DIDASCALIA. 19 ninth hour there shall be service, because of what was said on Wednesday about the Passion of our Saviour; on the Friday it was accomplished, the f. 12 a earth quaking and all creatures crying out, and the lights in the heaven were darkened. (5) The Apostles have also decreed that there shall be Elders in the Church like the holy Priests, the sons of Aaron ; and Deacons, like the Levites ; and Subdeacons, like those who carried the vessels of the court of the sanctuary of the Lord ; and an Overseer who should be leader of •all the people, like Aaron the High Priest, chief and leader of all the Levites and priests and of all the camp. (6) The Apostles have also decreed that they should make the day of the Epiphany of our Saviour to be the beginning of the yearly feasts, on the 6th of January (second Conun) according to the number of the months of the Greeks. (7) The Apostles have also decreed that forty days before the Passion of our Saviour they should fast, and then should keep the day of His Passion and the day of His Resurrection, because that also our Lord Himself, the Lord of the feast, fasted for forty days; also Moses and Elias, who were clothed with this mystery, fasted for forty days and then were glorified. (8) The Apostles have also decreed that at the end of all the Scriptures the Gospel shall be read as the seal of all the Scriptures, the people rising to their feet to hear it; because it is the Message of the Salvation of all men. (9) The Apostles have also decreed that at the end of forty days after His Resurrection, they should make remembrance of His Ascension to His glorious Father. (10) The Apostles have also decreed that except the Old (Testament) and the Prophets, and the Gospel, and the Acts of their own triumphs, nothing should be read from the pulpit in the Church. (n) The Apostles have also decreed that he who does not know the faith of the Church and the ordinances and the laws that are decreed in it, shall not be a leader and commander ; and he who knows them and transgresses them, shall not again serve ; because he is not true in his service, but false. (12) The Apostles have also decreed that he who swears and is untrue, f- 12 b or who bears false witness or goes with wizards and diviners and Chaldaeans, and confirms fortunes and nativities, or anything which those who know not God hold to ; as if he were a man who knows not God, let him be put out of His service, and never again serve in it.