Chaplain,Can You Carry This Cross for Me? A Reflection on My First Year of CPE

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What is the meaning of sacrament? How can a professional Orthodox Christian lay chaplain participate in sacramental ministry without the grace given by ordination? This piece on Christina Hanegraaff's first year as a Clinical Pastoral Education resident explores this question through reflecting on her experiences of entering into people's suffering and carrying their cross alongside them—a modern-day Simon of Cyrene.

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Sacrament Clinical Pastoral Education Orthodox Female Orthodox Lay Chaplain Simon of Cyrene Cross

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Chaplain,Can You Carry This Cross for Me? A Reflection on My First Year of CPE—Clinical Pastoral Education

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