Canon 24 Clergy and monks avoid races and theatrical shows

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 it not be permitted to any of those enrolled in the priestly order, or of the monks, to go up to horse races, or to countenance theatrical games; but if any cleric be invited to a wedding, whenever the games meant for deception come in, let him rise up and withdraw immediately, for so the teaching of the Fathers commands us. And if anyone is caught in this, let him either desist, or be deposed.

Μὴ ἐξέστω τινὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερατικῷ καταλεγομένων τάγματι, ἢ μοναχῶν, ἐν ἱπποδρομίαις ἀνιέναι, ἢ θυμελικῶν παιγνίων ἀνέχεσθαι· ἀλλ᾿ εἰ καί τις κληρικὸς κληθείη ἐν γάμῳ, ἡνίκα ἂν τὰ πρὸς ἀπάτην εἰσέλθοιεν παίγνια, ἐξαναστήτω, καὶ παραυτίκα ἀναχωρείτω, οὕτω τῆς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῖν προσταττούσης διδασκαλίας. Εἰ δέ τις ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἁλῷ, ἢ παυσάσθω, ἢ καθαιρείσθω.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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