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Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian · St Theodota, Mother of Cosmas and Damian

Canon 6

On the prohibition for presbyters to consecrate St. peace, consecration of virgins, consecration of churches, publicly allowing excommunicated penitents to attend the liturgy.
The preparation of peace and the consecration of virgins must not be performed by presbyters, and the presbyter shall not be allowed to reconcile anyone openly at the Liturgy. This pleases everyone.
Greek original
Φορτουνάτος ἐπίσκοπος εἶπεν· Ἐν ταῖς προλαβούσαις συνόδοις μεμνήμεθα ὁρισθέντα, ὥστε χρίσμα, ἢ καταλλαγὴν μετανοούντων, ἢ κορῶν, καὶ τόπων, καὶ ναῶν καθιέρωσιν ὑπὸ πρεσβυτέρων μὴ γίνεσθαι. Ἐὰν δέ τις ἀναφυῇ τοῦτο πράττων, τί δὲ περὶ τούτου ὁρίσαι; Αὐρήλιος ἐπίσκοπος εἶπε· Τὸ ὑμέτερον ἀξίωμα ἤκουσε τὸ ἀνενεχθὲν παρὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ καὶ συλλειτουργοῦ ἡμῶν Φορτουνάτου· τὶ πρὸς ταῦτα λέγετε; Ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἐλέχθη, χρίσματος ποίησιν, καὶ κορῶν καθιέρωσιν ὑπὸ πρεσβυτέρων μὴ γίνεσθαι· μήτε δὲ καταλλάξαι τινὰ εἰς δημοσίαν λειτουργίαν πρεσβυτέρῳ ἐξεῖναι· τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἀρέσκει.
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