The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 72
Canon 72 Taking wax or oil from the church
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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If any cleric or layman takes away wax or oil from the holy church, let him be excommunicated, and let him add the fifth part to what he took.
Εἴ τις κληρικός, ἢ λαϊκός, ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας ἀφέληται κηρόν, ἢ ἔλαιον, ἀφοριζέσθω, καὶ τὸ ἐπίπεμπτον προστιθέτω μεθ᾿ οὗ ἔλαβεν.
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