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Synod of Laodicea
Local councils, NPNF II.14
Chapter 21
The subdeacons have no right to a place in the Diaconicum, nor to touch the Lord’s vessels.
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXI
A subdeacon shall not touch the vessels.
Aristenus
The ecclesiastical ministers shall not take into their hands the Lord’s vessels, but they shall be carried to the Table by the priests or deacons.