Правило 4
That a house of prayer or a monastery cannot be built without the will of the bishop. And monks must obey the bishop and not leave their monastery without a blessing.
May those who truly and sincerely undergo the monastic life receive due honor. But since some, just for show, wearing monastic clothes, upset the Church and civil affairs, arbitrarily walking around the cities and even attempting to establish their own monasteries, it was decided that no one would build or establish a monastery or house of prayer anywhere without the permission of the bishop of the city. Let the monastics in every city and country be subordinate to the bishop, let them love silence, and adhere only to fasting and prayer, patiently remaining in those places in which they have renounced the world. They should not interfere in either church or everyday affairs and participate in them, leaving their monasteries, unless the bishop of the city entrusts them with this out of urgent necessity.
Greek original
Οἱ ἀληθῶς καὶ εἰλικρινῶς τὸν μονήρη μετιόντες βίον, τῆς προσηκούσης ἀξιούσθωσαν τιμῆς. Ἐπειδὴ δέ τινες τῷ μοναχικῷ κεχρημένοι προσχήματι, τάς τε ἐκκλησίας, καὶ τὰ πολιτικὰ διαταράσσουσι πράγματα, περιϊόντες ἀδιαφόρως ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ μοναστήρια ἑαυτοῖς συνιστᾷν ἐπιτηδεύοντες, ἔδοξε, μηδένα μὲν μηδαμοῦ οἰκοδομεῖν, μηδὲ συνιστᾷν μοναστήριον, ἢ εὐκτήριον οἶκον, παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ τῆς πόλεως ἐπισκόπου· τοὺς δὲ καθ᾿ ἑκάστην πόλιν καὶ χώραν, μονάζοντας, ὑποτετάχθαι τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ, καὶ τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἀσπάζεσθαι, καὶ προσέχειν μόνη τῇ νηστείᾳ, καὶ τῇ προσευχῇ, ἐν οἷς τόποις ἀπετάξαντο, προσκαρτεροῦντες· μήτε δὲ ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς, μήτε βιωτικοῖς παρενοχλεῖν πράγμασιν, ἢ ἐπικοινωνεῖν, καταλιμπάνοντας τὰ ἴδια μοναστήρια, εἰ μήποτε ἄρα ἐπιτραπεῖεν διὰ χρείαν ἀναγκαίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς πόλεως ἐπισκόπου· μηδένα δὲ προσδέχεσθαι ἐν τοῖς μοναστηρίοις δοῦλον ἐπὶ τῷ μονάσαι, παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ ἰδίου δεσπότου· τὸν δὲ παραβαίνοντα τοῦτον ἡμῶν τὸν ὅρον, ὡρίσαμεν ἀκοινώνητον εἶναι, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ βλασφημῆται. Τὸν μέν τοι ἐπίσκοπον τῆς πόλεως, χρὴ τὴν δέουσαν πρόνοιαν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν μοναστηρίων.
Parallel canons
Ап.82IVВс.24Трул.40VIIВс.17Гангр.3Карф.63Двукр.1