Looking for divine intervention at COP26

Muslims, Jews, Christians pray for local weather change mitigation

Spiritual leaders of northwestern Nevada held a collective multi-faith prayer-vigil at Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Reno on October 17, searching for divine intervention to avoid wasting the planet and for the profitable end result of upcoming United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow.

COP26 is the subsequent annual UN local weather change convention. COP stands for Convention of the Events, and the summit might be attended by the international locations that signed the United Nations Framework Conference on Local weather Change (UNFCCC) – a treaty that got here into power in 1994.

Coordinated by Hindu statesman Rajan Zed and hosted by Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church Presiding Priest Father Stephen R. Karcher; it included prayers by Christian (varied denominations), Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, Pagan, Unitarian-Universalist, and so forth., leaders. As well as, prayers have been additionally held via Taiko drums, bansuri (Indian flute), harp, and so forth. A lamp-lighting ritual by numerous non secular leaders was additionally held on the event.

Zed, who’s President of Common Society of Hinduism, factors out that it’s our ethical duty to protect God’s creation, save the planet and take care of the setting. It’s our non secular responsibility to cease harm to the setting and restrict international warming, thus defending the susceptible communities the world over.

Father Karcher states that after listening to the ache of God given earth and world’s poor, we joined collectively to hope for the world leaders to make proper selections in COP26 (October 31-November 12) for the way forward for the planet and its occupants, committing to pressing international local weather motion; and for the worldwide enterprise leaders to undertake people-focused insurance policies and embrace sustainable and simply economies.

Rajan Zed provides that regardless of our severely totally different religion traditions and doctrines, we’re all deeply interconnected, and we should always collaborate collectively for taking good care of the creation so that everybody prospers. On this local weather disaster, we should always pursue equity as a substitute of egocentric good points and decide to a accountable angle in direction of our planet. Exploitation of the planet, inflicting local weather change, should cease instantly.

Father Karcher and Zed word that prayers coming from numerous traditions to the Almighty in a disaster like this are extremely efficient and intensely priceless and emit collective power.

This prayer-vigil additionally urged the devoted, via particular person and collective motion, to: undertake extra sustainable life, turn into conscious of how we’re depleting pure sources and degrading the setting, decide to take care of the creation, hearken to earth’s sufferings, pray, consider future generations, and work to guard and restore ecosystems.

A “Nevada Multi-faith Pronouncement for COP26” was collectively learn by taking part non secular leaders on the event, which included: “We, the varied religion communities, are united to guard and care-for our planet and all its individuals to make sure a wholesome and resilient future for humankind.”

Due to the prayers of those fauth leaders:

Prayers on the event have been learn by Benjamin Katz, Rabbi of Congregation Temple Emanu-El; Father Stephen R. Karcher, Presiding Priest of Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church; Abdelaziz H. Elsheikh, Imam of Northern Nevada Muslim Group; Rajan Zed, President of Common Society of Hinduism; Dr. Norris Delane DuPree, Assistant Pastor of Grace Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Sparks; Rita C. Sloan, Coordinator of Life Peace & Justice Fee, Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno; Sherman W. Baker, Jr; Baptist Pastor & Chief Chaplain of VA Sierra Nevada Well being Care System; Matthew E. Goddard, Buddhist thinker; Gaia Brown of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada; Excolas Danae M. Miller, President of Sabbat Celebrations—a non-denominational Pagan group; Norollah Sedigh, Baha’i Religion instructor; Azita Dastyar, Zoroastrian practitioner; Steep Weiss, Director of First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Carson Metropolis. Rieko Shimbo and Cindy Lu of Reno Taiko Tsurunokai showcased a Shinto prayer via Taiko drumming; Marina Roznitovsky Oster of College of Nevada-Reno delivered a prayer via harp; whereas Oscar Dallas Smith prayed via bansuri (A bamboo transverse flute from Indian sub-continent). Christine Jones Brady, Nevada’s Second Assistant Legal professional Normal, additionally spoke.

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