Service for 25th December 2024 – The Nativity of our Lord Christmas Day

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 30 (Adeste Fideles) O come, all ye faithful

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98 (see 535 in the New English Hymnal) Gradual: 39 (Puer Nobis) Unto us a boy is born (verses 1, 2, 4, 5)

Offertory: Sheet (I Saw Three Ships) I saw three ships

Communion: Sheet (Humility) See amid the winter’s snow

Recessional: 25 (God Rest You Merry) God rest you merry, Gentlemen 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 the Prophet Isaiah (52: 7-10)

How beautiful on the mountains,

are the feet of one who brings good news, who heralds peace, brings happiness, proclaims salvation,

and tells Zion, ‘Your God is king!’

Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices, they shout for joy together,

for they see the Lord face to face, as he returns to Zion.

Break into shouts of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem;

for the Lord is consoling his people, redeeming Jerusalem.

The Lord bares his holy arm in the sight of all the nations,

and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: (Ps. 98): All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God (text: 535 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (1: 1-6)

At various times in the past and in various different ways, God

spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son, the Son that he has appointed to inherit everything and through whom he made

everything there is. He is the radiant light of God’s glory and the

perfect copy of his nature, sustaining the universe by his powerful com- mand; and now that he has destroyed the defilement of sin, he has gone to take his place in heaven at the right hand of divine Majesty. So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name.

God has never said to any angel: You are my Son, today I have become your father; or: I will be a father to him and he a son to me. Again, when he brings the First-Born into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God worship him.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. A hallowed day has dawned upon us,

Come you nations, worship the Lord

for today a great light has shown down upon the earth. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (1: 1-18)

Glory to you, O Lord.

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (1: 1-6)

At various times in the past and in various different ways, God

spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son, the Son that he has appointed to inherit everything and through whom he made

everything there is. He is the radiant light of God’s glory and the

perfect copy of his nature, sustaining the universe by his powerful com- mand; and now that he has destroyed the defilement of sin, he has gone to take his place in heaven at the right hand of divine Majesty. So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name.

God has never said to any angel: You are my Son, today I have become your father; or: I will be a father to him and he a son to me. Again, when he brings the First-Born into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God worship him.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. A hallowed day has dawned upon us,

Come you nations, worship the Lord

for today a great light has shown down upon the earth. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (1: 1-18)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the Gospel reading):

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

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure

Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Thurs. 26th December: 10 a.m. (Low Mass) (St. Stephen)

Fri. 27th December: 10 a.m. (Low Mass) (St. John the Evangelist) Sat. 28th December: 10 a.m. (Low Mass) (The Holy Innocents)

Sun. 29th December: 10 a.m. (Sung Mass) (The Holy Family) Weds. 1st January: 10 a.m. (Low Mass)

Any person interested in serving during the liturgy this Christmastide

should make themselves known to Father Benjamin or to Oliver Knight.

Walking Group and 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

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 the Fourth Sunday in Advent – 22nd December 2024

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 11 (Veni Emmanuel) O come, O come, Emmanuel!

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80

Gradual: 1 (Conditor Alme) Creator of the stars of night

Offertory: 188 (Daily Daily) Ye who own the faith of Jesus

Communion: 184 (Beatitudo) Shall we not love thee, mother dear

Recessional: 9 (Helmsley) Lo! he comes with clouds descending

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 the Prophet Micah (5: 1-4)

The Lord says this:

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, out of you will be born for me the one who is to rule over Israel;

his origin goes back to the distant past, to the days of old.

The Lord is therefore going to abandon them

till the time when she who is to give birth gives birth.

Then the remnant of his brothers will come back to the sons of Israel.

He will stand and feed his flock

with the power of the Lord,

with the majesty of the name of his God.

They will live secure, for from then on he will extend his power to the ends of the land.

He himself will be peace.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: (Ps. 80): God of hosts, bring us back; let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.

