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Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross

Canon 3

On the prohibition for single clergy to keep strange women at home.
The Great Council resolutely forbade a bishop, presbyter, deacon or any of the clergy to have a woman cohabiting in the house, with the exception of a mother, or a sister, or an aunt, or those persons who are beyond any suspicion.
Greek original
Ἀπηγόρευσε καθόλου ἡ μεγάλη σύνοδος, μήτε ἐπισκόπῳ, μήτε πρεσβυτέρῳ, μήτε διακόνῳ, μήτε ὅλως τινὶ τῶν ἐν κλήρῳ, ἐξεῖναι συνείσακτον ἔχειν, πλὴν εἰ μὴ ἄρα μητέρα, ἢ ἀδελφήν, ἢ θείαν, ἢ ἃ μόνα πρόσωπα πᾶσαν ὑποψίαν διαπέφευγεν.
Parallel canons
Ап.526Трул.51213VIIВс.1822Анкир.19Карф.3253870Вас.88
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