Archbishop Makarios leads global dialogue on euthanasia at 3rd Bioethics Conference in Crete

Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Bioethics Conference on Euthanasia in Crete concluded | Orthodox Times (en)

The 3rd International Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, dedicated to the theme of “Euthanasia,” concluded on Sunday, October 26, 2025, in Rethymno, Crete, with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Cross Vosakos. The conference, held…

Archbishop Makarios leads global dialogue on euthanasia at 3rd Bioethics Conference in Crete

The 3rd Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate opened on Friday, 24 October 2025, in Rethymno, Crete, under the leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia.  Serving as both the representative of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and President of the Synodal Committee on Bioethics, Archbishop Makarios guided the proceedings of the three-day conference, which examined the deeply complex and sensitive …