The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 53
Canon 53 Clergy who abhor meat and wine on feasts
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon does not partake of meat and wine on the days of the feasts, abhorring them and not for asceticism, let him be deposed, as one seared in his own conscience, and becoming a cause of scandal to many.
Εἴ τις ἐπίσκοπος, ἢ πρεσβύτερος, ἢ διάκονος, ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν ἑορτῶν οὐ μεταλαμβάνει κρεῶν, καὶ οἴνου, βδελυσσόμενος καὶ οὐ δι᾿ ἄσκησιν, καθαιρείσθω, ὡς κεκαυτηριασμένος τὴν ἰδίαν συνείδησιν, καὶ αἴτιος σκανδάλου πολλοῖς γινόμενος.
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