The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 24
Canon 24 Three years' excommunication for a self-mutilating layman
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A layman who has mutilated himself, let him be excommunicated for three years; for he is a plotter against his own life.
Λαϊκὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀκρωτηριάσας, ἀφοριζέσθω ἔτη τρία· ἐπίβουλος γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς.
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