Evensong blog
Scola Cantorum

30th Choral Evensong (Christmas)

30th Choral Evensong at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Sunday, December 22nd, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Philellinon 27, 10557 Syntagma.

Cantores & Cappella Sancti Pauli conducted by Iason Marmaras

Minister: The Reverend Canon Leonard Doolan

free admission and retiring collection

 

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After the service arias from Handel’s Messiah will be sung by Marina Theodoropoulou, Alexandra Plessia and Clair Zerva.

The Renaissance Choral Evensong services at St Paul’s are organised by the Schola Cantorum Sancti Pauli, the Athens Centre for Early Music (of the Ατhens Conservatory), and St Paul’s Anglican Church.

The Cappella Sancti Pauli, under the direction of Iason Marmaras, sing a series of Choral Evensong services that aim to revive the musical and liturgical practice at Cathedrals and Chapels during the Renaissance, but also the music as experienced by musicians in those times, seeing the music as a functional part of the liturgy, rather than as a building block for concerts.

 

Christingle Blog

CHRISTINGLE SERVICE AT ST PAUL’S

This Sunday’s 10.15 Liturgy will be a Christingle Service and we hope many families will attend. For those who have not attended a Christingle service before here are some details about what it’s all about:

The symbolism of Christingle

Each element of a Christingle has a special meaning and helps to tell the Christian story:

The orange represents the world
The red ribbon (or tape) symbolises the love and blood of Christ
The four cocktail sticks represent the four corners of the earth
The sweets and dried fruit represent all of God’s creations,
The lit candle represents Jesus’s light in the world, bringing hope to people living in darkness.

It is traditional at a Christingle Service to bring along a present for underprivileged children and this year we will be collecting new toys for Hestia Hellas.

Special Services Blog

Special Services at St Paul’s during December 2019

From traditional to contemporary, there is something for everyone to enjoy at St Paul’s this December.

Our festive Christmas singalong on Sunday 8th December, is a hit with the whole family with songs both old and new and traditional carols being sung all washed down with warm mulled wine and Panetone.  Fr Leonard conducting “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is the real highlight of the evening.  There will be a 5€ entry charge for those aged 16yrs+  and a retiring collection.  Arrive early to obtain a seat!

 

Our Choral Evensong  with the Scola Cantorum takes place on 22nd December and the traditional service of Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve brings a more reflective side to the season.

 

There will be no Singalong Messiah this year, but save your voices for next December – we’ll be back!

 

Check out St Paul’s Calendar here for full details of dates and times

 

Messiah blog

Händel’s Messiah Sinfonietta Hellinica and Pantion University Choir

Saturday 21st December 2019, 20.00

“And He shall reign for ever and ever”

Händel’s most famous oratory performed by the Sinfonietta Hellinica and Pantio University Choir and soloists: Yiorgos Galanis, Sophia Papadimitropoulou, Cassandra Dimopoulou, Filipos Modinos and Dimosthenis Stavrianos. Conducted by: Yiorgos Galanis

Organised by: Sinfonietta Hellenica

 

ENTRANCE BY TICKETS: 12 euros

Information and reservations: Mob. 6934573118

my sister blog

“H adelphi mou- My sister” By Stavros Zoumboulakis

Various dates during December 2019, and January and February 2020 http://anglicanchurchathens.gr/events/category/st-pauls-calendar/2019-12/

(click here to view Calendar)
"Anyone who has not felt the pain will be a shallow and a silly person”

Periklis Moustakis directs Stavros Zoumboulakis’ experimental narrative “My Sister”.

Through the epilepsy of his sister, who sealed her life and, in another way, his own, Stavros Zoumboulakis wanted to talk about illness, pain, joy, faith and most of all about kindness and love. A text that is ultimately comforting. The author gives us a highly confessional and deeply personal narrative that reaches us through conversations with Vale, Levinas and Kamy as a major theological commentary, an existential and at the same time universal question on the subject and sickness.

Dora Stilianesi  plays the main role


Organized by: Askisi- Theatrical Company

 

ENTRANCE BY TICKETS: 14, 10 and 8 euros

Information/Tickets pre-sale: Public Stores and Ticket Services

https://tickets.public.gr/event/stavrou-zoumpoulaki-i-aderfi-mou/?lang=el

https://www.ticketservices.gr/event/stavrou-zoumpoulaki-i-aderfi-mou/?lang=el

Athenium Conservatory blog

The Athenian Conservatory presents its Guitar Ensemble and Youth Choir

Wednesday 18th December 2019, 20.00

Young guitarists and choristers will perform a programme of renaissance and classical music.

 

Organized by: The Athenian Coservatory

http://www.athinaiko-odeio.gr/atinaiko-odeio-English.htm

 

ENTRANCE BY INVITATIONS ONLY

Information and invitations: Athenian Conservatory, 96 Ayias Sofias and Mikalis, N. Smyrni, Tel. 210 9331244, e-mail: info@athinaiko-odeio.gr

 

Psarantonis blog

PSARANTONIS “Since the beginning, the world has been shaped by sound and rhythm.” Taste the Music 2

Thursday 12th December 2019, 20.30 and 22.30

 

Psarantonis, the legend of Cretan music, is known for his deep knowledge of tradition, which he describes as “ancient and at the same time young.” He represented Greece at international festivals, deeply impressing the international community. At the end of Taste the Music 2 Series, Psarantonis will move us from the stage together with Niki Xylouris, Ioannis Papatzanis and Nektarios Kontoyiannis.

 

 

Organized by: United We Fly IKE

https://www.unitedwefly.com/

Empowered by Skouras Domaine

ENTRANCE BY 2 ZONES TICKETS: 20 and 17 Euros

Information: United We Fly: Tel: 2106985340, info@unitedwefly.com

Tickets pre-sale: Viva.gr

Tel. 13855, 211 7700 000 and 211760 3000

https://www.viva.gr/tickets/music/agglikaniki-ekklisia/taste-the-music-psarantonis/

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Paaraskevas Blog

“Της ομορφιάς το άγριο φιλί» PARASKEVAS KARASOULOS Polyxeni Karakoglou and Thodoris Nikolaou

Tuesday 10th and Tuesday 17th December 2019, 20.30

 Mikri Arktos presents a musical journey into Paraskevas Karasoulos’ lyrical work, «Της ομορφιάς το άγριο φιλί»,  performed by two young singers Polyxeni Karakoglou and Thodoris Nikolaou.

 

Paraskevas Karasoulos has chosen for these two concerts songs, which since the beginning of his record label until today, had the riddle of beauty as their lyrical axis and its presence or absence in our lives.

Organized by: Mikri Arktos

https://www.mikri-arktos.gr/

 

ENTRANCE BY TICKETS: 15 and 13 euros

 

Information: Mikri Arktos, Tel. 210 7610616

Tickets pre-sale: Ticket services, Public stores

https://tickets.public.gr/event/st-paul-agglican-church-tis-omorfias-to-agrio-fili/?lang=el