subdeacons

This century also produced a train of other officers (beside bishops and deacons), such as subdeacons, who were all to the deacon what the presbyter was to the bishop; acolytes, persons to attend at service time on the ministers; ostiaries, doorkeepers; readers, men who were appointed to read the Scriptures in public; exorcists, officers of weak and superstitious appointment, whose business was to pretend to expel the devil from the candidate for baptism.

The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Charles Ebert Orr 1897

The usage had only become general in the 12th century, and even then it was probably only the more prominent churches, the cathedrals, the large collegiate churches and the eminent monastic churches, in which on penitential days deacons and subdeacons made use of the chasuble.

Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble 2009

Father Ragheed and his subdeacons are proof – and not living proof – of the situation in Iraq for Christians today … All 3% of them.

Giving In To Islamofascism « Tai-Chi Policy 2008

It was the custom in the Middle Ages for each individual clerical rank to celebrate its own feast on a specific day following Christmas: the pueri boys as the youngest would come first, followed by the deacons and subdeacons, and then the priests.

Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009

Mr. Michel Ozorak has created sets of Chant Sheets to assist priests, deacons, and subdeacons.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

In God's providence, I'm sure it's not coincidental that the Synod of the Chaldean Church has been taking place this week, on the heels of the murder of a priest and three subdeacons in Mosul.

Archive 2007-06-01 Mike L 2007

This hierarchy is very pleasing to young men who look upon it as upon the pope and cardinals, followed by the archbishops and bishops, after whom are the vicars, curates and priests, the deacons and subdeacons, then come the monks, and the capuchins bring up the rear.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

In God's providence, I'm sure it's not coincidental that the Synod of the Chaldean Church has been taking place this week, on the heels of the murder of a priest and three subdeacons in Mosul.

The plight of Iraq's Christians Mike L 2007

At the time of Pope Cornelius there were at Rome forty-six priests, seven deacons, seven subdeacons, forty-two acolytes, fifty-two clerics and more than five hundred widows who were supported by the Church according to Cornelius' letter to Bishop Fabian of Antioch.

St. Cornelius, pope and martyr, and St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr Argent 2006

In other words, as soon as the Pope has begun to distribute Holy Communion in the senatorium (which is where the VIPs stood), the schola immediately intones the Communion antiphon (chanting it in alternation with the subdeacons) and they continue to chant until all the people have received Holy Communion.

Communion Antiphons Argent 2006