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The emblem of the Anglican Communion signifying its global reach, and centered on the St. George’s Cross with its motto taken from John 8:32 — «The truth will set you free.»

An organization founded in 1994 to financially support the work of the Anglican Communion Office and to support the ministry of the archbishop of Canterbury.

An evening service, the last service in the Daily Office.

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Joint celebration of the Eucharist by a chief celebrant and one or more concelebrants.

A priest or bishop who hears a private confession of sin during the sacramental Reconciliation of a Penitent, and pronounces absolution, a declaration of forgiveness.

The sacramental rite in which candidates «express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop» (BCP, p. 860).

To set something or someone apart for a sacred purpose. The church provides for the consecration of various spaces and elements, including bread and wine for the Eucharist, church buildings, altars, graves, and columbaria. Chrism oil is used to consecrate the newly baptized. Deacons, priests, and bishops are consecrated during the service of ordination.

The Martyrs of Memphis, a collection of nuns and priests who died in the Tennessee city while tending to the sick in the yellow fever outbreak in 1878. Feast day: Sept. 9.