Church publishes a list of jobs incompatible with priesthood

Draft document “A list of jobs incompatible with priesthood” was prepared by the Commission of Inter-Council Presence on church administration and mechanisms of conciliarism implementation in the Church and published on the site of Moscow Patriarchy. In particular, the list includes doctors, singers and civil servants, according to Newsru.

The list of forbidden jobs and fields of activity extended to military service, which involves weapons-bearing, civil service in executive bodies and judiciary, medical practice, especially surgery, sole proprietorship, especially in banking and loan spheres. .

Besides, clerics are prohibited to work in dubious from the moral perspective establishments like casinos and bars, to do professional sports, song, dance or acting. Herewith it is specified that a priest can have the title to ownership of any given proper business without direct management of the business.

The patriarchal site writes the draft document will be transferred to eparchies for feedback and comments, as well as for discussions at several portals.

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