O shepherd of Israel, hear us,

shine forth from your cherubim throne. O Lord, rouse up your might,

O Lord, come to our help. (Response)

God of hosts, turn again, we implore, look down from heaven and see.

Visit this vine and protect it,

the vine your right hand has planted. (Response)

May your hand be on the one you have chosen, the one you have given your strength.

And we shall never forsake you again;

give us life that we may call upon your name (Response)

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (10: 5-10)

This is what Christ said, on coming into the world:

You who wanted no sacrifice or oblation, prepared a body for me. You took no pleasure in holocausts or sacrifices for sin;

then I said, just as I was commanded in the scroll of the book, ‘God, here I am! I am coming to obey your will.’

Notice that he says first: You did not want what the Law lays down as the things to be offered, that is: the sacrifices, the oblations,

the holocausts and the sacrifices for sin, and you took no pleasure in them; and then he says: Here I am! I am coming to obey your

will. He is abolishing the first sort to replace it with the second.

And this will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. I am the handmaid of the Lord:

let what you have said be done to me. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (1: 39-45)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the Gospel reading):

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

O Lord, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speed- ily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of thy Son our

Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sun. 22nd December: 6 p.m. Choral Evensong

Tues. 24th December: 6 p.m. Nine Lessons and Carols Tues. 24th December: 11:30 p.m. Midnight Mass

Weds. 25th December: 10 a.m. Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas)

Any person interested in serving during the liturgy this Christmastide

should make themselves known to Father Benjamin or to Oliver Knight

Walking Group and 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

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 15th December, Third Sunday in Advent

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 12 (Winchester New) On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry

Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12: 2-6

Gradual: 18 (Sandys) Ye servants of the Lord

Offertory: 7 (Little Cornard) Hills of the North, rejoice

Communion: 170 (Lindeman) Lo! in the wilderness a voice

Recessional: 443 (Gopsal) Rejoice, the Lord is 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 Book of the Prophet Zephaniah (3: 14-18)

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud!

Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!

The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away.

The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear.

When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.

He will exult with joy over you, he will renew you by his love;

he will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12: 2-6: Sing and shout for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel

Truly God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear. For the Lord is my strength, my song,

he became my saviour.

With joy you will draw water

from the wells of salvation (Response)

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! make his mighty deeds known to the peoples.

declare the greatness of his name. (Response)

Sing a psalm to the Lord, for he has done glorious deeds, make them known to all the earth!

People of Zion, sing and shout for Joy

for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (4: 4-7)

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near.

There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. The spirit of the Lord has been given to me.

He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (3: 10-18)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the Gospel reading)

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

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messen- ger to prepare thy way before thee: Grant that the ministers and

stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (BCP)Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 18th December: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 22nd December: 10 a.m. Sung Mass (Advent IV)

Sun. 22nd December: 6 p.m. Choral Evensong

Tues. 24th December: 6 p.m. Nine Lessons and Carols Tues.

24th December: 11:30 p.m. Midnight Mass

Weds. 25th December: 10 a.m. Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas)

Any person interested in serving during the liturgy this Christmastide

should make themselves known to Father Benjamin or to Oliver Knight.

Carol ‘sing along’: Sun. 15th Dec. (6:00 p.m.) (5 euro admittance: includes refreshments)

Walking Group and 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

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 the Second Sunday in Advent – 8th December 2024

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 15 (St. Stephen) The Lord will come and not be slow

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126

Gradual: 4 (Cross of Jesus) Come, thou long-expected Jesus Offertory: 13 (Melita) O quickly come, dread Judge of all Communion: 14 (St. Thomas) The advent of our God Recessional: 16 (Wachet Auf) Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling

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 Baruch (5: 1-9)

Jerusalem, take off your dress of sorrow and distress,

put on the beauty of the glory of God for ever,

wrap the cloak of the integrity of God around you,

put the diadem of the glory of the Eternal on your head:

since God means to show your splendour to every nation under heaven, since the name God gives you for ever will be,

‘Peace through integrity, and honour through devotedness.’

