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The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 43

Canon 43 Minor clergy and laymen given to dice and drink

Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων

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A subdeacon, or reader, or cantor who does the like, let him either cease or be excommunicated; likewise also a layman.

Ὑποδιάκονος, ἢ ἀναγνώστης, ἢ ψάλτης, τὰ ὅμοια ποιῶν, ἢ παυσάσθω, ἢ ἀφοριζέσθω· ὡσαύτως καὶ λαϊκός.

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