'A Joint Message for the Protection of Creation' - An Eastern Orthodox reflection.

The present text provides a critical approach from an Eastern Orthodox perspective to the joint message issued by Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and the Archbishop of Canterbury for the protection of creation. After contextualizing the message in the framework of the various initiatives recently undertaken by the Church leaders as well as the last UN summit (COP 26) on climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the author highlights certain strong points of the text (ontological link between people and creation; solidarity for the poor, etc.), along with few shortcomings (e.g. a thin liturgical dimension; absence of an animal studies perspective). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]