Arise, Jerusalem, stand on the heights and turn your eyes to the east:

see your sons reassembled from west and east

at the command of the Holy One, jubilant that God has remembered

them.Though they left you on foot, with enemies for an escort, now God brings them back to you like royal princes carried back in glory. For God has decreed the flattening of each high mountain, of

the everlasting hills, the filling of the valleys to make the ground level so that Israel can walk in safety under the glory of God.

And the forests and every fragrant tree will provide shade for Israel at the command of God; for God will guide Israel in joy by the light of his glory with his mercy and integrity for escort.

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 first letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (1: 3-6, 8-11)

Every time I pray for all of you, I pray with joy, remembering how you have helped to spread the Good News from the day you first heard it right up to the present. I am quite certain that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes; and God knows how much I miss

you all, loving you as Christ Jesus loves you. My prayer is that your love for each other may increase more and more and never stop improving your knowledge and deepening your perception so that you can always recognise what is best. This will help you to become pure and blameless, and prepare you for the Day of Christ, when you will reach the perfect goodness which Jesus Christ produces in us for the glory and praise of God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Prepare a way for the Lord,

make his paths straight,

and all mankind shall see the salvation of God. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (3: 1-6)

Glory to you, O Lord.

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

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them,

read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our

Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 11th December: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 15th December.: 10 a.m. Sung Mass (Advent III)

Coffee Morning: Thursday 12th December (10:30 a.m.)

Carol ‘sing along’: Sunday 15th Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Choral Evensong: Sunday 22nd Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Service of Nine Lessons & Carols: Sunday 24th Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Midnight Mass: Tuesday 24th Dec. (11:30 p.m.)

Christmas Day: liturgy at 10:00 a.m.

Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

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 1st December 2024 – Advent Sunday

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 1 (St. Gregory) Creator of the stars of night

Congregational Psalm: Ps. 25 (Southwell)

Offertory: 11 (Veni Emmanuel) O come, O come Emmanuel!

Communion: 5 (Merton) Hark! a herald voice is calling

Recessional: 10 (Personent Hodie) Long ago, prophets knew

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy. The church’s Christmas Bazaar continues until 4:30 p.m. at the War Museum (2-4 Rizari)

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 the Prophet Jeremiah (33: 14-16)

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Congregational Psalm: Psalm 25 (tune: Southwell) To thee I lift my soul:

O Lord, I trust in thee:

My God, let me not be ashamed,

nor triumph foes o’er me.

Show me thy ways, O Lord; thy paths, O teach thou me:

And do thou lead me in thy truth,

therein my teacher be:

For thou art God that dost

to me salvation send,

And I upon thee all the day

expecting do attend.

My sins and faults of youth

do thou, O Lord, forget:

After thy mercy think on me,

and for thy goodness great.

God good and upright is:

the way he’ll sinners show

The meek in judgement he will guide

and make his path to know.

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians (3: 12-4:2)

Brothers and sisters: May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Finally, then, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to

please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Show us, O Lord, your mercy,

and grant us your salvation. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (21: 25-28: 34-36)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the Gospel reading):

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

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time

of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us

in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.(BCP Collect)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 4th December: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 8th December.: 10 a.m. Sung Mass (Advent II)

Choral Evensong: Sunday 22nd Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Coffee Morning: 12th December (10:30 a.m.)

Christmas Bazaar: 1st December (War Museum): until 4:30 p.m.

Carol ‘sing along’: Sunday 15th Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Service of Nine Lessons & Carols: Sunday 24th Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Midnight Mass: Sunday 24th Dec. (11:30 p.m.)

Christmas Morning: Sung Mass: 10:00 a.m.

