Canon 13 The dying are not denied communion

Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Α´ Συνόδου

The First Ecumenical Council · Nicaea, 325 · convened by the emperor Constantine · First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I (325) on the map

Concerning those who are departing this life, the ancient and canonical law shall be kept now also, so that, if anyone is departing, he is not to be deprived of the last and most necessary provision for the journey. But if, having been despaired of and having received communion, he is again numbered among the living, let him be with those who communicate in the prayer only. And in general, concerning anyone whatsoever who is departing and asks to partake of the Eucharist, let the bishop, after testing, give him a share of the offering.

Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐξοδευόντων, ὁ παλαιὸς καὶ κανονικὸς νόμος φυλαχθήσεται καὶ νῦν, ὥστε, εἴ τις ἐξοδεύοι, τοῦ τελευταίου καὶ ἀναγκαιοτάτου ἐφοδίου μὴ ἀποστερεῖσθαι. Εἰ δὲ ἀπογνωσθείς, καὶ κοινωνίας τυχών, πάλιν ἐν τοῖς ζῶσιν ἐξετασθῇ, μετὰ τῶν κοινωνούντων τῆς εὐχῆς μόνης ἔστω. Καθόλου δέ, καὶ περὶ παντὸς οὑτινοσοῦν ἐξοδεύοντος, αἰτοῦντος τοῦ μετασχεῖν εὐχαριστίας, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος μετὰ δοκιμασίας μεταδιδότω τῆς προσφορᾶς.

The First Ecumenical Council, the canons

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