Canon 47
About the prohibition for a woman to sleep in a monastery, and for a man in a nunnery.
Let neither a woman spend the night in a monastery, nor a man in a nunnery. For the faithful must avoid all stumbling and temptation and arrange their lives in such a way as to serve the Lord decently and unceasingly. If anyone acts in the above manner, then, whether he is a cleric or a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Greek original
Μήτε ἐν ἀνδρώῳ μοναστηρίῳ γυνή, μήτε ἐν γυναικείῳ ἀνὴρ καθευδέτω· παντὸς γὰρ προσκόμματος, καὶ σκανδάλου ἔξω δεῖ εἶναι τοὺς πιστούς, καὶ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον, καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτον τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸν ἑαυτῶν εὐθετίζειν βίον. Εἰ δέ τις τοῦτο πράξει, εἴτε κληρικὸς εἴη, εἴτε λαϊκός, ἀφοριζέσθω.
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