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31/01/2018 In Blog News, Sermons & Services

Sunday Sermon | 21 January 2018

I once saw and interesting clip on television. Someone stood still in a public square and looked upwards, staring into the sky. It wasn’t long until others stopped and gazed upwards, or glanced skyward to see what it was that others were staring at. Maybe I should try it in Syntagma some time.

We are now in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – always a challenging week in many respects. The Christian church is a kaleidoscope of different expressions.READ MORE

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15/01/2018 In Blog News

Happy New Year!

Community Connect Athens met for the first time in 2018 last Wednesday. Greetings of ‘Chronia Polla’, and ‘Happy New Year’ filled the air and the Vassilopitta was cut producing not just one but two lucky winners of the Golden Coin which, according to tradition, brings a year of good luck. 

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04/01/2018 In Blog News

First coffee morning of 2018

The first Community Connect Coffee Morning of 2018 will take place next Wednesday 10th January at the Swedish Centre, Diadalou 18, Plaka Athens, between 10.30 – 12.30 hrs.

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03/01/2018 In Blog News

Nativity Play

This morning, Sunday 24th December, was the first time in many years that there was a Nativity Play in St. Paul’s Athens.

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03/01/2018 In Blog News, Sermons & Services

Christmas 2017

We often expect to see some good films over the Christmas period. I find that a really good film has deep, almost hidden religious themes, and these are enlightening. Maybe not all film directors realize this. Something new about faith can be learnt from a good movie. This was in my mind yesterday. Lynne and I had decided to go and see Paddington. It has had great reviews. I thought there could well be something I could learn before preparing my sermon for this morning.

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18/12/2017 In Blog News, Sermons & Services

Advent 3 | Thessaloniki

Is 61, 1-4, 8-end; 1 Thess 5, 16-24; John 1, 6-8, 19-28  (Canon LW Doolan)

It is not always a positive thing to be defined by what you are not. There is something of the protest in that type of approach. Protest is something I now have to live with. Being in the centre of Athens, as many of you will know, is a constant series of protests which brings a good deal of disruption in its wake.READ MORE

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05/12/2017 In Blog News

The 64th Christmas Bazaar | Sunday 26th November 2017

As we cautiously opened our shutters on Sunday morning we heaved a sigh of relief to see blue sky and sunshine.  This was a good omen for the rest of the day!

At 7.30am Nigel Daniels and his band of merry men met at the Church to attend to the herculean task of loading everything that had been collected at the Church during the previous week, onto the back of a lorry for transportation to Aegli Zappiou restaurant where the Bazaar was to be held. They then went over to Aegli to unload all the goods again and take them to their respective stalls.READ MORE