Правило 6 Святых Апостолов
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A bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, must not accept worldly cares. Otherwise, he will be expelled from the sacred rank.
(Ap. 20, 81, 83; IV Ecum. 3, 7; VII Ecum. 10; Carth. 16; Dvukr. 11).
This rule expresses in the form of a legal prescription the thought of the Apostle Paul, expressed by him in his second letter to Timothy (2 Tim. 2:4), namely, that not a single soldier of Christ, who is a clergyman, should engage in any worldly affairs that are not consistent with his spiritual title, and in general with his spiritual service in the church. This injunction is expressed in the Apostolic Constitutions (II, 6), and is renewed in many other rules, as we will see later. A clergyman who violates this rule is subject to expulsion from the priesthood as unworthy of it.
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