climate change

Romanian Patriarchate calls for moral responsibility in addressing global ecological crisis

The current ecological crisis is one of the most serious challenges and realities of the contemporary world, with effects visible both in the survival of plant and animal species and in the very existence of humanity. Today, the severe consequences of environmental pollution, the excessive and irresponsible use of new technological advancements, and climate change…

Aug 27, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Message of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2023

„The struggle for human rights cannot ignore the fact that these rights are threatened by climate change, by the shortage of potable water, fertile soil and clean air, but also by environmental degradation in general,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople stressed in his Message on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the…

Aug 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The Face of God: It is the responsibility of all of us to preserve God’s creation

“The Face of God,” a recently released film, features Orthodox Christian perspectives from North America on climate change. The film presents reflections based on the experience and responses from Orthodox communities on the ecological crisis. Voices of clergy and lay leaders, scientists and theologians, as well as parish communities, focus on ecology, theology, and our…

Mar 11, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Marrakech Climate Change Conference. Ecumenical Patriarch: 22 years is an unacceptably long period to respond to the environmental crisis

Message By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew To the UNFCCC COP22 Session Marrakech, Morocco, November 7-18, 2016 The 22nd session of the United Nations conference of the parties on climate change is, in some ways, an occasion for celebration that the world’s nations responded to the urgent call in Paris that we collaboratively address and…

Nov 7, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu