What are the materials used in Holy Orders?

---- ====== ====== The sacrament of Holy Orders does not just mean ordination to the priesthood but to the diaconate and episcopacy as well. Before they were suppressed, there were six minor orders also worth consideration. Each of these orders had its own materials or symbols, that were used for the specific order being conferred.

In the case of ordination to priesthood, by far the most common association of the sacrament, the priests hands are anointed with the Oil of the Catechumens and receive the laying on of hands by the ordained bishop. This is the "matter" of the sacrament and so must be present during the ceremony if the ordination is to be valid.