{"id":116987,"date":"2023-10-10T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/vesti\/%category_vesti%\/patrijarh-vartolomejsite-deca-zasluzhuvaat-da-bidat-odgledani-vo-edna-vistinska-vetena-zemja\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:12:18","slug":"ecumenical-patriarch-all-children-deserve-to-get-raised-in-a-truly-promised-land","status":"publish","type":"vesti","link":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/reports\/world-news\/ecumenical-patriarch-all-children-deserve-to-get-raised-in-a-truly-promised-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecumenical Patriarch: All children deserve to get raised in a truly \u201cPromised Land\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><span>Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his deepest sorrow for the tragic events that are unfolding resulting in the loss of many human lives in Israel by members of Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his message, the Ecumenical Patriarch noted \u201cOur thoughts and prayers are particularly with the civilians, who experience painful moments of anguish, terrorized by the eerie sound of the sirens and the imminent threat of the explosions, and especially with all the innocent children, who deserve to get raised in a truly \u201cPromised Land\u201d of peace and prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said, \u201cWhile many deem violence as a necessary means of dispute resolution, we can never see it as part of God\u2019s good creation, nor can we ever approve the use of violence to pursue peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116983\" style=\"width: 1199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ecumenical-patriarch-our-omogeneia-received-a-big-blow-today.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Nikos Papachristou \/ Ecumenical Patriarchate\" width=\"1199\" height=\"646\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ecumenical-patriarch-our-omogeneia-received-a-big-blow-today.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ecumenical-patriarch-our-omogeneia-received-a-big-blow-today-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Nikos Papachristou \/ Ecumenical Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We are deeply grieved by the news coming from the suffering Middle East. We mourn the souls taken during the recent tragic events. May God\u2019s embrace comfort the grieving families.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are particularly with the civilians, who experience painful moments of anguish, terrorized by the eerie sound of the sirens and the imminent threat of the explosions, and especially with all the innocent children, who deserve to get raised in a truly \u201cPromised Land\u201d of peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Amid anger and destruction, amid evil and bitterness, human beings are easily tempted to think and act violently. While many deem violence as a necessary means of dispute resolution, we can never see it as part of God\u2019s good creation, nor can we ever approve the use of violence to pursue peace. Instead, we must look back to the \u201cgood\u201d that God first created and the perfect peace to which he desires us to go, exhorting with the Psalmist: \u201cDepart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it\u201d (Psalm 34:14). Besides, the struggle for peace is not only a divine commandment but also a universal value and an essential precondition for the respect and protection of human dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":116985,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[3316,1172],"category_vesti":[1133],"tags_vesti":[],"lokacii":[],"class_list":["post-116987","vesti","type-vesti","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-vojna-en","tag-patriarch-bartholomew","category_vesti-world-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti\/116987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vesti"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti\/116987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116987"},{"taxonomy":"category_vesti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_vesti?post=116987"},{"taxonomy":"tags_vesti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags_vesti?post=116987"},{"taxonomy":"lokacii","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lokacii?post=116987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}