What is the name of the celebration when a man becomes a deacon?

Answer 1

From the Roman Catholic point of view, the simple answer is "ordination to the Diaconate". Historically, the Roman Catholic Church had seven orders of ordination, four minor orders and three major orders, all of which were considered to be sacramental. The four minor orders, using the Latin terminology, were: 1) Ostarius - which transmitted the candidate with the duties of opening and closing the church doors and the right to ring the bells during the Mass. 2) Lector - the right to sing passages from the Old Testament during Mass. 3) Exorcista - the right to bless water and expel devils. 4) Acolytha - the right to assist during Mass including handling of sacred objects eg. the Chalice. The four major orders were 5) Subdeacon - transmitting the right to sing passages from the New Testament. 6) Deacon - the right to sing the Gospel, baptise and dispense Holy Communion. 7) Priest - the right to celebrate the Mass. The bishopric is the fullness of the priesthood and allows the bishop to administer all seven sacraments including Confirmation and Ordination. During Vatican Council 2 during the late 1960s, Pope Paul VI invoked his capacity of infallibility and streamlined the process proclaiming only three sacramental orders: Deacon, Priest, and Bishop which were considered sacramental, with the office of Deacon already requiring celibacy. In modern times, the duties of the those in minor orders are most often performed by the laity eg. alter boys or adult servers. From the Anglican Church point of view the situation is much simpler. The diaconate (being a deacon) is open to both men and women, as is the priesthood, and, in some churches in the Anglican communion, bishops may be male or female too. The deacons, priests and bishops are the three orders present in the Anglican Church as opposed to the Roman Catholic Church which has more.. Deacons are ordained in the same way as the Roman Catholic Church by the laying on of hands by a bishop. Ordination comes after an appropriate calling by God of the candidate, suitable preparation, a rigorous selection procedure and after (usually) three years' training. Most deacons are ordained to the priesthood after a year as a deacon, but there are some who, out of personal choice or because they feel God's calling is such, remain permanent deacons.