Audio Sermon for Sunday 4th May, Easter 3

Preached by Fr Leonard Doolan – St Paul’s Athens

Service Sheet for Sunday 4th May – Third Sunday of Easter

Celebrant Fr Leonard Doolan

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 351 (Neander) Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 30

Gradual: 200 (St. Andrew) Jesus calls us! o’er the tumult

Offertory: 476 (Paderborn) Ye servants of God, your master proclaim

Communion: Sheet (St Bees) Hark, my soul! it is the Lord

Final: 117 (Ellacombe) The day of resurrection! earth, tell it out abroad All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (5: 27-32, 40-41)

The high priest demanded an explanation of the Apostles. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience to God comes before obedi- ence to men; it was the God of our ancestors who raised up Jesus, but it was you who had him executed by hanging on a tree. By his own right hand God has now raised him up to be leader and saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins through him to Israel. We are wit- nesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.’ They warned the apostles not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. And so they left the presence of the Sanhe- drin glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 30: I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me

I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me

and have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead,

restored me to life from those who sink into the grave. (Response)

Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him, give thanks to his holy name.

His anger lasts a moment; his favour all through life.

At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn. (Response)

The Lord listened and had pity. The Lord came to my help.

For me you have changed my mourning into dancing:

O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever. (Response)

A reading from the Apocalpse of John the Theologian (5: 11-14)

In my vision, I, John, heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the animals and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, shouting, ‘The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.’ Then I heard all the living things in creation – everything that lives in the air, and on the ground, and under the ground, and in the sea, crying, ‘To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.’ And the four animals said, ‘Amen’; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Lord Jesus, explain the Scriptures to us.

Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (21: 1 – 19)

Glory to you, O Lord.(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Communion Hymn (tune: St. Bees)

• Hark, my soul! it is the Lord; ‘tis thy Saviour, hear his word;

Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,

‘Say, poor sinner, lov’st thou me?

• ‘I delivered thee when bound, and, when wounded, healed thy wound;

sought thee wandering, set thee right,

turned thy darkness into light.

• ‘Can a woman’s tender care

cease towards the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be,

yet will I remember thee.

• ‘Mine is an unchanging love, higher than the heights above,

deeper than the depths beneath, free and faithful, strong as death.

• ‘Thou shalt see my glory soon, when the work of grace is done; partner of my throne shalt be:

say, poor sinner, lov’st thou me?’

• Lord, it is my chief complaint that my love is weak and faint; yet I love thee, and adore;

O for grace to love thee more!

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inesti- mable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect: Second Sunday after Easter)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 7th May: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 11th May: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter IV)

Coffee Morning: 8th May, church garden; 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. Quiz Evening: 16th May, Apollonos 6, please register interest with Jean Mertzanakis.

Spring Bazaar: 31st May, church garden

Study group & pilgrimage walking group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;   Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

Deacon Christine Saccali :  (Day Off: Friday)     697 737 7655

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 27th April, Low Sunday

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 106 (Ave Virgo Virginum) Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 118

Gradual: 107 (Vulpius) Good Christian men, rejoice and sing

Offertory: 173 (St. Audrey) Blessed Thomas, doubt no longer

Communion: 116 (St. Matthew) O praise our great and glorious Lord

Final: 125 (Filii et Filiae) Ye sons and daughters of the King

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (5: 12-16)

The faithful all used to meet by common consent in the Portico of Solomon. No one else ever dared to join them, but the people were loud in their praise and the numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily. So many signs and wonders were worked among the people at the hands of the apostles that the sick were even taken out into the streets and laid on beds and sleep- ing-mats in the hope that at least the shadow of Peter might fall across some of them as he went past. People even came crowding in from the towns round about Jerusalem, bringing with them their sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were cured.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 118: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’

Let the sons of Aaron say: ‘His love has no end.’

Let those who fear the Lord say:

‘His love has no end.’ (Response)

The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone.

This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes.

This day was made by the Lord;

we rejoice and are glad. (Response)

O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant success.

Blessed in the name of the Lord is he who comes.

We bless you from the house of the Lord; the Lord God is our light. (Response)

A reading from the Apocalypse of John the Theologian (1: 9-13, 17-19))

My name is John, and through our union in Jesus I am your brother and share your sufferings, your kingdom, and all you endure. I was on the is- land of Patmos for having preached God’s word and witnessed for Jesus; it was the Lord’s day and the Spirit possessed me, and I heard a voice behind me, shouting like a trumpet, ‘Write down all that you see in a book.’ I turned round to see who had spoken to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands and, surrounded by them, a figure like a Son of man, dressed in a long robe tied at the waist with a golden girdle.

