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DESCRIPTION:The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with
  our Creator and all creation through celebration\, conversion\, and commi
 tment together. During the Season of Creation\, we join our sisters and br
 others in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.\
 nEcumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I proclaimed 1 September as a day of praye
 r for creation for the Orthodox in 1989. In fact\, the Orthodox church yea
 r starts on that day with a commemoration of how God created the world.\nT
 he World Council of Churches was instrumental in making the special time a
  season\, extending the celebration from 1 September until 4 October.\nFol
 lowing the leadership of Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I and the WCC\, Ch
 ristians worldwide have embraced the season as part of their annual calend
 ar. Pope Francis established the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Crea
 tion in the Roman Catholic Church in 2015\, and in 2019 started celebratin
 g the Season of Creation as well.\nIn recent years\, statements from relig
 ious leaders around the world have also encouraged the faithful to take ti
 me to care for creation during the month-long celebration.\nThe season sta
 rts 1 September\, the Day of Prayer for Creation\, and ends 4 October\, th
 e Feast of St. Francis of Assisi\, the patron saint of ecology beloved by 
 many Christian denominations.\nThroughout the month-long celebration\, the
  world’s 2.2 billion Christians come together to care for our common hom
 e.\n- from https://seasonofcreation.org/about/\nIn 2019 The Anglican Churc
 h of Canada adopted the Season of Creation\, beginning September 1st and 
 continuing through to October 4\, the Feast of St. Francis\, “as an annu
 al season of prayer\, education and action to protect the gift of God’s 
 creation”.  The designation of September 1st as a liturgical feast is 
 intended to reinforce and further develop the Season of Creation\, not rep
 lace it.\nfrom https://gs2025.anglican.ca/resolutions/a122/\nThis year’s
  theme is “Peace With Creation.” \nThe biblical text is Isaiah 32:14
 -18\, in which the prophet Isaiah pictured the desolated creation without 
 peace because of the lack of justice and the broken relationship between G
 od and humankind. This description of devastated cities and wastelands elo
 quently stresses the fact that human destructive behaviours have a negativ
 e impact on the Earth.\nThe symbol for Season of Creation 2025 is the Gard
 en of Peace\, characterized by a dove carrying an olive branch bringing li
 fe to the Garden of Peace.\nIn the biblical story of the flood\, the dove 
 plays the role of the blessed messenger. The dove sent out by Noah returns
  to the ark with a fresh olive branch in its beak\, signalling that the fl
 ood is receding. \n- from https://www.oikoumene.org/events/season-of-crea
 tion-2025\nLinks:\nSeason of Creation website\nFollow on Instagram\nFollow
  on Facebook\nMore on Youtube\nMore from the Anglican Church of Canada
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