http://orthodoxwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Vladko&feedformat=atom 2013-05-25T17:18:20Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.18.0 http://orthodoxwiki.org/Environmental_ethics 2005-04-27T15:41:27Z

<p>Vladko: </p> <hr /> <div>There is a myth that Christianity is responsible for ecological destruction: by placing Man at the center of creation, by claiming dominion for him over the rest of the visible world, the Church has opened the door to widespread devastation of the environment.<br /> <br /> But Christianity does not say that man can do whatever he wants to the environment, to other creatures. He is only a steward, and will be held accountable to God for his works. The world was not given for us to abuse or destroy, but to tend and nurture. The cosmos is alive with the glory of God, and the Christian teaching is that we should regard it with awe and wonder, and show reverence for all of life.<br /> <br /> The view that we may treat the world as a machine, to exploit to our own ends, is a product of the &quot;Enlightenment&quot; and the Industrial age, not of Christianity, and is ultimately self-destructive.<br /> <br /> During an international Orthodox conference in 1995, held on the holy island of Patmos, the participating theologians came to the conclusion that pollution is a sin.<br /> ==Orthodox Books==<br /> {{stub}}<br /> <br /> ==Other helpful articles==<br /> *[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/misc/miscellaneous.htm#environment Articles on the Environment] from the [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org Orthodox Research Institute] <br /> <br /> *[http://www.ec-patr.gr/docdisplay.php?lang=en&amp;cat=10 Ecological Activities of the Ecumenical Patriarchate] from the [http://www.ec-patr.gr/default.php?lang=en Official Ecumenical Patriarchate Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Ethics]]</div>

Vladko http://orthodoxwiki.org/User:Vladko 2005-04-26T16:18:50Z

<p>Vladko: </p> <hr /> <div>Hi,<br /> I'm a [[Bulgarian]] journalist and environmentalist. <br /> <br /> I am not quite familiar with [[Orthodoxy]] although I have been baptized and go to [[church]] in [[Sofia]] from time to time. <br /> <br /> One of my best articles in the [[Communist]] era was about a [[parish]] [[priest]] who was also a good skier. <br /> <br /> One of my greatest holidays was in 1995 when I took a part in a [[Ecumenical]] and Ecological cruise in the [[Aegean Sea]] from [[Piraeus]] to [[Constantinopolis]] to [[Ephesus]] to [[Patmos]] and back. There I met an Englishman who was an [[Orthodox]] [[bishop]], and a [[Catholic]] [[Cardinal]] who took a loan from me and never repaid it. <br /> <br /> You can write to me at [dvoretzky@yahoo.com].</div>

Vladko http://orthodoxwiki.org/Talk:St._Catherine%27s_Monastery_(Sinai) 2005-04-26T14:37:55Z

<p>Vladko: </p> <hr /> <div>I doubt that this is the oldest Christian monastery. Bulgarian researchers have claimed that the oldest monastery in [[Bulgaria]] and possibly in Europe is the [[St. Athanasius Monastery]] in the village of Zlatna Livada, near the town of Chirpan. It was reportedly established by [[St. Athanasius the Great]] himself in AD 344. You may read the following article (in Bulgarian): [http://liternet.bg/publish10/eshopova/manastiryt.htm]. --[[User:Vladko|Vladko]] 09:37, 26 Apr 2005 (CDT)</div>

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