The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 35
Canon 35 No ordinations outside a bishop's own bounds
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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A bishop is not to dare to perform ordinations outside his own bounds, in the cities and country districts not subject to him; and if he should be proved to have done this against the will of those who hold those cities or country districts, let him be deposed, both he and those whom he ordained.
Ἐπίσκοπον μὴ τολμᾶν ἔξω τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὅρων χειροτονίας ποιεῖσθαι, εἰς τὰς μὴ ὑποκειμένας αὐτῷ πόλεις, καὶ χώρας· εἰ δὲ ἐλεγχθείη τοῦτο πεποιηκώς, παρὰ τὴν τῶν κατεχόντων τὰς πόλεις ἐκείνας, ἢ τὰς χώρας, γνώμην, καθαιρείσθω καὶ αὐτός, καὶ οὓς ἐχειροτόνησεν.
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