On the day, which commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the United Nations' General Assembly, the church is warning various aspects of the Declaration are "clearly still violated across our world".
General Bishop, Bishop Angaelos, said: "While humanity is seen to be rapidly advancing in many areas we are, as a global community, guilty of neglecting and even forsaking basic God-given rights and freedoms which were bestowed indiscriminately upon all; rights that must continue to underpin our values and choices if we seek to preserve justice, peace and freedom."
The Declaration was intended to set out universally protected safeguards, including; "everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person," and "everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution".
Referring to the charter's statement that "everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion", Bishop Angaelos said religious freedom is still "grossly violated in many countries".
His Grace went on to say: "Remembering that there is a foundation for our actions that pre-exists this and similar charters, the Christian message calls us to live as the image and likeness of God, and if we are to do so faithfully, the Scriptures provide a model for us to follow in the way that He Himself has dealt with humanity, saying 'He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing' (Deuteronomy 10:18)."
Bishop Angaelos also praised to work of religious leaders, lawyer, politicians and other advocates for freedom, offering his prayers for them and also "for all those deprived of their basic human rights across our global community."