In a message dated 4/4/2015 12:08:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jay.weigel at gmail.com writes: Acolytes have always done all that "subdeacon" stuff in every parish I've ever been in. Am I hopelessly low church? If so, I'll take it.>>> But acolytes don't chant the Epistle. David Strang - Retired subdeacon.