Theology and Ecology in the vision of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Starting from the importance of the international, interdisciplinary and interfaith symposium, held in June 2018 in Saronic Islands, Greece, on the challenges of the ecological crisis, especially in the Athenian region, I want to briefly emphasize in this paper the Patriarch’s Bartholomew I view about the ecological crisis. In his opinion, the ecological crisis is a result of our sinful attitude towards the creation of God, which led to an irrational and egoistic exploitation of natural resources. Theologically speaking, the human being was supposed to be the priest of creation but now he turned into a tyrant who devorates and destroys the world. The response proposed by the Green Patriarch in order to stop the ecological crisis consists in the rediscovery of an ascetic and Eucharistic ethos towards the God’s creation.
GABRIEL NOJE
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