Homilies and Lectures

Talks by HAH Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

• • Message to the UNFCCC COP22 Session
    November 7-18, 2016, Marrakech, Morocco
  • Creation Care and Ecological Justice
    November 4, 2015, The Oxford Union.

• • Message for World Oceans Day
    June 8, 2015

• • Statement on Water
    March 22, 2015. World Water Day

• • Faith and the Environment: An Inspirational Perspective
    April 24, 2014. Utrecht, The Netherlands

• • When Will We Live More Simply?
    November 14, 2013. Warsaw, Poland

• • Compassion: Caring for Creation; Caring for our Future
    December 19, 2013, Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey.

• • Social Dimensions of the Monotheistic Religions
    March 3, 2013 Istanbul

• • Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Halki Summit
    June 18, 2012. Halki Theological School

• • Remarks on Receiving the Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom of Worship Medal
    May 12, 2012. Middleburg, Netherlands

• • Open Letter to COP-17
    November 28-December 9, 2011, Durban, South Africa.

• • Message for the Day of Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 2011.

• • Letter Sent to the NRCCC for book Witness for the Earth
    April 12, 2011.

• • Message on the Nuclear Explosion at Fukushima
    March 14, 2011

• • Paschal Address
    Pascha 2011.

• • Statement on World Environment Day
    June 5, 2010.

• • The World as Sacrament: The Theological and Spiritual Vision of Creation
    May 26, 2010. Moscow, Russia

• • Listening to the Voice of Creation
    May 20, 2010, Vatican City.

• • Saving the Soul of the Planet
    November 4, 2009, The Brookings Institute, Washington, DC.

• • Discerning God’s Presence in the World
    October 27, 2009, New York.

• • ‘Green Patriarch’ backs strong Copenhagen agreement
    September 29, 2009, from WWF.

• • Encyclical on the Day of Prayer for the Environment
    September 1, 2009

• • Message for World Environment Day
    June 5, 2009

• • Letter on the Day of Prayer for the Environment (abridged)
    September 1, 2008

• • Message to the 20th World Energy Congress
    November 13, 2007, Rome, Italy.

• • Symposium on the Arctic: Part 1
    September 7, 2007. Ilulissat, Greenland

• • Symposium on the Arctic: Part 2
    September 9, 2007. Nuuk, Greenland

• • Symposium on the Arctic: Part 3
    September 12, 2007. Narsarsuaq, Greenland

• • Message on the Day of Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 2006

• • The Fragile Beauty of the World: Part 1
    Symposium on the Amazon, Source of Life
    July 14, 2006. Manaus, Brazil

• • The Fragile Beauty of the World: Part 2
    Symposium on the Amazon, Source of Life
    July 14, 2006. Manaus, Brazil

• • Transformation Calls for Metanoia
    July, 2006 for the WCC 9th Assembly

• • Proclamation on Holy Pascha
    April 20, 2006

• • Transformation Calls for Metanoia
    January 26, 2006, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

• • Encyclical on the Day of Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 2005

• • Statement on Climate Change
    August 12, 2005

• • Message for the 5th Halki Seminar
    April 18, 2005, the Phanar

• • Poverty as a Evil for the Rich
    January 31, 2005, Dublin, Scotland.

• • Message on the Day of Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 2004

• • Caretakers of the Environment
    June 30, 2004

• • Speech to Cuba on the Environment
    January 22, 2004, Havana, Cuba.

• • Declaration on World Ocean Day
    June 7, 2003. Stockholm, Sweden

• • Sacrifice: The Missing Dimension
    June 10, 2002

• • The Day of the Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 2001

• • Encyclical Letter
    September 1, 1997

• • Message on the Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Environment
    September 1, 1994

• • Message on the Day Dedicated to the Protection of the Natural Environment
    September 1, 1993

• Message on the Day of Protection of the Environment
  September 1, 1992

Talks from Other Patriarchs

• Paper at the Sixth Ecological Symposium on the Amazon
  His Eminence Metropolitan John of Pergamon
  July, 2016. Manaus, Brazil
• An Open Letter to the Orthodox Church
  His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim of Zimbabwe
  November 24, 2014. Lima, Peru
• The Voice of the Orthodox Church on Global Climate Disruption
  His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim of Zimbabwe
  June 18, 2014
• The Earth Is the Lord’s and the Fullness Thereof 
  His Eminence Archbishop Lazar (Pohalo)
  July 18, 2007. Ottowa, Canada
• Man as Curse or Blessing
  His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Amisso
  June 15, 2003 at the Antiochian Village
• Safeguarding Creation for Future Generations
  His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
  June 6, 2002 at the Symposium on the Adriatic Sea
  March 12, 1998. Zurich, Switzerland
• Protecting the Creation of God
  His Beatitude Patriarch Alexey II
  September 24, 1997. Yalta, Crimea
• Joint Statements of the Orthodox Primates
  1992, 1995. Constantinople and the Island of Patmos
• Encyclical Letter on the Day of Creation
  Ecumentical Patriarch Demitrios
  September 1, 1990
• Encyclical Letter on the Day of Protection of the Environment
  Ecumenical Patriarch Demitrios
  September 1, 1989
• A Theology of Creation: Lecture 1
  His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
  March 10, 1989. Zurich, Switzerland
• A Spirituality of the Creation: Lecture 2
  His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
  March 11, 1989. Lausanne, Switzerland
• The Responsibility of Christians: Lecture 3
  His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
  March 12, 1989. Lucerne, Switzerland