When I saw him, I fell in a dead faint at his feet, but he touched me with his right hand and said, ‘Do not be afraid; it is I, the First and the Last; I am the Living One, I was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of the underworld. Now write down all that you see of present happenings and things that are still to come.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Jesus said: ‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’ Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (20: 19-31)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you,

Lord Jesus Christ

…………………………………………………

Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification: Grant us so to

put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of

the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect: First Sunday after Easter)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 30th April: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (to be confirmed)

Sun. 4th May: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter III)

Weds. 7th May: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (to be confirmed)

Sun. 11th May: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter IV)

Thanks to those who contributed food, served, and washed dishes at last Sunday’s Easter breakfast.

Any who wish to help – serving, reading, interceding, at refreshments &c. – please speak to Father Benjamin, or to Oliver Knight.

Coffee Morning: 8th May (Thursday) 10:30-12:30; church garden Spring Bazaar: 31st May (Saturday); church garden.

Walking Group & Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service sheet for Sunday 20th April 2025 – Easter Sunday

Diocese in Europe

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 124 (St. Fulbert) Ye choirs of new Jerusalem

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 118 (539 in the New English Hymnal)

Gradual: 123 (Dun Aluinn) Walking in a garden

Offertory: 110 (Easter Hymn) Jesus Christ is risen today, alleluya!

Communion: 121 (This Joyful Eastertide) This joyful Eastertide

After Communion: 113 (Savannah) Love’s redeeming work is done

Final: 120 (Maccabeus) Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son

All are welcome to stay for the Easter breakfast after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (10: 34; 37-43)

Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those wit- nesses – we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to

tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 118: This is the day of the Lord; we re- joice and are glad. (text at 539 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Colossians (3: 1-4)

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at

God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now

the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed:

let us celebrate the feast then, in the Lord. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (20: 1-9)

Glory to you, O Lord.

It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had

been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’

So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter,

reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following

now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was

not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand

the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you,

Lord Jesus Christ

The anthem sung by the choir after Holy Communion is a setting of Isaiah 48: 20, “with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth” by Martin Shaw (1875-1958).

Almighty God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus

Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of ev- erlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy

Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect for Easter Sunday)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 23rd April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass in Easter Week

Sat. 26th April: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong in Easter Week (Evening Prayer)

Sun. 27th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Low Sunday)

Weds. 30th April: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer

Study Group & Pilgrimage Walking Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Spring Bazaar: 31st May (in the church garden)

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 13th April 2025, Palm Sunday, Lent VI

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens, Diocese iin Europe

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional I: 509 (St. Theodulph) All glory, laud, and honour

Processional II: 511 (Winchester New) Ride on, ride on in majesty

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 22

Gradual: 92 (Horsley) There is a green hill far away

Offertory: 86 (Love Unknown) My song is love unknown

Communion: 90 (Passion Chorale) O sacred head, sore wounded

Final: 81 (Das ist meine freude) Dost thou truly seek renown

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

The gospel is read at the procession with palms: St. Luke: 19: 28-40 A reading from the Book of Isaiah (50: 4-7)

The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue.

So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech.

Each morning he wakes me to hear, to listen like a disciple.

The Lord has opened my ear.

For my part, I made no resistance, neither did I turn away.

I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;

I did not cover my face against insult and spittle.

The Lord comes to my help,

so that I am untouched by the insults. So, too, I set my face like flint;

I know I shall not be shamed.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 22: My God, my God, why have your for- saken me?

All who see me deride me.

They curl their lips, they toss their heads.

‘He trusted in the Lord, let him save him;

let him release him if this is his friend.’ (Response)

Many dogs have surrounded me,

a band of the wicked beset me.

They tear holes in my hands and my feet

I can count every one of my bones. (Response)

They divide my clothing among them.

They cast lots for my robe.

O Lord, do not leave me alone,

my strength, make haste to help me! (Response)

I will tell of your name to my brethren

and praise you where they are assembled. ‘You who fear the Lord give him praise;

all sons of Jacob, give him glory.

Revere him, Israel’s sons. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (2: 6-11) His state was divine,

yet Christ Jesus did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are;

and being as all men are, he was humbler yet,

even to accepting death, death on a cross.

But God raised him high and gave him the name

which is above all other names

so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus

and that every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

Christ was humbler yet,

even to accepting death, death on a cross.

But God raised him high

and gave him the name which is above all names.

