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The global economic crisis, which has emerged since last year, has been the object of concern for some time now of the political forces and expressions in the entire world, as well as of a number of intellectuals, scientists and experts in economic issues and issues of social cohesion. Various analyses come out in the public referring to the reasons causing it; while, at the same time, various proposals are presented and discussed, concerning ways for its overcoming.
In this uproar of opinions and proposals where reasons of the crisis still have not yet been completely identified and magic recipes for its overcoming have not been found yet, it is certain that the global economic crisis, directly or indirectly, affects the total of society’s social, spiritual and cultural tradition.
The European area, the area of the European Christian Orthodox Tradition, accepts as well, the impact and seeks solutions to overcome problems which have been raised. It is certain, that global economic crises of such extent and intensity, clearly affect further to the citizens’ restricted field of economic life, the social, spiritual and cultural traditions of each country’s productive forces. It is also certain, that ways to overcome crises of such scale, cannot be sought only in economic initiatives, but relates to more comprehensive legislative interventions and other initiatives, concerning each nation’s social and spiritual substance.
Based on the above, the General Assembly is called to discuss and look for answers to the following questions:
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Is it possible for Orthodoxy, like the other European and world spiritual powers, to articulate a spiritual, but at the same time “productive”, reasoning which will contribute to overcoming of the crisis?
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Which is the contribution of the Orthodox Church in the effort of evaluating the reasons that caused the crisis, as well as in the effort for overcoming crisis with the contribution of Christian reasoning?
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Are there any processed opinions in the Orthodox field of literature that can contribute to solving such problem types and of such magnitude or if there are none, which can be the I.A.O. contribution to their formation?
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Does the “market theory” of competition and profit, have the ability of engaging, to processing and comprehending possible moral aspects, foundations that spring up from the Orthodox cultural tradition? After all, do these aspects contribute to the idea of a healthy trade?
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Which are the ways so that the crisis will not threaten the Europe’s social cohesion?
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In this general crisis, which are the ways for the cultural heritage of Europe to be rescued with the continuation of the context of financing of all activities contributing to the rescue of monumental wealth?
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