For the fifteenth year, the Orthodox Church in America has organized a Diaconal Liturgical Practicum to help in the formation of deacons and their ministry in the life of the Church. Held this year at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, the practicum gathered candidates, altar servers, subdeacons, and deacons from nearly every diocese of the Orthodox Church in America and from other jurisdictions. Initiated at the urging of the Holy Synod of Bishops in 2006, the Practicum is a cornerstone of the training of deacons in the Diaconal Vocations Program and other diocesan programs leading to diaconal ordination in the Church.
