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E01314: The Canons of the Council of Gangra, of c. 340, condemn the extreme ascetic followers of Eustathios of Sebaste for rejecting the festivals and services held at the shrines of martyrs. Written in Greek at Gangra (central Anatolia).
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posted on 2016-04-26, 00:00 authored by erizosCanons of the Council of Gangra
Preamble
The twelve bishops who convened at Gangra address the clergy of the province of Armenia. The council has been convoked in order to discuss malpractices of the extreme ascetic followers of Eustathios, who condemn marriage, wealth and social differences, and regard themselves as the only true expression of the church. Among other things, they reject the married clergy, and reproach those worshipping and officiating at the shrines of martyrs:
87.24 - 88.10 (...) καὶ ἐν οἴκοις γεγαμηκότων εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι μὴ βουλόμενοι, καὶ γινομένων εὐχῶν καταφρονοῦντες καὶ πολλάκις προσφορῶν ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς οἰκίαις τῶν γεγαμηκότων γινομένων μὴ μεταλαμβάνοντες· καὶ πρεσβυτέρων γεγαμηκότων ὑπερφρονοῦντες, καὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τῶν ὑπ’αὐτῶν γινομένων μὴ ἁπτόμενοι· καὶ τὰς συνάξεις τῶν μαρτύρων καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ συνερχομένων καὶ λειτουργούντων καταγινώσκοντες·
‘(...) Αnd they do not wish to worship at the houses [= churches] of married people. And when such worship takes place, they reject it, and very often, when offerings [Eucharists?] are celebrated at the same houses of the married, they do not partake of them. They also disdain married presbyters, and do not touch of the liturgies they offer. And they condemn the assemblies of the martyrs, and those who attend and officiate at them.’
Τhe 20th Canon of the Council anathematises those rejecting the memorial celebrations of martyrs:
97.11-18
Κ: Περὶ τῶν τὰς μαρτύρων βδελυσσομένων συνάξεις.
Εἴ τις αἰτιᾶται ὑπερηφάνῳ διαθέσει κεχρημένος καὶ βδελυσσόμενος τὰς συνάξεις τῶν μαρτύρων ἢ τὰς ἐν αὐτοῖς γινομένας λειτουργίας καὶ τὰς μνημας αὐτῶν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.
‘Canon 20: On those who disdain the celebrations of the martyrs.
If someone, with a disposition of arrogance and loathing, criticises the assemblies of the martyrs or the services conducted for them, and their commemorations, let it be anathema.’
Text : Joannou 1962
Translation: E. Rizos
Preamble
The twelve bishops who convened at Gangra address the clergy of the province of Armenia. The council has been convoked in order to discuss malpractices of the extreme ascetic followers of Eustathios, who condemn marriage, wealth and social differences, and regard themselves as the only true expression of the church. Among other things, they reject the married clergy, and reproach those worshipping and officiating at the shrines of martyrs:
87.24 - 88.10 (...) καὶ ἐν οἴκοις γεγαμηκότων εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι μὴ βουλόμενοι, καὶ γινομένων εὐχῶν καταφρονοῦντες καὶ πολλάκις προσφορῶν ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς οἰκίαις τῶν γεγαμηκότων γινομένων μὴ μεταλαμβάνοντες· καὶ πρεσβυτέρων γεγαμηκότων ὑπερφρονοῦντες, καὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τῶν ὑπ’αὐτῶν γινομένων μὴ ἁπτόμενοι· καὶ τὰς συνάξεις τῶν μαρτύρων καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ συνερχομένων καὶ λειτουργούντων καταγινώσκοντες·
‘(...) Αnd they do not wish to worship at the houses [= churches] of married people. And when such worship takes place, they reject it, and very often, when offerings [Eucharists?] are celebrated at the same houses of the married, they do not partake of them. They also disdain married presbyters, and do not touch of the liturgies they offer. And they condemn the assemblies of the martyrs, and those who attend and officiate at them.’
Τhe 20th Canon of the Council anathematises those rejecting the memorial celebrations of martyrs:
97.11-18
Κ: Περὶ τῶν τὰς μαρτύρων βδελυσσομένων συνάξεις.
Εἴ τις αἰτιᾶται ὑπερηφάνῳ διαθέσει κεχρημένος καὶ βδελυσσόμενος τὰς συνάξεις τῶν μαρτύρων ἢ τὰς ἐν αὐτοῖς γινομένας λειτουργίας καὶ τὰς μνημας αὐτῶν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.
‘Canon 20: On those who disdain the celebrations of the martyrs.
If someone, with a disposition of arrogance and loathing, criticises the assemblies of the martyrs or the services conducted for them, and their commemorations, let it be anathema.’
Text : Joannou 1962
Translation: E. Rizos
History
Evidence ID
E01314Saint Name
Anonymous martyrs : S00060Related Saint Records
Language
- Greek
Evidence not before
335Evidence not after
370Activity not before
335Activity not after
370Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
GangraPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Gangra Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos NicomediaCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Service for the Saint
Cult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast
