The World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco School released a declaration calling for climate justice and a transition to green energy, among other actions.
Fifteen young people from 10 countries across Europe and North America are taking part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, 11-18 November, exploring water, food, and climate justice.
In Hirtenbriefen an Seine Allheiligkeit Patriarch Bartholomäus, an Seine Seligkeit Hieronymos II, Erzbischof von Athen und ganz Griechenland und an die Griechische Evangelische Kirche übermittelte Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay angesichts der Waldbrände, die sich im Land ausbreiteten, sein tiefstes Mitgefühl.
In pastoral letters to His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and the Evangelical Church of Greece, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay conveyed sincere sympathies as wildfires raged across the land.
As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.
Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat mit einer Botschaft während eines Gottesdienstes am 28. Mai im Kloster von Timios Prodromos, Akritochori, Griechenland des vor einem Jahr verstorbenen Metropoliten Gennadios von Sassima gedacht, ehemals stellvertretender ÖRK-Vorsitzender.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) delivered a memorial message at a service held 28 May at the Monastery of Timios Prodromos, Akritochori, Greece, marking one year since the death of Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima, former WCC vice moderator.
Co-organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Institute of Theology and Ecology at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, the 7th international conference on Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics (ECOTHEE-2022) held 27-29 October in Kolympari, Crete reflected on life changing ecological theology and environmental ethics to avert climate crisis.
A new volume—“Contemporary ecotheology, climate justice and environmental stewardship in the world”—is the latest of the continued fruits of the 6th International Conference on Ecological theology and Environmental Ethics, or Ecothee, which took place in September 2019 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymvari.
As wildfires continue to rage in Greece, the USA, Albania, and Russia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reached out in solidarity to churches and communities that continue to be evacuated as well as those who have lost everything.
Angesichts der weiterhin in Flammen stehenden Wälder in Griechenland, den USA, Albanien und Russland hat der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) sich solidarisch mit den Kirchen und Gemeinschaften erklärt, aus denen die Menschen weiterhin evakuiert werden, und denjenigen die Hand gereicht, die alles verloren haben.
The world’s Orthodox Christians drew together in prayer, in small groups, in cathedrals and churches, or at home with loved ones, ringing a traditional Orthodox Easter greeting in an especially challenging year: “Christ is risen! Indeed, Christ is risen!”
Upon news that a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea off the coasts of Turkey and Greece on 30 October, World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca called for prayers, and expressed solidarity with churches and responders who continue to help hundreds of injured and traumatized people.
Ein Dutzend globaler und regionaler religiöser Organisationen gab eine Fürsprache-Erklärung zur Situation der Migranten und Flüchtlinge in Europa heraus, in der sie ihre Berufung als Christinnen und Christen darin sehen, „Fremde willkommen zu heißen“, und auf die Schaffung einer Welt drängten, in der wir „gemeinsam menschlich werden“.
A dozen global and regional religious organizations released an advocacy statement on the situation of migrants and refugees in Europe that defines their calling as Christians to “welcome the stranger,” and urges the creation of a world in which “we become human together.”
Christliche Organisationen, die 2 Milliarden Menschen vertreten (das ist etwa ein Drittel der Weltbevölkerung), haben eine Erklärung über die katastrophale Lage von Migrierenden und Flüchtlingen in Europa veröffentlicht und fordern einen barmherzigen Umgang mit diesen Menschen.
Christian organizations representing 2 billion people—about one-third of the world's population—have released a statement on the dire situation of migrants and refugees in Europe, and they are demanding a more compassionate approach.
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece offers reflections from an Orthodox perspective on the current plight of refugees, both in Greece and beyond, and how churches can help with both relief efforts and long-term wellbeing.