The Holy Canons Nicaea II Canon 21
Canon 21 A monk may not move to another monastery
Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Ζ´ Συνόδου
The Seventh Ecumenical Council · Nicaea, 787 · convened by the empress Irene and the emperor Constantine VI · Seventh Ecumenical Council: Nicaea II (787) on the map
A monk or a nun must not leave their own monastery and go off into another. But if this happens, it is necessary to give him hospitality; but it is not fitting that he be admitted without the consent of his abbot.
Οὐ δεῖ μοναχόν, ἢ μονάστριαν, καταλιμπάνειν τὴν οἰκείαν μονήν, καὶ ἐν ἑτέρᾳ ἀπέρχεσθαι. Εἰ δὲ συμβῇ τοῦτο, ξενοδοχεῖσθαι αὐτόν, ἀναγκαῖον· προσλαμβάνεσθαι δὲ ἄνευ γνώμης τοῦ ἡγουμένου αὐτοῦ, οὐ προσήκει.
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