Правило 2 Святых Апостолов

Let one bishop appoint the presbyter and deacon and other clergy. (Ap. pr. 26, 70; I Om. 19; Trul. 33; VII Om. 14; Gangr. 6; Laod. 24, 26, 30; Basil Vel. 51, 89). In 1st Ap. The rule speaks of the installation of a bishop, and in this (2) we are talking about the installation of all other clergy: presbyter, deacon, subdeacon, reader, singer, exorcist and doorkeeper (Laod. 24). Of these, the first two, like the bishop, belong to the sacred hierarchy, and as such are called clergy, the rest are called clergy or clerics, in the broader sense of the word, and do not belong to the sacred hierarchy 111. The first (presbyter and deacon) are appointed through consecration, performed in the altar, and the second through consecration (χειροθεσία), performed outside the altar 112. The right to perform both the consecration of a presbyter and a deacon, and the consecration of other clergy, or, as this rule says, to ordain all these persons belongs exclusively to one bishop 113. This right of a bishop is based on Holy Scripture (Tit. 1:5; 1 Tim. 5:22), and he will legally exercise this right only if he himself received it correctly from those who are called by law to give him this right, and who themselves received it through continuous hierarchical succession from the Holy Spirit. Apostles; for, according to church belief, the basis of the legitimacy of the hierarchy is precisely this succession, which continues uninterruptedly from the Apostles to the present time. In addition to this legal succession of apostolic authority, for the legal installation of a clergyman or clergyman, the bishop himself must occupy a legitimate place in the sacred hierarchy and be a full member of the hierarchy. Because of this, if the bishop himself is not a full member of the hierarchy, then he cannot legally appoint anyone as a clergyman of the church. And this happens in those cases when a bishop takes monastic tonsure (Zeph. 2), or if he is deposed (Ap. pr. 28; II Ev. 6; Antioch. 4), if he retreated from church unity and fell into heresy (Ap. 62; I Ev. 10; Ankyr. 1, 2; Peter Alex. 10), and, finally, if he was not installed as legitimate bishops, as a result of which he is not a bearer of hierarchical succession. In addition, the bishop must also have hierarchical jurisdiction in a certain ecclesiastical area, independent jurisdiction, received by him legally from the legitimate authority (Antioch. 16, 17, 18), as a result of which he cannot appoint a clergyman or clergyman outside the boundaries of his jurisdiction (Ap. 35; II Ecum. 2; III Ecum. 8; IV Ecum. 5; Ankyr. 13); Antiochus. 13, 22; Serdic. 3, 15; Karf. 48, 54), except in special cases (Ap.35; Antioch. 22). This right, within canonically defined limits, the bishop can transfer to known persons who are subject to his jurisdiction, and who in this case exercise this right on behalf of the bishop, and with his authority. Such persons were once chorebishops (Antioch. 10; Ankyr. 13; VII Ecum. 14; Basil the Great 89) and now other suffragan bishops (for example, in Russia, Romania, the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarian Exarchate). On behalf of the bishop, the abbots of monasteries can canonically supply readers and even subdeacons, but only and exclusively for their monastery VII Ecumenical. 14; Nikifor Confession. 6). And in this rule we translated the word χειροτονείσθω “let him supply” for the same reason that we pointed out in the interpretation of Ap. rule 1. Zonara, in the interpretation of this rule, notes: “Both the election and ordination of a presbyter and a deacon are recognized by this rule for the bishop, to whom those ordained must be subordinate,” and Balsamon adds: “for we do not have any prescription that it is necessary to first elect a presbyter, or a deacon, or another clergyman, and only then ordain him” 114. Wed. Trul. 11, 77; Laod. 24, 27, 42; talk Valsamona 77 Trul Ave. and Zonary 42 Laod Ave. in Af. Synth., II, 485 and III, 210. New Tablet, III, 1 et seq. See mine; “Right. Tsrkveno Pravo”, page 291, note. 2 [cf. rus. trans., p. 261 approx. 1 and 2]. You might be interested in: