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ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ
κ.κ. ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ
ΔΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΥΡΗΝΙΚΗΝ ΕΚΡΗΞΙΝ
ΤΗΣ ΦΟΥΚΟΣΙΜΑ
(13 Μαρτίου 2011)
Μὲ σφιγμένην ἀπὸ πόνον τὴν καρδίαν ὅλη ἡ ἀνθρωπότης ζῇ τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦ τεκτονικοῦ σεισμοῦ ποὺ συνεκλόνισε τὴν Ἰαπωνίαν καὶ ἐστοίχισε τὴν ζωὴν εἰς πολλοὺς συνανθρώπους μας. Μὲ ἀγωνίαν βλέπει τὰς παραπλεύρους ζημίας εἰς τὴν Χώραν τοῦ Ἀνατέλλοντος Ἡλίου καὶ εἰς τὰς ἄλλας χώρας τοῦ Εἰρηνικοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Προσευχαὶ ἀπευθύνονται ἀπὸ κάθε γωνίαν τῆς γῆς τόσον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀπολεσθέντων, ὅσον καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐξακολουθητικῶς δοκιμαζομένων καὶ κινδυνευόντων ἀπὸ τὰς μετασεισμικὰς ἐκρήξεις τοῦ ἐγκελάδου. Ἀλλ’ ἦλθεν, ἀλλοίμονον!, ὡς μία ἀκόμη τραγικὴ συνέπεια τοῦ σεισμοῦ, ἡ ἔκρηξις τοῦ πυρηνικοῦ ἀντιδραστῆρος τῆς Φουκοσίμα, διὰ νὰ καταστήσῃ ἀκόμη φρικαλεώτερον τὸν ἐφιάλτην τῆς Ἰαπωνίας. Αἱ ἀπαίσιαι συνέπειαι αὐτῆς ὁσημέραι θὰ γίνωνται εὐρύτερον ἀντιληπταί. Καὶ ὅσον μὲν ἀφορᾷ εἰς τὸν σεισμόν, ὁ ἄνθρωπος δὲν ἔχει λόγον. Τὰ αἴτιά του τὸν ὑπερβαίνουν. Ὅσον ἀφορᾷ ὅμως εἰς τὴν ἔκρηξιν τοῦ πυρηνικοῦ ἀντιδραστῆρος καὶ εἰς τὴν πυρηνικὴν ἐνέργειαν γενικώτερον, λόγος ὑπάρχει. Μὲ ὅλον τὸν ὀφειλόμενον πρὸς τὴν ἐπιστήμην σεβασμόν, εἰς τὴν τοσοῦτον ἐπικίνδυνον δι’ αὐτὴν τὴν ἐπιβίωσιν τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος πυρηνικὴν ἐνέργειαν, ἀντιπροτείνομεν τὰς ἀκινδύνους πρασίνας μορφὰς ἐνεργείας, αἱ ὁποῖαι καὶ τὸ περιβάλλον σέβονται καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον δύνανται ἐπαρκέστατα νὰ ὑπηρετήσουν εἰς τὰς ἀνάγκας του. Ὁ Δημιουργὸς μᾶς ἐχάρισεν ἥλιον, ἀέρα, θαλάσσια καὶ ὠκεάνεια κύματα, ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων δυνάμεθα νὰ παράξωμεν ἐνέργειαν. Ἡ οἰκολογοῦσα ἐπιστήμη ἐφεῦρε τρόπους καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν σκυβάλων νὰ πορίζεται ἐνέργειαν ἀκίνδυνον. Διερωτώμεθα, λοιπόν: Πρὸς τί ἡ τροπὴ πρὸς τόσον ἐπικίνδυνα ἐγχειρήματα; Μήπως πρόκειται δι’ ὕβριν κατὰ τῆς φύσεως; Ἀλλὰ ἡ φύσις ἐκδικεῖται!
Ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου ἐκτενεῖς προσευχὰς ἀναπέμπομεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐν θλίψει καὶ δοκιμασίᾳ εὑρισκομένου προσφιλοῦς ἰαπωνικοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἔκκλησιν ποιούμεθα πρὸς πᾶσαν κατεύθυνσιν δι’ ἀναθεώρησιν τῆς ὑπὲρ τῆς πυρηνικῆς ἐνεργείας πολιτικῆς τῶν κρατῶν.
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MESSAGE
BY HIS ALL-HOLINESS
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW
ON THE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AT FUKUSHIMA
(March 13, 2011)
It is with burdened and painful heart
that the entire world is witnessing the drama of the tragic earthquake, which
over the last days has afflicted Japan and cost numerous lives of our brothers
and sisters. Moreover, it is with much anguish and sorrow that we behold the
related devastation in the Land of the Rising Sun as well as in other nations
of the Pacific. Every corner of the planet is offering prayers both for the
repose of the departed souls and for the support of those who continue to be
grieved and imperiled by the ensuing seismic tremors and ferocious tsunami.
Lamentably, yet another calamitous consequence has struck the region with the
explosion of the nuclear plant at Fukushima, rendering still more frightening
the recent nightmare in Japan.
The disastrous ramifications of this
event will become more evident over the next days. Of course, with regard to
the earthquake, no human response is adequate. The causes and results eclipse
human words. Nevertheless, with regard to the explosion of the nuclear reactor
and the aftermath of a nuclear adversity, there is indeed a response that we
are called to make. With all due respect to the science and technology of
nuclear energy and for the sake of the survival of the human race, we
counter-propose the safer green forms of energy, which both moderately preserve
our natural resources and mindfully serve our human needs.
Our Creator granted us the gifts of the
sun, wind, water and ocean, all of which may safely and sufficiently provide
energy. Ecologically-friendly science and technology has discovered ways and
means of producing sustainable forms of energy for our ecosystem. Therefore, we
ask: Why do we persist in adopting such dangerous sources of energy? Are we so
arrogant as to compete with and exploit nature? Yet, we know that nature
invariably seeks revenge.
From the Ecumenical
Patriarchate, we raise fervent prayers for our beloved Japanese people for the
trial and tribulation it currently faces, while at the same time passionately
appeal to all those responsible for a reconsideration of the nuclear policy of
nations throughout the world.
St. Paul Orthodox Press
www.orthodoxincheon.or.kr
