks, are celibate. Their convents tend to be described as anabad, meaning, in this case, an excellent ‘desert’ as the word implies, but rather ‘an isolated location where monastics live clear of populated areas. ’ Anabads differ from monasteries into their totally secluded life style. In convents and monasteries, Armenian women of all ages have served as nuns, scribes, subdeacons, deacons, in addition to archdeacons (‘first among equals’), as a result besides giving of themselves, but enriching and contributing much to our nation and church. In the 17th century, one example is, the scribe and deaconess known as Hustianeh had written ‘a devotional collection of prayers and lives on the fathers, and a manuscript titled Book of Time, dated 1653. ’
…To appreciate more fully the role on the deaconess in the church, Father Abel Oghlukian’s ebook, The Deaconess In The Armenian Church, refers to help Fr. Hagop Tashian’s bookVardapetutiun Arakelots… (Teachings of this Apostles…), Vienna, 1896, and Kanonagirk Hayots(Book of Canons) edited by V. Hakobyan, Yerevan, 1964, in which some sort of most striking thought is expressed:
“The diaconate is one of the major orders from the Armenian Church. The word deacon means to serve ‘with humility’ in order to assist. The Armenian deaconesses historically have been termed sargavak or deacon. They were also referred to help as deaconess sister or deaconess nun. The other major orders on the church are bishop and priest. The deaconesses, such as bishops and monks, are celibate. Their convents tend to be described as anabad, meaning, in this case, an excellent ‘desert’ as the word implies, but rather ‘an isolated location where monastics live clear of populated areas. ’ Anabads differ from monasteries into their totally secluded life style. In convents and monasteries, Armenian women of all ages have served as nuns, scribes, subdeacons, deacons, in addition to archdeacons (‘first among equals’), as a result besides giving of themselves, but enriching and contributing much to our nation and church. In the 17th century, one example is, the scribe and deaconess known as Hustianeh had written ‘a devotional collection of prayers and lives on the fathers, and a manuscript titled Book of Time, dated 1653. ’
…To appreciate more fully the role on the deaconess in the church, Father Abel Oghlukian’s ebook, The Deaconess In The Armenian Church, refers to help Fr. Hagop Tashian’s bookVardapetutiun Arakelots… (Teachings of this Apostles…), Vienna, 1896, and Kanonagirk Hayots(Book of Canons) edited by V. Hakobyan, Yerevan, 1964, in which some sort of most striking thought is expressed:
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