The article attempts to comprehend the notion of freedom in the idiolect of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The understanding of this term in the philosophical picture of the world, in the general dictionary is given. The term freedom in the religious picture of the world, in particular, in the Orthodox tradition, is explored.
In the philosophical picture of the world, freedom is perceived as one of the main and most difficult categories, reflecting the essence of man, his ability to think and act not as a result of coercion, but freely embodying his intentions and interests. However, the limits of freedom are the interests of another person, society as a whole and nature as the basis of the existence of a society.
Patriarch Bartholomew, like other representatives of Orthodoxy, wants to convey an extremely important thing to us. It consists in the fact that we must understand, understand, and understand that without God we can not do anything good. Only by invoking the Holy Spirit in our hearts, in our sincere prayers, only inspired by grace, we are capable of goodness.
A believer is aware that she is endowed with God by the gift of freedom that she can choose between the path upward to higher moral values and the way down. However, in the Orthodox tradition, there is an understanding that the “divine image” in a man is obscured, but he is, he does not disappear. We know that even in this sinful world, a person, although in a certain spiritual captivity, is capable of noble deeds, of love, of self-sacrifice and of compassion for his neighbour.
However, in the Orthodox tradition, there is an understanding that the “divine image” in a man is obscured, but he is, he does not disappear. We know that even in this sinful world, a person, although in a certain spiritual captivity, is capable of noble deeds, of love, of self-sacrifice and of compassion for his neighbour.
Thus, revealing the deep meaning of the notion of freedom in the concept of the personality of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, we plunge into the understanding of this term in the religious picture of the world. And that I would particularly like to emphasize, plunged into the notion of freedom in Orthodoxy. This made it possible to try to understand the complex and almost immutable words of a modern person – “Freedom is possible only in God”
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