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (22: 14 – 23: 56)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Sunday Next Before Easter)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Tues. 15th April: 7: 30 p.m.; Invitation to Church of the Metamorphosis Weds. 16th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: 7 p.m.; Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: 2 p.m.; Good Friday

Sat. 19th April: 8: 30 p.m.; Easter Vigil

Sun. 20th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter Sunday); Easter Breakfast Please speak to Matilda Amartey about contributing to the Easter Breakfast Children’s Picnic and Activities in the garden today from 12: 30 p.m. – 2: 30 p.m.

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;    

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali :  (Day Off: Friday)     697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 6th April – Fifth Sunday of Lent

Beginning of Passiontide

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 60 ( Jesu Corona) O kind Creator, bow thine ear

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 126

Gradual: 91 (Batty) Sweet the moments, rich in blessing

Offertory: 62 (Herzliebster Jesu) Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended

Communion: 76 (Breslau) Take up thy cross, the Saviour said

Recessional: 79 (Vexilla Regis) The royal banners forward go

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received

A reading from the Book of Joshua (5: 9-12)

Thus says the Lord,

who made a way through the sea, a path in the great waters;

who put chariots and horse in the field

and a powerful army

which lay there never to rise again,

snuffed out, put out like a wick:

No need to recall the past,

no need to think about what was done before. See, I am doing a new deed,

even now it comes to light; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, paths in the wilds.

The wild beasts will honour me, jackals and ostriches,

because I am putting water in the wilderness (rivers in the wild)

to give my chosen people drink.

The people I have formed for myself will sing my praises.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 126: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,

on our lips there were songs. (Response)

The heathens themselves said: ‘What marvels the Lord worked for them!’

What marvels the Lord worked for us!

Indeed we were glad. (Response)

Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land.

Those who are sowing in tears

will sing when they reap. (Response)

They go out, they go out, full of tears, carrying seed for the sowing:

they come back, they come back, full of song,

carrying their sheaves. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (3: 8-14)

I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no longer trying for per- fection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ, and is from God and based on faith. All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my place in the resurrec- tion of the dead. Not that I have become perfect yet: I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –

come back to me with all your heart, for I am all tenderness and compassion.

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (8: 1-11)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy

people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect: Lent V)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Weds. 9th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun.

13th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Palm Sunday)

Weds. 16th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: 7 p.m.; Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: 2 p.m.; Good Friday

Sat. 19th April: 8: 30 p.m.; Easter Vigil

Sun. 20th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter Sunday); Easter Breakfast

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m., in the church garden) Church of Sweden’s Spring Bazaar continues at Apollonos 6.

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collaborative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;  

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church email address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 30th March 2025, Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mothering Sunday

DON’T FORGET THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD BY ONE HOUR THIS MORNING

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Diocese in Europe

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 185 (Abbot’s Leigh) Sing we of the blessed Mother

Congregational Psalm: 467 (Ps. 34) Through all the changing scenes of life

Gradual: 339 (Slane) Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart

Offertory: 161 (St Botolph) For Mary, Mother of the Lord

Communion: 77 (University) The God of love my Shepherd is

Recessional: 493 (Wareham) Rejoice, O land, in God thy might

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Book of Joshua (5: 9-12)

The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have taken the shame of Egypt away from you.’

The Israelites pitched their camp at Gilgal and kept the Passover there on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening in the plain of Jericho. On the morrow of the Passover they tasted the produce of that country, unleavened bread and roasted ears of corn, that same day. From that time, from their first eating of the produce of that country, the manna stopped falling. And having manna no longer,

the Israelites fed from that year onwards on what the land of Canaan yielded.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Congregational Psalm: Ps. 34: 467 in the New English Hymnal (tune: Wiltshire)

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (5: 17-21)

For anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God’s work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in

Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not holding men’s faults against them, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were

appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! I will leave this place and go to my father and say:

‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’ Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (15: 1-3, 11-32)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Lent, Passiontide & Easter Services

Weds., 2nd April: (10 a.m.) Morning Prayer, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun., 6th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Lent V (Passiontide begins) Weds. 9th April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass, followed by Stations of the Cross

Sunday 13th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Palm Sunday

Tues. 15th April: (7:30 p.m.) Invitation to Church of the Metamorphosis, Plaka

Weds. 16th April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: (7 p.m.) Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: (2 p.m.) Good Friday (Celebration of the Lord’s Passion)

Saturday 19th April: (8:30 p.m.) Easter Vigil

Sunday 20th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Easter Sunday

Wednesday 23rd April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass in Easter Week

Saturday 26th April: (6 p.m.) Choral Evensong in Easter Week

Sunday 27th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Low Sunday (Easter I)

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

(1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18)

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. (BCP Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Weds. 2nd April: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun. 6th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent V)

Next Sunday is the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), which shall be held after the service. All those who are on the electoral roll are encouraged to attend.

