Canon 44 A monk who fornicates or takes a wife

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

A monk caught in fornication, or taking a woman to himself for the fellowship of marriage and for living together, shall be subjected to the penances of fornicators according to the canons.

Μοναχὸς ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ ἁλοῦς, ἢ πρὸς γάμου κοινωνίαν, καὶ συμβίωσιν γυναῖκα ἀγόμενος, τοῖς τῶν πορνευόντων ἐπιτιμίοις κατὰ τοὺς κανόνας ὑποβληθήσεται.

The Council in Trullo, the canons

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