Study Group & 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 for Sunday 17th November (Two sundays before Advent)

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

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

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 16

Gradual: 9 (Helmsley) Lo! he comes with clouds descending

Offertory: 252 (St. Clement) The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended; Communion: 307 (Divine Mysteries) Sweet sacrament divine; Recessional: 149 (Coelites Plaudant) Father, we praise thee, now the night is over

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 Daniel (Daniel 12: 1-3)

‘At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who mounts guard over your people. There is going to be a time of great distress, unparalleled since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, your own people will be spared, all those whose names are found written in the Book. Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting disgrace. The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of heaven, and those who have instructed many in virtue, as bright as stars for all eternity.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Resp. Psalm: Psalm 16: Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you

 O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup,

it is you yourself who are my prize.

I keep you, Lord, ever in my sight,

since you are at my right hand, I shall stand firm. (Response)

And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad; even my body shall rest in safety.

For you will not leave my soul among the dead, nor let your beloved know decay. (Response)

You will show me the path of life,

the fullness of joy in your presence,

at your right hand happiness for ever. (Response)

A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (10: 11-14, 18)

All the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins away. He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for

sins, and then taken his place forever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for him. By virtue of that one single offering, he has achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying. When all sins have been forgiven, there can be no more sin offerings.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Stay awake and stand ready,

because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man is coming.

Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark (13: 24-32)

Glory to you O Lord

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘In those days, after the time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will lose its brightness, the

stars will come falling from heaven and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in

the clouds with great power and glory; then too he will send the an- gels to gather his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends of heaven.

‘Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple

and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, at the very gates. I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place. Heaven and earth will

pass away, but my words will not pass away.

‘But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father.’

(after the Gospel reading):

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

O God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 20th November.: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 24th November.: 10 a.m. Sung Mass (Christ the King)

Choral Evensong: Sundays 24th Nov.; 22nd Dec. (6:00 p.m.) Coffee Mornings: 12th December (10:30 a.m.)

Christmas Bazaar: 1st December (Advent Sunday) (War Museum): details from churchwarden Lynn Stavrou. Church open to receive donations (books, clothes, household items &c.) from the 26th November until Saturday the 30th.

Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

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 for 10th November2024 – Remembrance Sunday

ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH ATHENS

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 354 (Melita) Eternal Father, strong to save

Congregational Psalm: (Ps. 90) 417 (St Anne) O God, our help in ages past Offertory: Sheet (Thaxted) I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above Communion: 302 (Song I) O Thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray Recessional: 489 (National Anthem) God save our gracious 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 First Book of the Kings (17: 10-16)

Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, ‘Please bring me a little water in a vessel for me to drink.’ She was set- ting off to bring it when he called after her. ‘Please’ he said ‘bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.’ ‘As the Lord your God lives,’ she replied ‘I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall die.’ But Elijah said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son. For thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel:

“Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied,

before the day when the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth.”’

The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food, she, himself and her son. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied, just as the Lord had foretold through Elijah.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (9: 24-28)

It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was only modelled on the real one; but it was heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf. And

he does not have to offer himself again and again, like the high

priest going into the sanctuary year after year with the blood that is not his own, or else he would have had to suffer over and over again since the world began. Instead of that, he has made his appearance once and for all, now at the end of the last age, to do away with

sin by sacrificing himself. Since men only die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, too, offers himself only once to take

the faults of many on himself, and when he appears a second time,

it will not be to deal with sin but to reward with salvation those who are waiting for him.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Even if you have to die, says the Lord,

keep faithful, and I will give you the crown of life.

Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark (12: 38-44)

Glory to you O Lord

(after the Gospel reading):

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

Offertory hymn:

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:

the love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;

the love that never falters, the love that pays the price, the love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there’s another country I’ve heard of long ago,

most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know; we may not count her armies, we may not see her King;

her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;

and soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace.

Almighty God, kindle, we beseech thee, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with thy wisdom those who

take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity thy dominion may increase till the earth is filled with the

knowledge of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who

liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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

Weds. 13th November: 10 a.m. Low Mass; liturgy followed by refreshments

Sun. 17th November: 10 a.m. Sung Mass; liturgy followed by refreshments

Choral Evensong: Sundays 24th Nov.; 22nd Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Armistice Day: 11th November (Phaleron War Cemetery, Alimos) (10:30 a.m.)

