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[Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium] John Chryssavgis, advisor to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on ecological issues, will join us for a public lecture and discussion: “Creation, Iconography, and Spirituality: Insights into an Eco-Theological Worldview.”  Through an Orthodox Christian lens, perceiving, respecting, and responding to the world around us are disciplines for sustained and sustainable religious commitment. This presentation will illuminate the art, song, and spiritual practice of the Christian East as they attend to the natural environment, the human role in an Earth community, and our responsibility in caring for all creation.

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