Правило 36
On the confirmation of the previously established diptych of the leading bishops of the Church (Roman, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem).
Renewing the law of the 150 holy fathers gathered in this God-protected and reigning city, and the 630 gathered in Chalcedon, we determine that the throne of Constantinople should enjoy equal advantages with the throne of ancient Rome and in church affairs be exalted like it, being second after it; and next after him let the throne of the great city of Alexandria be numbered, after that of Antioch, and after that the throne of the city of Jerusalem.
Greek original
Ἀνανεούμενοι τὰ παρὰ τῶν ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἁγίων Πατέρων, τῶν ἐν τῇ θεοφυλάκτῳ ταύτῃ καὶ βασιλίδι πόλει συνελθόντων, καὶ τῶν ἑξακοσίων τριάκοντα, τῶν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συναθροισθέντων νομοθετηθέντα, ὁρίζομεν, ὥστε τὸν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως θρόνον τῶν ἴσων ἀπολαύειν πρεσβείων τοῦ τῆς πρεσβυτέρας Ῥώμης θρόνου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς, ὡς ἐκεῖνον, μεγαλύνεσθαι πράγμασι, δεύτερον μετ᾿ ἐκεῖνον ὑπάρχοντα, μεθ᾿ ὃν τῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων μεγαλοπόλεως ἀριθμείσθω θρόνος, εἶτα ὁ Ἀντιοχείας, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον, ὁ τῆς Ἱεροσολυμιτῶν πόλεως.
Parallel canons
IВс.6IIВс.2IVВс.28