September 1: Eastern Orthodox Earth Day and The Green Patriarch
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Al Gore and Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Since 1989, every September 1st (the beginning of the ecclesiastical calendar) has been designated as a day of prayer for “the protection of the environment” throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church consisting of some 300 million Christians worldwide. Instituted by the late Patriarch Dimitrios of the Greek Orthodox Church, the tradition has since been shepherded by his successor Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople who has been dubbed “The Green Patriarch.” Some attribute the moniker to the European press, but my sources in the church credit the epithet to Al Gore during his tenure as Vice President. Bartholomew was the first major religious leader to have initiated since 1991 various events to promote environmental protection, and Grist puts him number one above the Dalai Lama on their recent list of 15 green religious leaders. Exercising his influence on the Catholic Pope, Bartholomew in 2002 orchestrated a coming together in joint environmental efforts that witnessed the first liturgy spoken by the Greek Patriarch in Italy for over 1,000 years since the Vatican and the Orthodox Churches excommunicated one another in the Great Schism of 1054.
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- Green Patriarch Opens Eighth Environmental Symposium In New Orleans (Video)
- Vice President Al Gore refers to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as “The Green Patriarch” (Video)
- Green Patriarch WSJ OP ED: Entire Web That Sustains Life is Sacred
- Eco-Palms Green Church Easter Celebrations
- WINE» Domaine Spiropoulos Mantinia 2007
- Gore Investment Vehicle Closes $683m Fund Demonstrating That Green Is Fundamental Finance
- Al Gore 60 Minutes Tell-All Interview: Ginormous Climate Change Ad Campaign Set to Launch
- Words of My Perfect Teacher Documentary TRAILER VIDEO 2 minutes WATCH>>
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- An Inconvenient Truth, How the Film Was Offset VIDEO Opening 10 Minutes
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