Easter Lilies: please give names to Terry Kreid.

After the liturgy today, during refreshments, Mr. Ian Geary shall give a presentation about his recent publication Faith, Politics, and Belonging.

Picnic & Children’s activities (to be confirmed): Palm Sunday (13th) Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m.)

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found  Here or on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any funding from the Church of England or the British Government and

is reliant on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church email address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 23rd March, Third Sunday of Lent

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens

Diocese in Europe

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 434 (University College) Oft in danger, oft in woe

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103

Gradual: 72 (Olivet) My faith looks up to thee

Offertory: 70 (Southwell) Lord Jesus, think on me

Communion: 275 (Liebster Jesu) Blessed Jesu, Mary’s son

Recessional: 59 (Jena) Now is the healing time decreed

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Book of Exodus (3: 1-8, 13-15)

Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up. ‘I must go and look at this strange sight,’ Moses said, ‘and see why the bush is not burnt.’ Now the Lord saw him go forward to look, and God called to him from the middle of the bush. ‘Moses, Moses!’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ Moses answered. ‘Come no nearer,’ he said. ‘Take off your shoes, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. I am the God

of your fathers,’ he said, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ At this Moses covered his face, afraid to look at God.

And the Lord said, ‘I have seen the miserable state of my people in Egypt. I have heard their appeal to be free of their slave-drivers. Yes, I am well aware of their sufferings. I mean to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land to a land

rich and broad, a land where milk and honey flow, the home of the Ca- naanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.’

Then Moses said to God, ‘I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them?’ And God said to Moses, ‘I Am who I Am. This,’ he added, ‘is what you must say to the sons of Israel: “I Am has sent me to you.”’ And God also said to Moses, ‘You are to say to the sons of Israel: “The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name for all time; by this name I shall be invoked for all generations to come.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103: The Lord is compassion and love

(text at 536 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (10: 1-6, 10-12)

I want to remind you, brothers, how our fathers were all guided by a cloud above them and how they all passed through the sea. They were all baptised into Moses in this cloud and in this sea; all ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink, since they all drank from the spiritual rock that followed them as they went, and that rock was Christ. In spite of this, most of them failed to please God and their corpses lit- tered the desert.

These things all happened as warnings for us, not to have the wicked lusts for forbidden things that they had. You must never complain: some of them did, and they were killed by the Destroyer.

All this happened to them as a warning, and it was written down to be a lesson for us who are living at the end of the age. The man who thinks he is safe must be careful that he does not fall.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! Repent, says the Lord,

for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (13: 1-9)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Prayer after Communion

We beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of

thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 26th March: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 30th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent IV; Mothering Sunday)

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m.)

Annual Parochial Church Meeting: Sunday, April 6th (12 p.m.)

Pilgrimage to Corinth (29th March) (register interest with Fr. Benjamin)

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mis- sion Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code.  The Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 16th March 2025, Second Sunday of Lent

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Diocese in Europe

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 63 (St. Bernard) All ye who seek a comfort sure

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 27

Gradual: 64 (Abridge) Be thou my guardian and my guide

Offertory: 148 (Leoni) The God of Abraham Praise

Communion: 433 (Hanover) O worship the King, all glorious above

Recessional: 431 (Hereford) O Thou who camest from above

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in­­­­­ Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.­

A reading from the Book of Genesis (15: 5-12, 17-18)

Taking Abram outside, the Lord said, ‘Look up to heaven and count the stars if you can.’ ‘Such will be your descendants,’ he told him. Abram put his faith in the Lord, who counted this as making him justified.

‘I am the Lord’ he said to him ‘who brought you out of Ur of the Chal- daeans to make you heir to this land.’ ‘My Lord,’ Abram replied ‘how am I to know that I shall inherit it?’ He said to him, ‘Get me a three-year- old heifer, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon.’ He brought him all these, cut them in half and put half on one side and half facing it on the other; but the birds he did not cut in half. Birds of prey came down on the carcases but Abram drove them off.

Now as the sun was setting Abram fell into a deep sleep, and terror seized him. When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, there ap- peared a smoking furnace and a firebrand that went between the halves. That day the Lord made a Covenant with Abram in these terms:

‘To your descendants I give this land, from the wadi of Egypt to the Great River.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

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