Christmas 2024: The patriarch warns of technological illusions!

Christmas 2024: The patriarch warns of technological illusions!

In his Christmas greeting, Patriarch Bartholomaios warned of the excessive expectations of technology and artificial intelligence, which could possibly face the positive development of civilization. The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople was concerned about brutality and social injustice in the world and emphasized that technological progress could not grasp the deepest soul needs of man. Christmas is an opportunity to become aware of the freedom of humans, and Bartholomaios emphasized that God renewed the entire creation. Pope Francis is planning a trip to Türkiye next year to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, which symbolizes the connection between the churches and promotes the dialogue, such as Vaticannews.va reported.

An important step in the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has now been carried out: it has decided to switch from the traditional Julian calendar to a new Julian calendar in order to adapt their holidays more to western customs. This marks a clear demarcation to the competition, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is affiliated to the Moscow patriarchy and continues to use the Julian calendar. After a long discussion process and parallel to the decision of the Ukrainian parliament to celebrate Christmas on December 25th, the decision no longer fell on January 7th. This shows the close link between church and state action in Ukraine, such as