11/03/2025 In Blog News, Sermons & Services

50th (Festive) Renaissance Choral Evensong at St. Paul’s Anglican Church

 The Festive 50th monthly Renaissance Vespers ( Choral Evensong ) which will take place on Sunday March 16

at 6:00pm at the Anglican Church of Saint Paul, Filellinon 27 (Syntagma metro).

Sung by the Cappella Sancti Pauli under the direction of Jason Marmaras . Former members of the Cappella will also participate in this 50th anniversary service .

 The pentatonic Hymn O nata lux and the tetratonic Anthem If ye love me by Thomas Tallis will be heard, among others.

Click here to read the Service Sheet

Lent Web
07/03/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service for Sunday 9th March – First Sunday of Lent

St Ppaul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrants Fr. Benjamin Drury

Preacher:  Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 67 (Aus der Tiefe) Forty days and forty nights

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 91

Gradual: 228 (Martyrdom) Jerusalem, thou City blest (verses 1-5)

Offertory: 73 (St. Fulbert) My God, I love thee; not because

Communion: 69 (St. Philip) Lord, in this thy mercy’s day

Recessional: 65 (St. Andrew of Crete) Christian, dost thou see them All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

 

A reading from Deuteronomy (26: 4-10)

Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must make this pronouncement:

‘“My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation, great, mighty, and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders.

He brought us here and gave us this land, a land where milk and hon- ey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce of the soil that you, the Lord, have given me.”

‘You must then lay them before the Lord your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 91: Be with me, O Lord, in my distress

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High and abides in the shade of the Almighty

says to the Lord: ‘My refuge,

my stronghold, my God in whom I trust! (Response)

Upon you no evil shall fall,

no plague approach where you dwell. For you has he commanded his angels,

to keep you in all your ways. (Response)

They shall bear you upon their hands

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

On the lion and the viper you will tread

and trample the young lion and the dragon. (Response)

His love he set on me, so I will rescue him;

protect him for he knows my name.

When he calls I shall answer: ‘I am with you,’

I will save him in distress and give him glory. (Response)

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Choate Choral Blog
03/03/2025 In Announcements, Blog News

Choral Concert by Choate Choral

The Choate Chorale aims to inspire young people to value and experience the art of singing through engaging musical activities that foster skill development, collaboration, self-expression, and personal growth. This foundation cultivates a lifelong appreciation

for music. The Chorale is dedicated to exploring the rich western choral tradition while embracing a diverse array of musical cultures from around the world. Comprised of students aged 14–18, singers develop musical independence, leadership, ensemble

sensitivity, artistic interpretation, and creative risk-taking. In addition to numerous on-campus performances, the Chorale boasts a storied history of international tours, with highlights including performances at the Vatican, Carnegie Hall, and the Great Wall of

China. This tradition of excellence continues in March 2025, when the Chorale will embark on an exciting tour of Greece.

Dr. Julie Hagen is the Director of Choirs at Choate Rosemary Hall, where she conducts The Choate Chorale and Concert Choir and teaches various music electives. Her career began as a public school music teacher, where she spent 11 years teaching at both the

elementary and secondary levels. She later transitioned to higher education, serving as a professor of music education and preparing future music educators. A native of Rochester, New York, Dr. Hagen earned both her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music

degrees from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. She holds a PhD in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

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WDP
28/02/2025 In Announcements, Blog News

Women’s World Day of Prayer

                                        

You are invited to the annual gathering organised this year by the Cook Islands’ women with the theme based on Psalm 139:1-18:

 “I Made You Wonderfully”

This has been written by an ecumenical group of women from the Cook Islands on the theme of ‘I made you wonderful’. It is always encouraging and humbling to share the Christian journey of women from different parts of the world in the World Day of Prayer movement, when the service will be held on the same day in all continents of the world where there is a Christian presence.

