The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 56
Canon 56 A cleric who insults a presbyter or deacon
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any cleric insults a presbyter or a deacon, let him be excommunicated.
Εἴ τις κληρικὸς ὑβρίσοι πρεσβύτερον, ἢ διάκονον, ἀφοριζέσθω.
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