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A person seeking ordination as a deacon or priest, or a person who desires to be admitted to a religious order. May also be referred to as an applicant.

A bishop who supports the diocesan bishop by extending episcopal ministry, presence, and pastoral service in the diocese.

A statement of faith dating from the fourth or fifth centuries, never appointed for use in the Episcopal liturgy.

A fourth-century Egyptian bishop and theologian, regarded as the theologian of the incarnation for his insistence on the full divinity of the second person of the Trinity. Feast day: May 2.

A Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the late sixth century. Feast day: May 26.

A fifth-century bishop and theologian from North Africa, widely regarded as one of the major theologians in the history of Christianity. Feast day: Aug. 28.

A cupboard or secure receptacle in the side wall of the sanctuary or sacristy, used to store sacred vessels or the reserved elements of the Eucharist.

The full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ’s body, the church.

The rite of Christian initiation contains a series of vows, made by all present, called the baptismal covenant, regarded as the normative statement of what it means to follow Christ.

Baptism is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, the Day of Pentecost, All Saints’ Day or the Sunday after All Saints’ Day, and the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.