14/04/2022
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St Paul’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 3rd April 2022
Reports for the preceding year submitted to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) held at St Paul’s on Sunday 3rd April 2022.
Click this link to access the reports
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Service for Easter Sunday – 17th April 2022
The Anglican Church in Greece
Happy Easter! Welcome to our Easter Sunday worship. After the Liturgy there is an Easter breakfast in the church garden. Please remember about social distancing and be sensitive to people’s concerns about proximity/mask wearing.
Hymn 112 Jesus Lives!
Priest: Alleluia! Christ is risen
All: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
The priest then welcomes the people of God and the deacon leads us into Confession.
Silence
Deacon: Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life.
Kyrie eleison
All: Kyrie eleison
Deacon: Lord Jesus, you forgive us our sins.
Christe eleison
All: Christe eleison
Deacon: Lord Jesus, you feed us with the living bread.
Kyrie eleison
All: Kyrie eleison
Absolution: May the God of love and power forgive you and free you from your sins, heal and strengthen you by his Spirit, and raise you to new life in Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gloria: Glory in the highest to the God of heavens:
Peace to all your people through the earth be given.
Mighty God and Father, thanks and praise we bring,
Singing Alleluia! To the heavenly King.
Jesus Christ is risen, God the Father’s Son;
With the Holy Spirit, you are Lord alone.
Lamb once killed for sinners, all our guilt to bear,
Show us now your mercy, now receive our prayer.
Christ the world’s true Saviour, high and holy one,
Seated now and reigning from your Father’s throne:
Lord and God, we praise you! Highest heaven adores:
In the Father’s glory, all the praise be yours!
05/04/2022
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Service for Palm Sunday – 10th April 2022
Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. Great (Holy) Week begins today in the ‘Latin Calendar’. We will begin outside with the blessing of palm crosses and process into church. Do stay for coffee in the church garden after the Liturgy.
The presiding priest and preacher is Fr. Leonard, Senior Chaplain. The deacon is The Revd. Deacon Christine Saccali.
Liturgy of Palms (in the Garden)
All: Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: Behold your king comes to you, O Zion, meek and lowly, sitting upon an ass. Ride on in the cause of truth and for the sake of justice. Your throne is the throne of God, it endures for ever; and the sceptre of your kingdom is a righteous sceptre. You have loved righteousness and hated evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
All: Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Priest: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, during Lent we have been preparing by works of love and self-sacrifice for the celebration of our Lord’s death and resurrection. Today we come together to begin this solemn celebration in union with the Church throughout the world. Christ enters his own city to complete his work as our Saviour, to suffer, to die, and to rise again. Let us go with him in faith and love, so that, united with him in his sufferings, we may share his risen life.
The people hold up palms or branches while this prayer is said by the priest
God our Saviour, whose Son Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as Messiah to suffer and to die; let these palms + be for us signs of his victory and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
We now process around the church, and as we do so we sing:
We have a King who rides a donkey, we have a King who rides a donkey
We have a King who rides a donkey, and his name is Jesus.
Jesus the King is with us, Jesus us the King is with us, Jesus the King is with us
Riding on a donkey.
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
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Service for the 5th Sunday in Lent – Passion Sunday – 3rd April 2022
Welcome to St. Paul’s Athens especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens. There is coffee in the garden after the liturgy. This will be followed by the Annual Meeting. Printed reports are available to read during coffee.
The presiding priest and preacher is Fr. Leonard. The deacon is Deacon Christine.
At the door (please turn)
[Priest: 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 86 (omit *verses) My Song is love unknown
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 and stillness follows
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
Absolution: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you your sins, and bring to everlasting life. Amen.
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Flowers for Mothering Sunday
These colourful posies for Mothering Sunday, following our Anglican tradition, were made up by Shirley Poulakis, and were greatly appreciated by the ladies in the congregation after two years of lockdown.
22/03/2022
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Service Sheet for the 4th Sunday in Lent, 27th March 2022
MOTHERING SUNDAY
Welcome to St. Paul’s. If you are visiting, or here
for the first time please do stay behind for coffee
in the church garden after the Liturgy. Today we celebrate Mothering Sunday.
Presiding Priest: Fr. Leonard Doolan Preacher: Fr. Leonard
Deacon: Revd Deacon Christine
Entrance Hymn 395 Let bells peal forth
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Priest: The Lord be with you
All: And also with you
Welcome
Words by Jonny Baker, taken from the book: ‘The Hospitality of God’ by Michael Perham
Deacon: All are invited, all are included
All are made welcome, none are excluded
This is the table of Christ
Come if you’re young, come if you’re old
Come if you’re broken, come if you’re whole
Come if you’re weary of the trials of life
This is the table of Christ.
Introduction
The priest welcomes everyone and introduces the service – all are invited to receive Holy Communion.
Confession
There will be a short moment of silence as we bring to mind our wrongdoings
Deacon: Lord, you are gracious and compassionate:
Lord, have mercy.
All: Lord, have mercy.
Deacon: You are loving to all and your mercy is over all your creation:
Christ, have mercy.
All: Christ, have mercy.
Deacon: Your faithful servants bless your name and speak of your glory:
Lord, have mercy.
All: Lord, have mercy.
Absolution (as we hear the words of God’s forgiveness)
Collect
The Priest then prays the collect for the day
God of love, passionate and strong, tender and full of care; watch over us and hold us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
20/03/2022
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EASTER LILIES (In Memorium)
This lovely St. Paul’s tradition continues. The names of your loved ones can be included in our Easter Book of Remembrance – just email them to Nelly at nelly.parask@gmail.com and your lily will be added to the beautiful floral displays in church. The final date for submission is April 13th.
If you would like to make a donation in their memory you can do so through e-banking or Paypal when you visit our website: www.anglicanchurchathens.gr – just click on Support St. Paul’s – Donations for details, giving your name and ‘Easter Lilies’ or you can see Nelly in church.
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Service Sheet for the Third Sunday in Lent – 20th March 2022
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 is Fr. Bjorn Kling of the Swedish Church. The deacon and preacher is 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 465 Thou didst leave thy throne
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 assistant 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)
Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
