Hurricane Harvey Even the most cursory look from afar has revealed in the past few days the horror of the impact on the Texan city...
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Creation Care and Ecological Justice
Reflections by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew The Oxford Union (November 4, 2015) Distinguished members of the Oxford Union, Esteemed administrators, faculty and friends of the...
The Orthodox Christian Day of Prayers for the Environment
Orthodox Christians are called to take good care of God’s earth. This is the message of Scripture, the saints, and perhaps most eloquently the Patriarchs...
Joint Declaration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis on the Environment
The May 25 meeting between the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Pope involved a declaration by the two leaders that addressed various aspects of problems facing...
Statement on the Environment by the Russian Orthodox Church
The document was adopted by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, February 4, 2013. (Since the original document is in Russian, an English...
Christ is baptized in the Jordan!
We are now in the time of Theophany for those Orthodox Christians who celebrate on the new (Julian) calendar (and a blessed Nativity to those...
Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment
September 1, 2012 Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests...