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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“We believe that the roots of the environmental crisis are not primarily economic or political, nor technological, but profoundly and essentially religious, spiritual and moral. This is because it is a crisis about and within the human heart.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“The dialogue between theology and science must not be a clash between adversaries but a collaboration between two great forces that serve humanity. It should be a partnership, not a rivalry.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“A defensive attitude of theology towards the world violates the tradition of our Fathers, who have always argued in relation to the challenges of their time, without hesitating that this dialogue would inevitably lead to the secularisation of theology.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“Theology is an interpretation of the Gospel of Christ, in dialogue with the contemporary world and the signs of our times, an expression of the eternal truths of our faith in the language of each particular historical era. In this sense, theology cannot ignore the culture in which it is called upon to bear witness.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“The Orthodox Church, through its participation in ecumenical dialogues, has never accepted compromises on questions of faith. Unity, which is based on Truth, is and continues to be desired.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“There is no other way forward to unity than through honest dialogue. In my opinion, what threatens the witness of the Church is not openness and dialogue, but closure and introversion.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“The issue of promoting Christian unity is something that I have always considered central throughout my life.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“We do not study theology only in theory, but live it out in practice, becoming initiated – peacefully and mystically – in how to know the unknown, see the unseen, and hear in silence the word of God that speaks in our hearts.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“The entire world is the body of Christ; just as human beings are the very body of Christ. The whole planet bears the traces of God, just as every person is created in the image of God. The way we respect creation reflects the way that we respond to our fellow human beings. The scars that we inflict on our environment reveal our willingness to exploit our brother and sister.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

“Speaking about human rights today means referring to human dignity, the protection of freedom and justice, open society and international peace. Indeed, human rights are the core values of humanism in the modern world.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew