The BCP provides forms for Daily Morning Prayer and Daily Evening Prayer in contemporary and traditional language, as well as forms for Noonday Prayer, Order of Worship for the Evening, Compline, and Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families.

A 20th-century Episcopal seminarian killed while working in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, in the act of shielding a 17-year-old Black girl from a shotgun attack. Feast day: August 14.

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Abbreviate the following months when used with a specific date: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. Abbreviate these also if the month starts a sentence. Spell out months when used alone or with only the year. The conference will be held Aug. 3-5. General Convention is planned for July 2022. Feb. 3 is the...

A seventh-century Welsh bishop and founder of monasteries, and the patron saint of Wales. Feast day: March 1.

A person ordained to the diaconate as a lifelong vocation focused on bringing the needs, hopes, and concerns of the world to the church. May also refer to a transitional deacon who will be ordained a priest within six to 12 months.

In 1856, the first Episcopal deaconesses were set apart, although not ordained, for ministries of service, education, and pastoral care, especially among the poor and marginalized. Women were ordained as deacons beginning in 1970 with deaconesses gradually absorbed into the diaconate.

A communion service led by a deacon with reserved sacrament previously consecrated by a priest. The service may be used only in the absence of a priest, and only if authorized by the bishop.

Lowercase to refer to the audiological status of people with total or significant hearing loss: deaf, hard of hearing. Uppercase when referring to the culture and community of deaf people: Deaf education, the cultural Deaf community. See also disabilities, Disability Language Style Guide (National Center on Disability and Journalism)

Geographical section or area within a diocese, with an elected or appointed dean who is styled "the Very Reverend." Also, the house where a dean of a cathedral or seminary lives.