DATE: FRIDAY MARCH 7th 2025

TIME: 5.30pm

VENUE: Evangelical Church Peiraias

Gladstonos 12, Plateia Terpsitheas, Peiraias

Metro station: Dimotiko Theatro

DOE Blog 1100 x 600
26/02/2025 In Announcements, Blog News

2025 Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe & USPG collaborative work with refugees across Europe

Psalm 74 rightly says, ‘the earth is full of darkness, full of the haunts of violence’, as is shown by a world map shaded to indicate the presence of violent conflict, ranging from ‘skirmishes and clashes’ to ‘major war’ (as measured by death tolls). Within our Diocese we marked the third
anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine this month, a significant escalation of a war that has rumbled since 2014. The number of casualties, internally displaced people and refugees ishigh, with over 6 million in Europe.
In 2022, USPG and the Diocese in Europe partnered in an appeal for funds to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in Ukraine and refugee needs in neighbouring countries. We have trusted church-related partner organisations on the ground who are delivering vital support to the
survivors of the hostilities. This Lent, we want to build on the transforming work of that earlier Appeal which supported refugees from Ukraine and broaden it to include projects which also support refugees from elsewhere, and in other parts of Europe.
Lent is the time when we remember and re-enact in our worship and our spiritual disciplines the wilderness time of both Jesus and the Israelites. Experiencing the ‘wilderness’ of self-denial from the relative safety and comfort many of us enjoy is very different from the wilderness in which many
asylum seekers find themselves, with no sense of when the promised land might be entered and uncertainty about the provision of daily bread. Families are left with vivid memories of the traumatic events that led them to where they are now. Beyond meeting immediate needs, this Appeal will go towards providing long-term support, helping refugees buildnew lives in foreign lands. Support workers and volunteers working in the projects offer emotional and pastoral care, creating opportunities for refugees to gather, learn, and be creative together. Many refugees have shared what they’ve learned with others, creating a network of support and empowerment within the displaced community. The journey of refugees is far from over, and the projects remain a lifeline for so many who have lost everything.

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26/02/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service for Sunday 2nd March – 8th in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 158 (Llangloffan) We praise thy name, all-holy Lord

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 92

Gradual: 245 (Ar Hyd Y Nos) God, that madest earth and heaven

Offertory: 383 (Aberystwyth) Jesu, Lover of my soul

Communion: 445 (Petra) Rock of ages, cleft for me

Recessional: 215 (Harts) Captains of the saintly band

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

 

A reading from Ecclesiasticus (27: 5-8)

In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk.  The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation.  The orchard where a tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man’s words betray what he feels.

Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of men.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 92: It is good to give you thanks, O Lord

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning

and your truth in the watches of the night. (Response)

 

The just will flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a Lebanon cedar. (Response)

 

Planted in the house of the Lord

they will flourish in the courts of our God, still bearing fruit when they are old,

still full of sap, still green,

to proclaim that the Lord is just.

In him, my rock, there is no wrong. (Response)

 

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David & Spear Blog
20/02/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service Sheet for Sunday 23rd February, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Terry Hemming

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 427 (Laudate Dominum) O praise ye the Lord!

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103 (536 in the New English Hymnal)

Gradual: 499 (St.Cecilia) Thy kindgom come, O God

Offertory: 461 (Cross of Jesus) There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

Communion: 294 (Saffron Walden) Just as I am, without one plea

Recessional: 359 (Duke Street) Fight the good fight with all thy might

 

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

 

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the first book of Samuel (26: 2, 7-9, 11-13, 22-23)

 

Saul set off and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand men chosen from Israel to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

In the dark David and Abishai made their way towards the force, where they found Saul lying asleep inside the camp, his spear stuck in the ground beside his head, with Abner and the troops lying round him.

Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today God has put your enemy in your power; so now let me pin him to the ground with his own spear. Just one stroke! I will not need to strike him twice.’ David answered Abishai, ‘Do not kill him, for who can lift his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be without guilt? The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed! But now take the spear beside his head and the pitcher of water and let us go away.’ David took the spear and the pitcher of water from beside Saul’s head, and they made off. No one saw, no one knew, no one woke up; they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

David crossed to the other side and halted on the top of the mountain a long way off; there was a wide space between them. He called out, ‘Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the soldiers come across and take it. The Lord repays everyone for his uprightness and loyalty. Today the Lord put you in my power, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103: The Lord is compassion and love

(text at 536 in the New English Hymnal)

 

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (15: 45-49)

The first man, Adam, as scripture says, became a living soul; but the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit. That is, first the one with the soul, not the spirit, and after that, the one with the spirit. The first man, being from the earth, is earthly by nature; the second man is from heaven. As this earthly man was, so are we on earth; and as the heavenly man is, so are we in heaven. And we, who have been modelled on the earthly man, will be modelled on the heavenly man.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new commandment:

love one another just as I have loved you,

says the Lord. Alleluia!

