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ECUMENISM: KEK DELEGATION MEETS PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I

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President and Secretary General of the Conference of European Churches (KEK), His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France and Reverend Guy Liagre met Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I in Istanbul on December 3rd.
"We are free from mutual hate just through dialogue. And dialogue lives only through love, which is like blood for the body. If blood stops circulating, the body will dehydrate and die. Therefore, if dialogue stops, love will die, while violence and hate will get the upper hand”. KEK recalls that in the month of November Patriarch Bartholomew was awarded the highest honour by the US Congress, the Congress Gold Medal, for his extraordinary contribution to peace and understanding among religions. Moreover, knowing the commitment of the Patriarch for ecology, the KEK delegation presented a new manual of “Christian ecologic practice” “Greening the orthodox parish”, a book published for believers of Orthodox tradition in the world. "I wish to underline the importance of the role which the ecumenical Patriarch plays in the dialogues between all religious traditions in Europe - said Liagre at the end of the meeting - and the role played by the Patriarchate in environmental questions and peace in our times. Moreover, I would like to point out the importance of a common reflection and ecumenical action in the struggle against growing secularisation in Europe".

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