Women have received Holy Orders.

National Catholic Reporter | September 3, 1999| | Copyright

St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, enjoyed the ministry of 40 women deacons in his cathedral parish alone. One of them, Olympias, pleaded his case at court during his exile. Another, called Salvina, corresponded with St. Jerome. Also, St. Basil the Great's sister, Macrina, was a deaconess. The burning question about these women is not whether they were saintly and powerful personalities -- which no one doubts -- but whether they were real deacons. Had they been validly ordained?

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