[Concerning the Deaconess—The Constitution of Bartholomew.]
XIX. Concerning a deaconess, I Bartholomew 137 One V. ms. has the following note: “Bartholomew preached the Gospel according to Matthew to the Indians, who also has been buried in India.” make this constitution: O bishop, thou shalt lay thy hands upon her in the presence of the presbytery, and of the deacons and deaconesses, and shall say:—
[19] Περὶ δὲ διακονίσσης Βαρθολομαῖος διατάσσομαι. Ὦ ἐπίσκοπε, ἐπιθήσεις αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας, παρεστῶτος τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου καὶ τῶν διακόνων καὶ τῶν διακονισσῶν, καὶ ἐρεῖς: