The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 23
Canon 23 A cleric who mutilates himself is deposed
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
The Apostolic Canons · compiled in Syria in the later fourth century · The Apostolic Canons on the map
If anyone who is a cleric mutilates himself, let him be deposed; for he is a murderer of himself.
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ὤν, ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσοι, καθαιρείσθω· φονεὺς γὰρ ἐστιν ἑαυτοῦ.
The Apostolic Canons, the canons
English: this site's translation of the Greek beside it. Greek: the text of the Pedalion, as transcribed at users.uoa.gr/~nektar and corrected here. About these texts.