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← On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy↑ Caput V — I. Concerning sacerdotal Consecrations.

Section 1

On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

These things, then, are common both to the Hier-archs, and Priests, and Leitourgoi, in their sacerdotal consecrations,----the conducting to the Divine Altar and kneeling,----the imposition of the Hierarchical hand,----the cruciform seal,----the announcement of name,----the completing salutation.

PdEH 5.1.1

And special and select for the Hierarchs is the imposition of the Oracles upon the head, since the subordinate Ranks have not this; and for the Priests the bending of both knees, since the consecration of the Leitourgoi has not this; for the Leitourgoi, as has been said, bend the one of two knees only.

PdEH 5.1.2