However , the offices for lay people acquired greater validity and dissemination during the Ottoman period whence they were gradually disseminated to the other ancient Patriarchates of the East .
There are ecclesiastical offices , both for the clergy as well as for lay people .
The offices for lay people acquired greater validity and dissemination during the Ottoman period whence they were gradually disseminated to the other ancient Patriarchates of the East .
There are ecclesiastical offices , both for the clergy as well as for lay people .