Abtilis

Canon 60

Overview

This canon prohibits fasting on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day (Sunday), especially during the Great Fast (Lent), prescribing deposition for clergy and exclusion from communion for laypersons.

1Abṭelis, 60. If a man, whether a priest or a layperson, fasts on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day, which is the Great Fast, that is, the Passover, let the priest be deposed from his rank, and let the layperson be excluded from the Eucharist.