Churches and Christians are encouraged to celebrate the Time for Creation together between 1 September – 4 October 2017, and 1 September as the Day for Creation, by the Conference of European Churches (CEC), Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN). ‘Recent developments remind of the growing urgency of […]
Creation Time
Background
In 1989 the Ecumenical Patriarch suggested that 1 September, the first day of the Orthodox Church's year, should be observed as a day "of protection of the natural environment". Ten years later the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) widened this proposal, urging churches to adopt a Time for Creation stretching from 1 September to the feast of St Francis on 4 October and this was endorsed by the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu, Romania in 2007, which recommended that the period "be dedicated to prayer for the protection of Creation and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles that reverse our contribution to climate change".
Resources
Current (and recent) material and resources for Creation Time are produced by ecumenical groups and are available to download via this website:
- 2024: Creation Time 2024
- 2023: Creation Time 2023
- 2022: Creation Time 2022
- 2021: Creation Time 2021
- 2020: Creation Time 2020
- 2019: Creation Time 2019
- 2018: Creation Time 2018
Between 2008 and 2013, CTBI published resources for Creation Time and these are still available on our archive website at www.ctbiarchive.org/295.
Church of England joins call to prayer for environment
The Church of England’s lead Bishop for the environment, the Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, is calling on congregations to join Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew, members of the global Anglican Church and Christians around the world to fast and pray for the care of creation on 1 September. 1 September is also the first day of […]
Creation Time resources from Eco Congregation Ireland
We’re grateful to Eco Congregation Ireland for providing a service of prayer and reflection, plus prayers of intercession for Creation Time 2015. The service can be printed as an A5 pamphlet on A4 paper. Word versions of the service and the prayers are available so you can customise the material as required. They can be […]
World Day of Prayer for Creation
Pope Francis has established an annual day of global prayer for creation to be celebrated on 1 September. The Day of Prayer is in unity with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who began a similar day of prayer for the Orthodox Church in 1989. It is also the first day of Creation Time suggested by the European […]
