Service for the First Sunday in Lent – 6th March 2022

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens.  Please stay and have coffee after the liturgy.  We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is Fr. Leonard (Chaplain). The deacon is The Revd. Deacon Christine Saccali.

Entry Greeting

[Minister: Give us true repentance; forgive us our sins of negligence and ignorance and our

deliberate sins: and grant  us the grace of your Holy Spirit to amend our lives

according to your holy word.

All:             Holy God, holy and strong, holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.

Entrance Hymn    333   All my hope on God is founded

Priest:     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:         and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence and stillness follows for a few moments

Deacon: We confess to you our selfishness and lack of love: fill us with your Spirit.

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon:  We confess to you our fear and failure in sharing our faith: fill us with your Spirit.

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon:  We confess to you our stubbornness and lack of trust: fill us with your Spirit.

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Priest:    May Almighty God, who sent his Son into the world to save sinners, bring you his pardon and peace.

All:          Amen.

Collect:  Let us pray    (remain standing as the priest prays the Collect of the Day)   

Heavenly Father, your Son battled with the powers of darkness, and grew closer to you in the desert: help us to use these forty days of Lent to grow in wisdom and prayer that we may witness to your saving love in Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

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Service for the Sunday Next Before Lent – 27th February 2022

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

 The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon is Chris Saccali.

Entrance Hymn     420  O Jesus I have promised

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the

nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Absolution we hear the words of God’s forgiveness to those who are truly penitent

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Service for the 2nd Sunday before Lent – 20th February 2022

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon and preacher is Chris Saccali.

Entrance Hymn   205  Christ is made the sure foundation

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Absolution we hear the words of God’s forgiveness to those who are truly penitent

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Service for the 3rd Sunday before Lent – 13th February 2022

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; Nelly Paraskevopoulou is the assistant.

Entrance Hymn    473  When morning gilds the skies (2^nd tune and omit*verses)

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Nelly:      God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Nelly:     May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Nelly:     Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

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Service for the 4th Sunday before Lent – 6th February 2022

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon is the Revd. Christine Saccali.

Entrance Hymn    343  Bright the vision    (this hymn is based on Isaiah 6, the OT reading)

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

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Service for the 4th Sunday of Epiphany – 30th January 2022

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon is the Revd. Christine Saccali. The preacher this morning is Angelos Palioudakis.

Entrance Hymn    388 (1^st tune)  Jesus shall reign

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

 Absolution we hear the words of God’s forgiveness to those who are truly penitent

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Service for the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany – 23rd January 2022

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. We have a POS facility now, so payments can be made to the church by bank cards.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon is the Revd. Christine Saccali.

Entrance Hymn   391  Let bells peal forth

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison 

Absolution we hear the words of God’s forgiveness to those who are truly penitent

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Service for the 2nd Sunday of Epiphany – 16th January 2022

St Paul’s. Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens.  God’s blessings for you in 2022.

The presiding priest and preacher is The Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan; the deacon is the Revd. Christine Saccali.

Minister:  We will go unto the altar of God

All:            Even unto the God of our Joy and gladness

Minister:  Our help is in the name of the Lord

All:            Who has made heaven and earth.

Minister:  O Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

All:            Let the whole earth stand in awe of him]

Entrance Hymn    148 (omit all * verses)   The God of Abraham praise

Priest:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

The Lord be with you.

 All:      and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God and then the deacon leads us into Confession.

Silence

Deacon: God be gracious to us and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Deacon: May your ways be known on earth, your saving power among the nations:

Christe eleison

All:          Christe eleison

Deacon: Lord, you have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:

Kyrie eleison

All:          Kyrie eleison

Absolution we hear the words of God’s forgiveness to those who are truly penitent

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Service for the Baptism of Christ 1st Sunday after Epiphany – 9th January 2022

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. Please stay and have coffee after the liturgy. Masks are required at all times – and social distancing.

The presiding priest and preacher is Fr. Leonard, assisted by Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

[Minister:  We will go unto the altar of God

All:            Even unto the God of our Joy and gladness

Minister:  Our help is in the name of the Lord

All:            Who has made heaven and earth.

Minister:  O Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

All:            Let the whole earth stand in awe of him]

Entrance Hymn    55  Hail to the Lord’s Anointed

Priest:     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

All:          And also with you

Priest:     The Lord be with you

 All:          and also with you

The priest then welcomes the people of God.

Silence   (Then a Minister leads us in the words of the Confession)

All:   Father eternal, giver of light and grace, we have sinned against you and against our neighbour, in what we have thought, in what we have said and done, through ignorance, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault. We have wounded your love, and marred your image in us. We are sorry and ashamed, and repent of all our sins. For the sake of Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past; and lead us out from darkness to walk as children of light.  Amen.

Absolution: May almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you your sins, and bring you to everlasting life.

All:   Amen.

Gloria:   Glory to God in the highest, peace to his people on earth.

               Glory to God in the highest, peace to his people on earth.

1. Lord God heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
2. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,

you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us, have mercy on us,

You are seated at the right hand of the Father, receive, receive our prayers.

3. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen

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