Easter Sunday at St Paul’s celebrated in glorious sunshine. There was standing room only inside the church as we welcomed parishioners and visitors alike, many from Canada and the United States. Lynne Doolan organised the Easter Egg Hunt with over 20 children taking part.
The Shaker-Heights School Choir from Ohio will be performing at St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens on Tuesday 3rd April at 20.30 hrs.
Do come along and support these young people.
Entrance is free.
The 13th Choral Evensong will take place on Sunday 1st April 2018
Programme:
Preces • William Byrd (1538–1623)
Respons • Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis • Byrd; John Merbecke (c. 1510 – c. 1585)
Psalm :: 114 • Byrd; Edward Blanks (fl. ca. 1600)
Anthem :: Christ rising again • Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Sung by the Collegium & Cappella Sancti Pauli under the direction of Iason Marmaras,
leading the Worship Revd. Canon Leonard Doolan
Services for Holy Week and Easter at St Paul’s
Holy Week
Palm Sunday (March 25th)
10.15am Liturgy
Wednesday (March 28th)
10.00am Liturgy
Holy Thursday (March 29th)
7.00pm Liturgy
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Canon Leonard Doolan
We begin another journey through Lent. Our gospel reading reminds us again, as it does every year, why we set aside these forty days – kali sarakosti – which culminates for us in the Great and Holy Week and the mystery of the cross.
Today we celebrate καθαρή-δευτέρα (Clean Monday). It is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting food, a special kind of bread eaten only on that day, named ‘Lagana” (Greek λαγνα) and the widespread custom of flying kites. Eating meat, eggs and dairy products is traditionally forbidden to Orthodox Christians throughout Lent, with fish being eaten only on major feast days, but shellfish is permitted in European denominations. This has created the tradition of eating elaborate dishes based on seafood (shellfish, molluscs, fish roe etc). Traditionally, it is considered to mark the beginning of the spring season.
All around Greece the local bakers have been up all night to prepare the thousands of loaves which will be consumed today. Many bakers enhance the traditional Lagana with Olives, Onion or Garlic to accompany the delicious food that will be eaten today.READ MORE
There will be plenty of opportunity for worship and prayer during this Season of Lent at St Paul’s. Please find below details of the main events.
Ash Wednesday – 14th February: Holy Liturgy at 10.00am
Tuesdays in Lent: Hour of Silent Prayer in St. Paul’s. Dates: Feb 20th, March 6th, March 13th, March 20th, March 27th
Wednesdays in Lent: Holy Liturgy at 10.00am followed at 10.30am by a short Lent Study Group ‘All Things are Possible’ This course is prepared by USPG and focuses on the 5 International Development Goals. Dates: Feb 21st ; March 7th; March 21st; March 28th.
Thursdays in Lent: A 1 hour Bible Study at the Chaplain’s Apartment 7.00pm -8.00pm Feb 22nd; March 8th; March 15th; March 22nd.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
BISHOP’S LENT APPEAL 2018
Sustaining a Ministry of Hope for Refugees in the Calais area of France
I send you this appeal on the day when we remember the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. In all the fragility of human flesh, the baby who had been born far from home and laid in a manger is presented by his proud young parents in the Jerusalem Temple. It is a day when we especially recall the immense dignity of human nature. God not only makes human beings in his image, but redeems them by taking human nature upon himself.READ MORE
On the Third Wednesday of January our Community Connect Northern Suburbs met to celebrate the New Year by the cutting of the Traditional Vassilopitta, New Year’s Cake. Tradition has it that a coin is hidden inside the cake when it is baked, and whoever finds the coin in their slice when it is cut, is considered to have good luck for the coming year.
Community Connect Northern Suburbs, based in Kifissia, has been going for over six years and was the idea of our Deacon Chris Saccali. She recognised that there was need for friends in the Northern Suburbs to be able to meet up occasionally and share news over a cup of coffee, preferably somewhere central. READ MORE
