Inspired by Dr. Samuel Johnson, Jean Mertzanakis offers a new angle to approaching the psalms included in Sunday services at St. Paul’s.READ MORE
On the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s ninetieth birthday, Jean Mertzanakis shares memories of the day when she was privileged to be in her presence, albeit amid a crowd of others.READ MORE
Jean Mertzanakis explains why the palm tree, which was almost as emblematic a landmark as St. Paul’s itself, is no more… READ MORE
As we enter Holy Week and prepare for Easter Sunday -Christianity’s most important and oldest festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ- here is a reminder of the services scheduled at St. Paul’s Anglican Church over this period.READ MORE
Jean Mertzanakis, honorary secretary of the Anglican Chaplaincy in Athens, reports on the latter’s Annual General Meeting, held at St. Paul’s on Sunday 13th March.READ MORE
Fr. Malcolm shares the letter of thanks he received from the Hellenic Police’s Brigadier Emmanuel Grigorakis for the Chaplaincy’s effort to provide hot meals to migrants held at the detention centres on the outskirts of Athens.READ MORE
Jean Mertzanakis, honorary secretary of the Anglican Chaplaincy in Athens, reports on the message of thanks addressed to the Anglican community by the representative of the Greek Orthodox Church, Vassileios Meïchanestídis.READ MORE
Thursday 4th February saw the beginning of a programme jointly funded by United Society (a Church of England humanitarian organization) and donations sent to the Anglican Chaplaincy in Athens. Each week, 400 meals are distributed between two Detention Centres on the outskirts of Athens. READ MORE
We are delighted to announce that our Chaplain, the Rev. Canon Malcolm Bradshaw, has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
The citation reads as follows: ‘Rev. Canon Malcolm McNeille Bradshaw. Senior chaplain, Anglican church (Greece). For services to interfaith understanding and community charities.’
We send him our heartiest congratulations!
In recent weeks, Fr. Malcolm has received an increasing number of questions about the refugees arriving in Greece and the response of the Anglican Church in Athens to this ongoing humanitarian crisis. In order to inform the greatest number possible, he has summarized the Chaplaincy’s response to the refugee crisis since last September.