Ecumenical Patriarch shares opening message for Season of Creation
[World Council of Churches] His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the archbishop of Constantinople, shared a message on the opening of Season of Creation 2024.
“The environmental threat is a dimension of the extended crisis in contemporary civilization,” he said. “In this sense, confronting the problem cannot be successful on the basis of the principles of the same civilization, of the rationale behind it, which created it in the first place.”
He reiterated the conviction that churches and religions can contribute significantly to a vital spiritual and evaluative conversion for the sake of the future of humanity and the planet. “The Christian faith recognizes the supreme value of humanity and creation alike,” he said. “Faith in the God of wisdom and love inspires and supports the creative forces of humankind, strengthening it in the face of challenges and trials, even when overcoming these appears humanly impossible.”
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