The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 21
Canon 21 An involuntary eunuch may become a bishop
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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A eunuch, if he became so through the malice of men, or was deprived of his male parts in persecution, or was so born, and is worthy, let him become a bishop.
Εὐνοῦχος, εἰ μὲν ἐξ ἐπηρείας ἀνθρώπων ἐγένετό τις, ἢ ἐν διωγμῷ ἀφῃρέθη τὰ ἀνδρῶν, ἢ οὕτως ἔφυ, καὶ ἔστιν ἄξιος, ἐπίσκοπος γινέσθω.
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