Category: Climate Change and the Church

A Moral and Spiritual Challenge May 23, 2007 The following statement, “Global Climate Change: A Moral and Spiritual Challenge,” was adopted by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) at their May 23, 2007 session at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in Crestwood, NY. The document conveys a theological understanding of the role […]

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The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration A Quick Review of the Prophetic Voice of the Patriarchs and Hierarchs of the Church 1989-2019 SINCE THE 1980’S CONTINUING TO OUR PRESENT DAY, THE ORTHODOX CHURCH through its top hierarchs has repeatedly spoken about the seriousness of the problem of global climate change. In 1989 HAH Ecumenical Patriarch +Dimitrios prophetically addressed this issue […]

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Dec 3, 2020 In 1989 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch +Dimitrios declared that humanity’s abuse of the creation was leading the world into “apocalyptic self-destruction.” Since that time a stream of commentary has poured forth from across the spectrum of Orthodox churches on the critical importance of restoring humanity’s right relationship to God’s creation. Despite the […]

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Stewards of Creation We are all called to be sensitive to the greatest risk to the survival of our planet — namely, the dramatic changes in our climate and in our environment. Orthodox Christians understand the meaning of being stewards — oikonomoi — and we reach out to you, to work together with all the […]

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The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration Scripture and Tradition teach that everything that lives and breathes is sacred and beautiful in the eyes of God. The whole world is a living sacrament of the face of God. The entire cosmos is a burning bush of God’s created and uncreated energies. And each person stands as […]

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Religious institutions need to set their moral compass on one of the great humanitarian issues of our time The Guardian (London), May 7th 2014 By Christiana Figueres SAVING THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES FROM DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE is an economic, social and environmental issue – and a moral and ethical one too that goes to […]

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Global warming will strike hardest against the very people we’re told to love: the poor and vulnerable. The New York TIMES October 31, 2019 I’m a climate scientist. I’m also an evangelical Christian. And I’m Canadian, which is why it took me so long to realize the first two things were supposed to be entirely […]

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The Major Objections from Climate Deniers by OFT, Saint Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox parish The Orthodox Church has been warning its members about climate change for over thirty years. Beginning with HAH Patriarch +Dimitrios in 1989, the Church has been concerned about this issue because of the moral, ethical and spiritual principles which mandate taking […]

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