The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 18
Canon 18 Wives whose husbands cannot be ordained
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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He who has taken a widow, or a woman put away, or a courtesan, or a household slave, or one of those on the stage, cannot be a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or anyone at all of the priestly list.
Ὁ χήραν λαβών, ἢ ἐκβεβλημένην, ἢ ἑταίραν, ἢ οἰκέτιν, ἢ τῶν ἐπὶ σκηνῆς, οὐ δύναται εἶναι ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, ἢ ὅλως τοῦ καταλόγου τοῦ ἱερατικοῦ.
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