 

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (6: 27-38)

Glory to you, O Lord.

 

 

O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended

against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect for Sexagesima, or the Second Sunday before Lent)

 

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 26th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 2nd March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass

Weds. 5th March: 10 a.m.; Ash Wednesday (Sung Mass)

Weds. 5th March: 6:30 p.m.; Ash Wednesday (Low Mass)

 

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin Coffee Morning: March 13th (Thursday) 10:30 a.m.

Choral Evensong (Evening Prayer): 16th March (6 p.m.)

 

Please bring palm crosses from last year (or previous years) to be burned for ashes for Ash Wednesday.

 

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code:

the Church does not receive anyQR Code

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors.

We thank you for your support.

 

 

 

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;   Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)           697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

 

 

2nd before lent blog
12/02/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service for Sunday 16th February, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 343 (Redhead No. 46) Bright the vision that delighted

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 1

Gradual: 369 (Binchester) Happy are they, they that love God

Offertory: 333 (Michael) All my hope on God is founded

Communion: 341 (Franconia) Blest are the pure in heart

Recessional: 391 (Gwalchmai) King of glory, King of peace

 

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

 

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

 

 

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (17: 5-8)

 

The Lord says this:

‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,

who relies on things of flesh, whose heart turns from the Lord.

He is like dry scrub in the wastelands: if good comes, he has no eyes for it, he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,

a salt land, uninhabited.

 

‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope.

He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green;

it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 1: Happy the man who has put his trust in the Lord

 

Happy indeed is the man

who follows not the counsel of the wicked; nor lingers in the way of sinners

nor sits in the company of scorners, but whose delight is the law of the Lord

and who ponders his law day and night. (Response)

 

He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters,

that yields its fruit in due season

and whose leaves shall never fade;

and all that he does shall prosper. (Response)

 

Not so are the wicked, not so! For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind:

for the Lord guards the way of the just

but the way of the wicked leads to doom. (Response)

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Scrolls
06/02/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service for Sunday 9th February 2025, 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 146 (Nicaea) Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty

Responsorial  Psalm:

Gradual: 377 (St. Denio) Immortal, invisible, God only wise

Offertory: 410 (Westminster) My God, how wonderful thou art

Communion: 353 (Repton) Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Recessional: 486 (Fulda) We have a gospel to proclaim

 

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

 

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

 

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (6: 1-8)

 

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord of Hosts seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings.

And they cried out to one another in this way,

 

‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts. His glory fills the whole earth.’

 

The foundations of the threshold shook with the voice of the one who cried out, and the Temple was filled with smoke. I said:

 

‘What a wretched state I am in! I am lost,

for I am a man of unclean lips

and I live among a people of unclean lips,

and my eyes have looked at the King, the Lord of Hosts.’

 

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in his hand a live coal which he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. With this he touched my mouth and said:

‘See now, this has touched your lips, your sin is taken away,

your iniquity is purged.’

 

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

 

‘Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?’ I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’

 

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 138: Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord.

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Candlemas (1)
29/01/2025 In Sermons & Services

Service Sheet for Sunday 2nd February – The Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 157 (Old 120th) Hail to the Lord who comes

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 24

Gradual: 44 (Pastor Pastorum) Faithful vigil ended

Offertory: 401 (Regent Square) Light’s abode, celestial salem

Communion: 399 (Rochester) Light of the lonely pilgrim’s heart

Final: Sheet (Christ be our light) Longing for light, we wait in darkness

 

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

 

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England.  All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

 

A reading from the Book of Malachi (3: 1-4)

The Lord God says this: Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will sud-

denly enter his Temple; and the angel of the covenant whom you

are longing for, yes, he is coming, says the Lord of Hosts. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he is like the refiner’s fire and the fullers’ al- kali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and then they will make the offering to the Lord as it should be made. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be welcomed by the Lord as in for- mer days, as in the years of old.

The word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 24: Who is the king of glory? It is the Lord.

 

O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors.

Let him enter, the king of glory! (Response)

 

Who is the king of glory?

The Lord, the mighty, the valiant,

the Lord, the valiant in war. (Response)

 

O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors.

Let him enter, the king of glory! (Response)

 

Who is he, the king of glory?

He, the Lord of armies,

he is the king of glory. (Response)

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