Canon 15
On the inadmissibility of clergy from leaving their diocese.
If a presbyter, or a deacon, or in general anyone from the list of clergy, having left his episcopal region, moved to another and, having finally moved, lives in another region against the will of his bishop, we command that such a person no longer serve, especially if his bishop persuaded him to return, but he did not obey, persisting in disorder; however, let him be there in fellowship as a layman.
Greek original
Εἴ τις πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τῶν κληρικῶν, ἀπολείψας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παροικίαν, εἰς ἑτέραν ἀπέλθῃ, καὶ παντελῶς μεταστὰς διατρίβῃ ἐν ἄλλῃ παροικίᾳ, παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἰδίου ἐπισκόπου, τοῦτον κελεύομεν μηκέτι λειτουργεῖν, εἰ μάλιστα προσκαλουμένου αὐτὸν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου αὐτοῦ ἐπανελθεῖν, οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν, ἐπιμένων τῇ ἀταξίᾳ· ὡς λαϊκὸς μέντοι ἐκεῖσε κοινωνείτω.
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