deacon

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Parishioners proceed to the front of the church, where a priest or deacon marks a black cross on their foreheads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The 82-year-old military veteran and church deacon received no warnings to evacuate before the Eaton fire swept through his neighborhood, his daughter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Scott Peyton served the same priest, Father Michael Guidry, as a deacon.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

In 2004, she began training in the priesthood and became a deacon three years later, followed by her ordination as a priest in 2007.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

Her father was a church deacon and he believed the injunction “till death do you part” to be as inviolable as “Thou shalt not murder.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson