Christianity
Ecology and Ecumenism: a Shared Commitment to Creation
* By Martin Hoegger The conference organised by the Patriarchal Academy of Crete in Heraklion on 8 and 9 October 2025 confirmed to me that safeguarding creation has become a point…
Christianity
Secularism or Militant Marxism? The Debate on Religious Education in North Macedonia
By Nun Euphemia Zajkovska The question of introducing religious education in public schools in the Republic of North Macedonia has been a long-standing and unresolved issue, revealing fundamental challenges in…
News
UK’s Inter Faith Week and Community Engagement
There is no other country in Europe that has a special week assigned as Inter Faith Week – a yearly occurrence that has been going on since 2009. UK certainly…
News
September First, Feast of Creation: Pray, Believe, Live
*By Martin HoeggerHeraklion, October 9, 2025. Two conferences from the symposium on the theology of ecology at the Patriarchal Academy of Crete shed light on the spiritual and ecumenical significance…
Environment
The theology of ecology according to the Orthodox Church and Patriarch Bartholomew
* By Martin Hoegger On 8 and 9 October 2025, the Higher Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium on the theme: ‘Towards a just, participatory and…
Environment
Ecotheology: A Call to a Conversion of Vision
*By Martin HoeggerUnder the luminous sky of Heraklion, between the Aegean Sea and the Cretan mountains, the International Symposium on Ecotheology was held in October 2025, organized by the Higher…
Christianity
‘The Whole Universe is a Living Gospel’ – Ecology needs a Mystique
* By Martin Hoegger For Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, nature is not a neutral backdrop but a word of God in the open air. Without directly addressing…
Christianity
Faith and the Challenge of the Earth: Two Voices for a Spiritual Ecology
*By Martin Hoegger Heraklion, 9 October 2025. The Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium devoted to the theology of ecology. Two lectures marked the day: one by…
Christianity
John Zizioulas, Prophet of Orthodox Ecology
* By Martin HoeggerThe ecological crisis cannot be resolved by green technologies or international treaties alone. It requires a conversion of the heart and a rediscovery of the spiritual meaning…
Christianity
Apostle Paul Conquers Athens: How Dionysius Accepted the Faith
Athen After the sermon of the Apostle Paul, the heart of Dionysius opened to accept the faith in the true God Today we honor the memory of the holy martyr…