1, 595, 112 views
8, 682, 145 views
9, 802, 498 views
6, 651, 779 views
On the hereby presented web-site the canons of the eastern orthodox church you could find the texts of the orthodox-christian ecclesiastical rules according to the apostles and according to the councils of the church fathers - both the ecumenical and the local (particular) ones. He who married a widow, or a divorced woman, or an harlot, or a servant-maid, or an actress, cannot be a bishop, presbyter, or deacon, or any other of the sacerdotal list. He who has married two sisters, or a niece, cannot become a clergyman. If a clergyman becomes surety for any one, let him be deposed. 2352 by masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. Both the magisterium of the church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely. 2352 by masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. Both the magisterium of the church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely. The orthodox church teaches that masturbation is a sin and should be confessed. Beyond that, most of the people here are not in any position to have an opinion on your exact question and the ones that are probably deal with it as a pastoral issue. The term canon law usually refers to the law of the roman catholic and orthodox churches, although it is sometimes applied analogically to the law of other religious groups, particularly islam. The word canon is derived from the greek kvv, meaning a rule or. According to the canons, though a woman is not in any manner more sinful in her cycle than a man is in the case of involuntary bodily emissions, she, like the man, must avoid holy communion at this time. I would like to know what is the orthodox canon regarding the original sin. The following confuse me father michael azkoul states that god punished man only once for the original sin by introducing death, and the original sin wasnt transferred to the next generations.