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Crystallia Latsara University of Helsinki Winner of the Pan Orthodox Concern for Animals and the Huffington Ecumenical Institute academic essay competition Christian Responsibility Toward Animals. Ruthie as a Personal Encounter The encounter with Ruthie did not arise from curiosity or abstract concern for animal welfare. It came as an interruption of ordinary life—an encounter that

Pan-Orthodox Concern for Animals (POCA) and the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross (HEI), Brookline, MA, is pleased to announce the winners of the international essay competition titled “Advancing Christian Respect and Responsibility for Animals.” The competition invited graduate-level students from Eastern and Oriental Orthodox seminaries and accredited theological programs in the United

by George P. Nassos We Need More Action for a Livable Planet The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, consisting of 195 countries in the world, issued the Kyoto Protocol in 2005, and ten years later prepared the Paris Agreement which was adopted by most of the 195 countries.  These two global agreements were adopted by

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a recommitment to drastically reducing animal testing and eliminating the use of mammalian animal testing completely by 2035. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine applauds this decision by the EPA, which will help prioritize more predictive nonanimal approaches. The Physicians Committee joined scientists from the agency

THE POCA YEARLY REVIEW 2025 POCA consists of a group of well-respected Orthodox theologians, ethicists, academics and laity, whose mission is to promote Christian respect and responsibility for the animal creation through Eastern Orthodox teachings. We began in 2017, are a Registered Charity in the UK and this is our Review of 2025. JANUARY We

Summary of webinar On December 9, 2025, the second webinar organized by the Pan-Orthodox Concern for Animals (POCA), in cooperation with the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, was successfully convened. The session focused on Metropolitan Kallistos’ (Ware) recollections of his encounters with animals. The panel featured distinguished speakers, namely Rev. Prof. Andreas Andreopoulos (King’s Foundation

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