Altar server
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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 as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helping bring up the gifts (the bread and wine to become the body and blood of Jesus Christ) and bringing up the liturgical books, among other things. If young, the server is commonly called an altar boy or altar girl. In some Christian denominations, altar servers are known as acolytes.
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 as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helping bring up the gifts (the bread and wine to become the body and blood of Jesus Christ) and bringing up the liturgical books, among other things. If young, the server is commonly called an altar boy or altar girl. In some Christian denominations, altar servers are known as acolytes. File:Giacomo di Chirico Ministrant.jpg|Altar server, by Giacomo di Chirico File:Escolanets, Josep Benlliure i Gil, Museu de Belles Arts de València.jpg|Escolanets, by José Benlliure y Gil File:Felix Freiherr von Ende Ministranten beim Gebet.jpg|Ministranten beim Gebet by Felix von Ende, c. 1888 File:Zdzisław Jasiński Palm Sunday 1891.jpg|Palm Sunday mass by Zdzisław Jasiński, 1891 File:Arrecife - Iglesia de San Ginés in 05 ies.jpg|Statue of an altar server in the Iglesia de San Ginés in Arrecife, Lanzarote
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