John Chryssavgis
John Chryssavgis
John Chryssavgis is an Orthodox Christian theologian who serves as advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. He is a clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In January 2012, he received the title of Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Saint Vladimir's Orthodox T
"I have come to believe, that in our relationship with creation we are called to evoke and affirm our interconnectedness with the rest of the world. This is what I would call the ecumenical imperative of care for creation. This perception of interconnectedness reminds us that the earth unites us all, before and beyond any doctrinal, political, racial or other differences."
John Chryssavgis
