The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 54
Canon 54 Clergy eating in a tavern
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any cleric is caught eating in a tavern, let him be excommunicated; except one who lodges (at an inn) on the road through necessity.
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ἐν καπηλείῳ φωραθείη ἐσθίων, ἀφοριζέσθω· πάρεξ τοῦ (ἐν πανδοχείῳ) ἐν ὁδῷ δι᾿ ἀνάγκην καταλύοντος.
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