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Synod of Laodicea
Local councils, NPNF II.14
Chapter 44
Women may not go to the altar.
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XLIV
The altar must not be approached by women.
Zonaras
If it is prohibited to laymen to enter the Sanctuary by the lxixth canon of the Sixth synod [i.e. Quinisext], much more are women forbidden to do so who are unwillingly indeed, but yet truly, polluted by the monthly flux of blood.