Sole: That part of the shoe that covers and encloses the plantar aspect of the foot The sole is made of hard-wearing materials that both cushion and protect the foot: Insole: The innermost part of the sole on which the foot rests, often cushioned: Shank: A metal strip extending from the middle of the heel to the tarsus: Bottom fillings
Elizabeth Catherine Ferard, first deaconess of the Church of England. The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women. The term is also applied to some women deacons in the early church.
One of the seven first deacons, Stephen, was stoned to death because of his bold preaching of the Gospel, Acts 6: 8-15, 7: 54-60. He is the first recognized martyr of the church, and his feast day is celebrated on December 26.hether this pertains to the history of the ordained order of deacons as they developed in the early centuries of the church is in dispute, but it is very much in the spirit in which the diaconate was and has been understood ever since.