GIVING WITNESS TO THE TRUE CHURCH

Orthodox Christians all over the world have received the unchanging Christian Faith, passed down from the Holy Apostles to their successors, and continue to practice it today in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church – The Orthodox Church.
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CANON 50: On the Sickness of Gambling

From now on, no one, whether a clergyman or a layman, is permitted to gamble (or to play dice, etc.). If any clergyman is caught doing this, let him be deposed from office; but if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Interpretation by St. Nikodemos: These Fathers forbid everyone to gamble, in other words, to play dice, cards, checkers, or any other such games, whether a clergyman or a layman. Any clergyman who plays these games after the publication of this Canon is to be deposed from office; but if he is a layman, he is to be excommunicated. (See also Ap. Canon XLII)

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GIVING WITNESS TO THE TRUE CHURCH

Orthodox Christians all over the world have received the unchanging Christian Faith, passed down from the Holy Apostles to their successors, and continue to practice it today in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church – The Orthodox Church.
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Saint Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain

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