Looking forward tk watching: Kallistos Ware taught me Patristics in the 70's and compassion for nonhumans is a major theme for me - convergence after so many years.

A wonderful talk again by Metropolitan Kallistos. Thank you to whoever uploaded this.

Might the concept of veganism find a place in this discussion? Advancing sciences have affirmed and confirmed the age-old speculations of animal sentience. Perhaps the acceptance of biological claims on species development would call for the bestowal of dignity toward our nonhuman neighbors.

@elizabethshaw734

3 жыл бұрын

I have been vegan for 11 years solely because God gave us dominion over the animals and Dominion means that we are the custodians or stewards of the animals and the planet. Insured we are told to take care of the animals and the planet not just each other or only humans. I did my part for the vegan discussion and I'm happy to continue it! :-)

@claireclaire238

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethshaw734 I feel the same, I'd like to find more information about Orthodoxy and not eating meat before I get baptised.

@fernandoduranmanzano

Жыл бұрын

@@claireclaire238 ​@Elizabeth Shaw Good, I see that I arrive with a few years difference, but I hope that this answer can be of help for the present time. First of all, I hope that your path has led you to receive Holy Baptism and that the Lord in his Grace is blessing you with knowing and walking in Faith. In response to your comments, I would like to be able to contribute my own knowledge and experience: I am a vegan and I certainly do so for similar reasons as mentioned here above. In the most "official" aspect and speaking of the orthodox tradition, it is true that veganism (not seen from the political or moral point of view; as this world would understand it) is something not only respected, but also part of of the life of every Orthodox Christian. To begin with, at each fasting period throughout the liturgical year, a fast that follows a fully vegan diet is observed and carried out. Just like every Wednesday and Friday, Orthodox Christians do not consume any products of animal origin. This has a lot to do with the process of deification (theosis) directly. Before the Great Fall of man, the human being did not consume animals, but lived with them and even gave them names;an example of the communion that had not yet been broken with God and the rest of his Creation. Man, as God told him, fed only on the fruit of the seeds and trees. For this reason, Orthodox Christians in fasting periods, and on Wednesdays and Fridays, take the example of the human being before the Fall, seeking to connect even more with that being that is being restored.