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Sumner spoke, deaconesses who attended the exhibit--some of them in wheelchairs and walkers--beamed with pride. Deaconesses were drawn from the ranks of elderly widows and appointed as female helpers to deacons, especially for the care of women and children. There had not been a community for active nuns in the Coptic Church since the early centuries when female deaconesses had been among the church servants. |
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