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Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon

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That the bishop must make an inventory of his property and make it known, as well as the property of the church, and the presbyters and deacons should know this, so that after his death his own property will be used according to his will.
It is an excellent establishment that church property must be preserved for the benefit of the Church with all zeal, good conscience and faith in the all-seeing Judge God; and the disposition of them should be left to the judgment and authority of the bishop, to whom is entrusted the whole people and the souls of those who gather in the Church. Let what belongs to the Church be obvious and known to the presbyters and deacons surrounding the bishop, so that they know and do not remain in the dark about what actually belongs to the Church, and nothing is hidden from them. And in the event of the death of a bishop, neither what belongs to the Church, so far as it is known, would disappear or be lost, nor would the property of the bishop be affected under the pretext that it belongs to the Church. For it is righteous and pleasing to God and people that the bishop leave his property to whomever he wants, and that the property of the Church is preserved for her, and that neither the Church suffers damage, nor the bishop’s property is taken for public use under the pretext that it is church property, nor people close to him fall into litigation, and thus he is not subjected to disgrace after death.
Greek original
Τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καλῶς ἔχειν φυλάττεσθαι δεῖ μετὰ πάσης ἐπιμελείας, καὶ ἀγαθῆς συνειδήσεως, καὶ πίστεως τῆς εἰς τὸν πάντων ἔφορον καὶ κριτὴν Θεόν. Ἃ καὶ διοικεῖσθαι προσήκει μετὰ κρίσεως καὶ ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, τοῦ πεπιστευμένου πάντα τὸν λαόν, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν συναγομένων. Φανερὰ δὲ εἶναι τὰ διαφέροντα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, μετὰ γνώσεως τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ διακόνων, ὥστε τούτους εἰδέναι καὶ μὴ ἀγνοεῖν, τίνα ποτὲ τὰ ἴδιά ἐστι τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὥστε μηδὲν αὐτοὺς λαμβάνειν· ἵν᾽ εἰ συμβαίη τὸν ἐπίσκοπον μεταλλάττειν τὸν βίον, φανερῶν ὄντων τῶν διαφερόντων τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ πραγμάτων, μήτε αὐτὰ διαπίπτειν καὶ ἀπόλλυσθαι, μήτε τὰ ἴδια τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἐνοχλεῖσθαι, προφάσει τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν πραγμάτων. Δίκαιον γὰρ καὶ ἀρεστὸν παρά τε Θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις, τὰ ἴδια τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, οἷς ἂν αὐτὸς βούληται καταλιμπάνεσθαι· τὰ μέντοι τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτῇ φυλάττεσθαι· καὶ μήτε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ὑπομένειν τινὰ ζημίαν, μήτε τὸν ἐπίσκοπον προφάσει τῆς ἐκκλησίας δημεύεσθαι, ἢ καὶ εἰς πράγματα ἐμπίπτειν τοὺς αὐτῷ διαφέροντας, μετὰ τοῦ καὶ αὐτὸν μετὰ θάνατον δυσφημίᾳ περιβάλλεσθαι.
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