Canon 461

1. A novice can freely leave the monastery sui iuris or be dismissed for a just cause by the superiors or the synaxis in accordance with the typicon. 2. When the novitiate is completed,

a novice shall be admitted to profession if judged suitable,

otherwise the novice is to be dismissed. If a doubt remains

whether a novice is suitable, the time of novitiate can be prolonged in accordance with the norms of the typicon but not beyond

one year.