{"id":88407,"date":"2024-05-18T14:53:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/?p=88407"},"modified":"2024-05-18T14:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T12:55:14","slug":"patriarch-bartholomew-preparations-underway-for-1700th-anniversary-of-nicaea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosfanariou.gr\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/patriarch-bartholomew-preparations-underway-for-1700th-anniversary-of-nicaea\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Bartholomew: Preparations underway for 1700th anniversary of Nicaea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6b1313\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Bartholomew I of Constantinople speaks<\/mark><\/strong> to<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/church\/news\/2024-05\/patriarch-bartholomew-climate-nicaea-ukraine-gaza.html\"> Vatican News <\/a><\/strong>about ecological conversion. He also discusses the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the ecumenical preparations for the upcoming 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Joseph Tulloch \u2013 Lisbon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople and the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is in Lisbon this week for a conference on interreligious dialogue. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday morning, he delivered a&nbsp;stirring speech&nbsp;to the KAICIID interfaith forum on the &#8220;spiritual obligation&#8221; to fight against climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day afterwards, in conversation with Vatican News, he expanded on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#677c8f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Desacralisation and the climate crisis<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I asked Patriarch Bartholomew about the practical steps that individuals can take to safeguard the environment.<br><br>In response, he urged us to \u201cnot live in excess or abundance, but with what we really need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLearn to respect creation as a gift from God,\u201d he continued. \u201cHow can we say we respect God when we destroy what He created?&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ecumenical Patriarch added that the current environmental crisis comes from treating the world as a \u201cdesacralised object\u201d, and that collaboration between political actors and religious communities is needed in order to combat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed, moreover, that those most impacted by the crisis are \u201cthe marginalised, the poor \u2013 all those we tend to forget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preparations for Nicaea\u2019s 1700th\u00a0anniversary<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ecumenical Patriarch was speaking at a small meeting with local Catholic journalists, held in Lisbon\u2019s Church of S\u00e3o Nicolau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spoke to them for about twenty minutes about the close ties between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, saying that his relations with Pope Francis are \u201cmore than brotherly.\u201d<br><br>He noted that the Pope wants the pair to celebrate the 1700-year anniversary of the Council of Nicaea together, and revealed that a joint Catholic-Orthodox commission will be meeting in Istanbul in the coming days to agree on dates and other details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ukraine and Gaza<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his discussion with journalists, Patriarch Bartholomew also addressed the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire in both conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriarch said that thousands of children have been abducted from Ukraine, and that this represents a \u201cgreat contemporary tragedy\u201d. The children, he said, should be \u201cimmediately\u201d returned.<br><br>The Patriarch added that he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the news that there is now a famine in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that Turkey\u2019s President Erdogan had written a letter to Pope Francis in which he described the situation in Gaza in \u201cdramatic\u201d terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe pray,\u201d Patriarch Bartholomew concluded, \u201cfor a peaceful and just solution on the basis of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bartholomew I of Constantinople speaks to Vatican News about ecological conversion. He also discusses the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the ecumenical preparations for the upcoming 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. 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