An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such...

The development of the ministry of altar server has a long history. By the early Middle Ages, some of these ministries were formalized under the term "minor...

or more servers—and at Low Mass placing the veiled chalice on the centre of the altar, makes the sign of the cross at the foot of the altar. At Solemn...

called "acolytes" informally. Also, the term "altar-boys" is often used to refer to young altar servers. Subdeacons wear their normal vestments consisting...

amongst Anglican churches of Anglo Catholic churchmanship). The acolyte or altar server who carries the thurible is called the thurifer. The practice is rooted...

prosphora should be fresh and not stale or moldy when presented at the altar for use in the Divine Liturgy. Often several prosphora will be baked and...

strictness, for officiating clergy, including boys as choristers and altar servers. Although it only emerged after the Protestant Reformation, it has been...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sancta Missa – Prayers at the Foot of the Altar Archived 2019-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Latin and English, sanctamissa...

Latin Ecclesiastical Latin Vernacular Order of Mass Participants Acolyte Altar server female Bishop Boat boy Cantor Choir Crucifer Deacon Extraordinary minister...

Acolyte altar server Bishop Boat boy Cantor or schola Crucifer Deacon Laity Lector Master of ceremonies Porter Priest Subdeacon Altar Altar cards Altar crucifix...

altar servers, and with a deacon if there is one. The deacon may carry the Evangelion (Gospel book), which he will place on the altar; and one altar server...

Latin Ecclesiastical Latin Vernacular Order of Mass Participants Acolyte Altar server female Bishop Boat boy Cantor Choir Crucifer Deacon Extraordinary minister...

food and drink as requested. Altar server, a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. Server, any serving utensil; see List...

the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, an altar bell (also Mass bell, sacring bell, Sacryn bell, saints' bell, sance-bell...

Latin Ecclesiastical Latin Vernacular Order of Mass Participants Acolyte Altar server female Bishop Boat boy Cantor Choir Crucifer Deacon Extraordinary minister...

basketball and softball for his Greek Orthodox church, where he was also an altar server. Tenet attended Public School 94, where he was president of his sixth...

Latin Ecclesiastical Latin Vernacular Order of Mass Participants Acolyte Altar server female Bishop Boat boy Cantor Choir Crucifer Deacon Extraordinary minister...

Acolyte altar server Bishop Boat boy Cantor or schola Crucifer Deacon Laity Lector Master of ceremonies Porter Priest Subdeacon Altar Altar cards Altar crucifix...

denominations, the crucifer is a role assigned to a certain acolyte or altar server. The term "crucifer" comes from the Latin crux (cross) and ferre (to...

A white tunic worn over a cassock or habit. It is commonly worn by altar servers, and choir members. In Catholic and high church Anglicanism, it may...

cleric to help train and to admit some of their members, if needed, as altar servers, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, or lectors—all ministries...

of the Ilkhanate (d. 1291) October 10 – Joachim Piccolomini, Italian altar server (d. 1305) October 20 – Bolko I, Polish co-ruler (House of Piast) (d....

liturgical calendar. The priest enters, with a deacon if there is one, and altar servers (who may act as crucifer, candle-bearers and thurifer). The priest makes...

example of the English Jesuit martyrs. Berchmans is the patron saint of altar servers, Jesuit scholastics, and students. John Berchmans was born on 13 March...

in two forms: one worn by priests and one worn by deacons and other altar servers. The sticharion is derived from the chiton, a long, sleeved garment...

covered with a fine linen cloth. It is sometimes tended by an acolyte or altar server, and contains on it the implements that are used in the Eucharistic celebration...

Dominguito was born on 1243 in Zaragoza and was admitted as a cathedral altar-boy and chorister at La Seo because of his beautiful voice. He disappeared...

is said twice, first by the priest in the following form, then by the altar server(s), who replace the words "et vobis, fratres", "et vos, fratres" (and...

lector. Upon reaching the altar, the deacon or lector bows in veneration of the altar, then places the Book upon the altar, where it remains until the...

held under the communicant's chin, not by the communicant but by an altar server. The Congregation continued to require the use everywhere of a white...