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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 7 – 16 September 2020

Led by Fr Leonard Doolan, Senior Chaplain Athens

10 Days based in Jerusalem and Galilee

 

“It is always very moving to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, there is so much to see and experience and learn together. St Jerome said: ‘Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four you will find in books and the one you will find in the land they call Holy. Read the fifth gospel and the world of the four will open to you”

Organised by McCabe Pilgrimages, an organisation who has been running these tours for many years, the trip will entail a 6 night stay at the Golden Walls hotel in Jerusalem visiting many Biblical and Historical sights such as The Mt of Olives, Bethlehem, The Via Dolorosa and the Dead Sea.

Thereafter a Three night stay at the Ron BeachHotel by the Sea of Galilee with visits to places associated with Jesus’ early life and ministry.

For more information and full details of the programme please click here

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

 

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66th Annual Christmas Bazaar – 24th November 2019

Our 66th Annual Christmas Bazaar will take place on Sunday 24th November at Aegli Zappiou, Athens, from 11.00 hrs to 15.30 hrs. Fantastic prizes to be won, delicious food, wine, books, Gifts, Calendars, Tea Towels, Toys, Good as New Clothes, and many more stalls.

Fr Christmas will be arriving at 12.00 so make sure you don’t miss him!

Once again we are asking for your help to make our Christmas Bazaar a success. We need:
> Small Christmas cakes, cakes and biscuits of any kind for our cake stall.
>Sandwiches and Cakes for Refreshments
>Tins or Boxes of Tea
>Home Made preserves & jams
>Books, CD’s, DVD’s, Toys (only complete jigsaws please)
>Jewellery, stationery, Christmas Decorations
>Bric-a-Brac
>Gifts
>Small prizes for the Tombola, eg perfumes, toiletries, wine, small gifts
>Good quality 2nd hand clothes.

 

COLLECTION OF GOODS AT ST PAUL’S CHURCH, FILELLINON 27, SYNTAGMA, FROM SUNDAY 17/11/19 TO SATURDAY 23/11/19 BETWEEN 10.00 AND 13.30 HRS.

Do come along – everyone welcome at this happy and enjoyable event.

 

 

 

Evensong blog

29th Choral Evensong Sunday 27th October 2019

29th Choral Evensong at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Sunday, October 27th, 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

 

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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.

Harvest Poster Blog

St Paul’s Harvest Festival Kokotos Winery

Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate our annual Harvest Festival on Sunday 27th October at the Kokotos Winery in Stamata.

There is a free coach leaving St Paul’s at 10.00hrs Sharp, (booking required). The service commences at 11.00 hrs, followed by wine tasting and an opportunity to purchase wines both before and during  the buffet lunch, cost 10€.

This is always a very enjoyable day out for all the family and a chance to get out of the town and into the countryside for the day. We have been very lucky with the weather over the past few years and pray that this current spell of warm sunshine will last for another week.

Kokotos Winery is a great friend of St Paul’s and we are very thankful that they allow us to celebrate our harvest festival so fittingly amongst the vines and grape harvest of their Winery.  Of course the wine-tasting is an added attraction to the day out but set in beautiful grounds it is an opportunity for the Chaplaincy to come together and enjoy themselves.

 

For more information and to reserve a place on the coach (first come first served) please contact:

Mrs Lynn Stavrou on:  6938 325088, or 2111 838414

 

For more information about the Kokotos Winery please click here

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Archdeaconry Synod 2019 Report from Athens.

The Athens chaplaincy has been richly blessed since September last year with the presence of the Revd. James Harris, his wife, May, and children Grace and Rose. Fr. James had come to the end of his English curacy, and before exploring where he might wish to be a parish priest, he took the bold step of coming to Athens to work in the ministry team. This was all entirely at the family’s own expense, so it was a very sacrificial year for them. Sadly, in the middle of July we said our farewells and they are now back in Bristol.

 

Fr. James adds:

“Our year in Greece has been a formative adventure for us as a whole family: we have learned much, enjoyed much, and received much. A connection has been established with this country, and with St Paul’s Church in particular, which we are sure will last long into the future and shape the rest of our lives and ministry. As a priest, this year has opened my eyes to the challenges and opportunities of the world Church (both within and beyond Anglicanism) and helped me reassess the privileges of, and priorities for, Anglicanism in England. Although it was hard to say goodbye to many people who had become an important part of our lives, we feel we are called now to bring back our learning and experiences to the UK and invest them into what we hope will be a long term season ‘at home’.”

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Candle stand blog

ST Paul’s has a new Prayer Candle Stand

A new prayer candle stand has been generously donated to us by Metropolitan Gabriel, Bishop of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia (here in Athens).  We are very grateful for his continued support to us.   When it is in place please feel encouraged to come and light a candle before or after the Holy Liturgy or during the week when the church is open.

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Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

The 28th Choral Evensong takes place at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Philellinon 27, 10557 Syntagma, on Sunday, July 14, 18.30-19.30 hrs.
Collegium & Cappella Sancti Pauli conducted by Iason Marmaras
Minister: The Reverend Canon Leonard Doolan
free admission with retiring collection.

This will be the last Evensong until September so we hope to see many of you there.

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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 choir 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.

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Quiz Evenings at St Paul’s

One of the highlights of the darker winter months is the regular Quiz Evening held every month at the Swedish Centre.

With questions set by our indomitable Quiz Master, Jean Mertzanakis, the teams made up of groups of 4 people, can be seen scratching their heads and arguing amongst themselves as they try and recall their general and particular knowledge.

This last season the quiz nights have brought in an amazing 1300 Euros to help the Chaplaincy for which we are very grateful and with a long summer ahead of us, we aim to read and study in order to face a new season of quiz nights with renewed vigour!

 

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