The Blessing of the Waters in Theophany reveals the sacramental cosmology of the New AeonLinks to
Oriental Orthodox &
Eastern Orthodox theologians, with thanks to the Greek Orthodox
"Our Faith" Online Page:
Theology of Nature: An Introduction by Metropolitan Paulos Mar Gregorios of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, is an internationally-renowned theologian and former President of the World Council of Churches. He has published a number of books on development, and on the relationship of God, man and creation.
Easter, Icons, & Ecology
Easter and Ecologyby Rev. Dr. K.M. George, priest & theologian of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India.
"Icons ...portray the radiance of that eschatological beauty of colors available on our limited palette. They remind us that we are to be icon-painters for the whole of creation in freedom, creativity and love."
Ecology
'Thine of Thine Own': Orthodoxy and Ecology by Dr. Elizabeth Theokritoff, an Orthodox theologian and writer from England, and former Secretary of the Anglican - Orthodox Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius.
"A eucharistic ethos means, above all, using natural resources with thankfulness, offering them back to God. Such an attitude is incompatible with wastefulness. Similarly, fasting and other ascetic practices make us recognize even the simplest of foods and other creature comforts as gifts, provided to satisfy our needs."
THE HOLY NAPKIN Liturgy & Ecology
Orthodox Liturgy and the Care for Creation by Bishop Irineos Pop: "The human being is simply yet gloriously the means for the expression of creation in its fullness and the coming of God's deliverance for all creation. The vocation of humanity, as shown in liturgical theology, is not to dominate and exploit nature, but to transfigure and hallow it. In a variety of ways - through the cultivation of the earth, through craftsmanship, through the writing of books and the painting of icons - humanity gives material things a voice and renders the creation articulate in praise of God. It is significant that when, at the Eucharist, we offer back to God the first fruits of the earth, we offer them not in their original form, but reshaped by our hands. . . the transformation of all aspects of creation through the salvation and glorification of humanity, and thus of all creation."
More on this topic
Further witnesses of the Blessing of the Waters:they who see by the light of the 8th Day~A Third TestamentAs witness to the Gospel embodied in our history, Malcom Muggeridge reflects upon Augustine, Blake, Pascal, Tolstoy, Bonhoeffer, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky.
Mother Teresa On pencils in the hand of God, and the greatest gifts from God to her.
Dorothy Day and the Light from the East: Eastern Christianity, Fathers of the Desert, DostoevskyMother Maria Skobtsova: Saint of the Open Door See also further readings
on Mother Maria
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