The Holy Canons Trullo Canon 15
Canon 15 Minimum age for subdeacons; the under-age ordained deposed
Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Τρούλλῳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Πενθέκτης Συνόδου
The Council in Trullo · Constantinople, 691 to 692 · convened by the emperor Justinian II · The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692) on the map
Let a subdeacon be ordained not less than twenty years old. And if anyone in any priestly station whatever should be ordained contrary to the years defined, let him be deposed.
Ὑποδιάκονος μὴ ἦττον τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν χειροτονείσθω· εἰ δέ τις τῶν ἐν οἱᾳοῦν ἱερατικῇ καταστάσει παρὰ τοὺς ὁρισθέντας χειροτονηθείη χρόνους, καθαιρείσθω.
The Council in Trullo, the canons
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