Canon 24
About the ban on clergy and monks going to races and theatrical performances.
Let no one in the sacred rank or monastics be allowed to go to the races or attend theatrical games. And even if any cleric is invited to a marriage, then as soon as the tempting games begin, let him rise up and immediately leave, for this is what the teaching of our fathers commands. If anyone is caught violating this rule, let him either stop or be expelled.
Greek original
Μὴ ἐξέστῳ τινὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερατικῷ καταλεγομένων τάγματι, ἢ μοναχῶν, ἐν ἱπποδρομίαις ἀνιέναι, ἢ θυμελικῶν παιγνίων ἀνέχεσθαι· ἀλλ᾿ εἰ καί τις κληρικὸς κληθείη ἐν γάμῳ, ἡνίκα ἂν τὰ πρὸς ἀπάτην εἰσέλθοιεν παίγνια, ἐξαναστήτῳ, καὶ παραυτίκα ἀναχωρείτω, οὕτω τῆς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῖν προσταττούσης διδασκαλίας. Εἰ δέ τις ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἁλῷ, ἢ παυσάσθω, ἢ καθαιρείσθω.
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