Georgios Tornikes in his capacity as hypomnematographos sent canonical reponses to Georgios Bourtzes, the metropolitan of Athens, who had asked two questions on marriage. First, a priest who remarried could be transferred to serve in another church. Second, a man who had sexual relations with his fiancée's mother should be prevented from marrying either woman. Georgios also used the letter to suggest to the metropolitan that the two of them might combine to support his cousin Euthymios, if he wished, to find a career among the clergy of Hagia Sophia. He also recommended the letter-carrier, the relation of a good friend, who wanted work in Athens