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For the Life of the World: A Webinar

Our nine part conversation ranges over a number of issues: the Church in the public sphere; the course of human life; poverty, wealth, and civil justice; war, peace, and violence; ecumenical relations and relations with other faiths; orthodoxy and human rights; science, technology, and the natural world; concluding with Andrew and David reflecting on the document and how it is heard and received and why it should be a staple, not only for Orthodox Christians but for all who care about the life of the world.

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April 18 - For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church

“Let us the faithful rejoice, having this anchor of hope.”

We have come to the concluding session of thinking together “For the Life of the World, Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church.” We invite you to speak about what you have taken from our study and thinking together.

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April 11 - For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church

The twenty-first century is likely to be called, “the age of biology.” Science, and certainly the new breakthroughs in genetic, brain, and ecological sciences, offer the most striking gifts as well as the deepest capacity for making “our common home” no longer a human habitation.

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March 28 - For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church

At no time in human history are the issues of ecumenical and interfaith relations more important than now. What is the stance of the Church? What does it call us to do and be in our relationship to the great variety of Christian churches? What does it invite us to do in relationship to the women and men of other faiths and to what end?

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Toward a Greener Attica, Preserving the Planet and Protecting it’s People

On June 5-8, 2018 the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, convened an international symposium of theologians, scientists, political and business leaders, as well as activists and journalists to explore the pressing environmental problems facing our world.

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