Encyclical

 1 Christmas2000|         concern for the natural environment as well as for peaceful
 2 Christmas1999|    commonly referred to as "the environment," which in recent times
 3 Christmas1999|         a day of prayer for the environment. This prayer, however, is
 4 Christmas1999|       protection of the natural environment from the impending catastrophe
 5 Christmas1999|       that makes up our natural environment.~The saints are models for
 6 Christmas1999|         of the Committee on the Environment of the Worldwide Federation
 7 Christmas1999| Conference on Technology of the Environment, that a binding "Global
 8 Christmas1999|         Code of Ethics" for the environment be drafted.~For its part,
 9 Christmas1999|    annual day of prayer for the environment, successfully organized "
10 Christmas1999|       and harmful damage to the environment. For this reason, the Patriarchate
11 Christmas1999|     that the internal spiritual environment of the conscience of each
12 Christmas1999|        they respect the natural environment each for his or her own
13 Christmas1999|    upsetting the balance of the environment.~We recognize that heaven
14 Christmas1999|   especially in the area of the environment, which in the final analysis
15 Pascha1999   |      our enemy; the life of the environment. It is to respect life and