“People came to understand—albeit late—that God’s will must be respected entirely, even for their own good, so that the earth does not lose its vocation to be a beautiful and useful garden for them, and that the beauty, order, and harmony from the beginning may be restored through their responsible, wise, and selfless attitude,” writes…
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, the EU‘s satellite agency has announced. Data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the EU, showed that the global average temperature for June 2019 was the highest on record for the month, independent.co.uk…
Orthodoxy is committed to ecology; it is the “green” Church par excellence. Our faith and our worship strengthen our commitment to the protection of creation and promote the “eucharistic use” of the world, the solidarity with creation. The Orthodox Christian attitude is the opposite of the instrumentalisation and exploitation of the world. We believe that…
The entire creation is made for sanctification and blessing. This is why we, who are baptised in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, must behave in the world in such a way as to bless and hallow the place we live in and take good care of God’s creation. Do not deform creation, do…