environment

Protecting the environment: European churches call for “Peace with Creation”

A joint statement from the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) marks the 2025 Season of Creation, inviting prayer and action for our common home, planet Earth. Their call is entitled “Peace with Creation” as Christians worldwide prepare to observe the Season of Creation, held from 1 September…

Aug 26, 2025Ștefana Totorcea

World Car-Free Day: What would your city look like without car traffic?

Sunday, September 22, marks World Car Free Day in cities around the world, an older initiative that gained popularity in the 1990s. Car-free days were established in some Western countries during an oil crisis in the 1970s. But it was not until October 1994, at the International Conference on Accessible Cities in Toledo, Spain, that…

Sep 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel’s practical advice inspired by the Gospel: About food waste, environmental protection, crowd discipline

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy at Pasărea Monastery in Ilfov County on Sunday and addressed the faithful, stressing the need to prioritise spiritual things over material ones. Referring to the Sunday’s Gospel reading about the multiplication of the loaves and two fish, His Beatitude emphasised that the Saviour preached to the crowds,…

Jul 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

World Bee Day: Our food and survival depend on these little workers

The UN General Assembly established World Bee Day in 2017 to highlight the importance of these small workers on which the survival of humanity and ecosystems depend: they are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of the world’s agricultural crops and 90% of wild flowering plant species. On 20 May, World Bee Day, farmers are invited to…

May 20, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Christian social service providers need support in joining the EU green transition

Christian Churches and NGOs from EU met last week in Berlin for the 3rd Strategy Conference on Sustainability. The participants called for the support of the German and European authorities for an administrative and legislative framework to prevent the price of social services from rising after the entry into force of the new EU environmental…

May 18, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Iași: Priests promote selective waste collection among parishioners

During their monthly administrative meetings, the priests in the Archdiocese of Iași attend training sessions on waste management and selective waste collection. After completing their formation, the priests will instruct their parishioners on properly managing waste. The sessions follow a protocol concluded at the beginning of the year between the Archdiocese of Iași and the…

Mar 14, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: Cooperation to protect life

In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer  – mostly, the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Ozone is found in stratosphere, one of the upper layers of…

Sep 16, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Halki Summit V becomes an inspiration for environmental projects in Romania

The participants at the Fifth Halki Summit, dedicated to protecting the environment and entitled “Sustaining the Future of the Planet Together”, issued a joint statement at the end of the conference. The participants from Romania met organizations working in the field and discovered inspiration and possibilities for cooperation. In the post-event statement, participants called on…

Jun 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Halki Summit V hosts inter-Christian dialogue on environment protection

Orthodox and Catholic theologians and lay people will come together at the Halki Summit V in Istanbul between June 8 and 11, to dicuss on a sustainable future for our planet. The 5th edition of the summit is entitled Sustaining the Future of the Planet Together. It has been inspired by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and…

Jun 6, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Parishes in Austria take steps to protect the environment

The General Assembly of the Romanian Orthodox Community in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, presided by Metropolitan Serafim, voted on Sunday a project whose goal is to raise awareness on ecological issues and increase the accountability of the faithful regarding God’s Creation. The project was unanimously voted and it provides that each parish implement eco-awareness…

Nov 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bp. Lucian prays for foresters: Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena

The Bishop of Caransebeș officiated on Tuesday a Te Deum and a commemoration service for the foresters in Romania’s Caraș-Severin county. As the offices were held in a church founded by a forester, the hierarch called to prayer and action for the protection of the environment. „Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena in our…

Jul 9, 2021Ștefana Totorcea