"A portrait of Britain's first lady deacon, Christine Farrington at Salisbury Cathedral. Standing in the grand architecture of the nave. Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions the ""diaconate"", the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others it is for laity. The word ""deacon"" is derived from the Greek word diakonos, standard ancient Greek for ""servant"", ""waiting-man"", ""minister"" or ""messenger"". Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258."
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