Правило 15 Святых Апостолов

If anyone, a presbyter, or a deacon, or in general who is on the list of clergy, leaves his territory, goes to another, and, having completely moved, lives in another without the will of his bishop: we command him not to serve any more, and especially if he did not listen to his bishop calling him to return. If he remains in this disorder: there, as a layman, let him be in fellowship. (I Om. 15, 16; IV Om. 5, 10, 20, 23; Trul. 17, 18; Antioch. 3; Serdic. 15, 16; Carth. 54, 90). The same close connection that existed between the bishop and the church for which he was appointed, which we talked about in the interpretation of the 14th Ap. rules, was also the case for the elders, deacons and other clergy with the church to which they were assigned, also mainly for the reasons that we mentioned there. It is possible that, as a result of church discipline, which was not yet established at the time to which the publication of the Apostolic Rules refers, some of the clergy and clergy moved from one place to another, leaving the church to which they were assigned upon ordination and, without asking the permission of their bishop, went to another church, where they performed church services, in accordance with their hierarchical rank. In order to prevent such a violation of order and canonically establish the connection of a famous clergyman with the church for which he was appointed, the Fourth Ecumenical Council, in its 6th canon, prescribes not to ordain anyone without a specific appointment (άπολελυμένως), τ. e. without a precise definition to a known church. The present Apostolic Canon (15) prohibits every clergyman from leaving his church and moving to church service in another diocese, ordering him to be prohibited from performing priesthood, especially if the bishop in whose charge he was invites him to return, but he does not obey him. However, the rule does not forbid such a person from living in another diocese, but only as a layman, i.e. without all the rights that previously belonged to him as a member of the hierarchy. In order for such a clergyman to perform church services in another diocese, he had to, according to Balsamon in the interpretation of this rule, have from his bishop not only a representative (συστατικής γραφής), but also a letter of release (άπολυτικής γραφής ) 161 . You might be interested in: