Cheirotonia

Byzantine rite · Eastern Orthodox Church · Greek

The laying on of hands within the liturgy, by two or three bishops for a bishop — the number Nicaea's fourth canon requires.

within the liturgy, at the altar

A form of Ordination — The laying on of hands. It is the practice this whole dataset is a record of: every succession line is a chain of them.

After The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Nicaea I (325), canon 4.