Coffee Mornings: 14th November; 12th December (10:30 a.m.)

Christmas Bazaar: 1st December (Advent Sunday) (War Museum)

Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

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

Liturgy of the Word for the last Sunday after Trinity, 27th October 2024

Anglican Church in Greece

St Paul’s Athens

Welcome to St Paul’s Athens,   especially if you are here for the first time or visiting Athens.

Please join us after the service for refreshments in the garden.

The worship is led by Licensed Reader Nelly Paraskevopoulou

Entrance  Hymn:  427 (Laudate Dominum) O praise ye the Lord!

Minister:  O Lord, open our lips

All:            and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Minister: Give us the joy of your saving help

All:            and sustain us with your life-giving Spirit.

Prayers of Penitence

Minister:   Jesus says, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. So let us turn away from our sin and turn to Christ, confessing our sins in penitence and faith.

All: Lord God, we have sinned against you;

       we have done evil in your sight.

       We are sorry and repent.

       Have mercy on us according to your love.

       Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.

       Renew a right spirit within us  and restore us to the joy of your salvation;

       through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Minister:  May the Father of all mercies cleanse us from our sins, and restore us

in his image to the praise and glory of his name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All:            Amen

Psalm   126

Response: 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)

First Reading :              Jeremiah 31. 7-9

For thus says the Lord:
“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘The Lord has saved his people,
the remnant of Israel.’
 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who is in travail, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations I will lead them back,
I will make them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path in which they shall not stumble;
for I am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my first-born.

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

All:         Thanks be to God.

Minister:  Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead.

All:            And Christ shall give you light.

Minister:  You have died and your life is hid with Christ in God.

All:            Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead.

Minister:  Set your minds on things that are above,  not on things that are on the earth.

All:            And Christ shall give you light.

Minister:  When Christ our life appears you will appear with him in glory.

All:            Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead,  and Christ shall give you light.

The Benedictus   Luke 1, 68-79     (Please stand to say the canticle together)

1. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who has come to his people and set them free.
2. He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour, born of the house of his servant David.
3. Through his holy prophets God promised of old to save us from our enemies, from the hands of all that hate us,
4. To show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant.
5. This was the oath God swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
6. Free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
7. And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
8. To give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of all their sins.
9. In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
10. To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; world without end.  Amen.

 Hymn: 324 (St Matthew) Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old

Second Reading          Mark 10. 46-end    

 And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”  And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”  And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; rise, he is calling you.”  And throwing off his mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus.  And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Master, let me receive my sight.”  And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

Reader:  This is the word of the Lord.
All:          Praise to you, O Christ.         

Sermon   (Please be seated)   Nelly Paraskevopoulou

The Apostles’ Creed  (please stand)

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ,  his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.  On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of God the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.    Amen.

Intercessions:   Lord in your mercy,  Hear our prayer

Collect: Merciful God,

teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,

that trusting in your word

and obeying your will

we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.  And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.  And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever.   Amen.

Hymn:   Collection Hymn: 472 (Contemplation) When all thy mercies, O my God   (During this hymn the collection will be taken)

Notices

Final hymn 377 (St. Denio) Immortal, invisible, God only wise

Minister:     Let us say the Grace together:   

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore.   Amen.

Chaplain Fr  Benjamin Drury Home tel :  210 72 14 906;  email anglican@otenet.gr frbenjamindrury@gmail.com

Deacon Chris:  Day Off – Friday   697 737 7655

Swedish Church: Fr. Bjorn  694 6072428

The Anglican Church in Greece (including St. Paul’s) is self financing, and receives no income other than from the generosity of those who worship here. We are a legal body and we pay tax. Our tax number is 997073090. If you wish to donate direct to our bank (IBAN) the account with Piraeus Bank is:  The Anglican Church in Greece, St. Paul’s Athens  GR 820172 0500 0050 5008 6327 479 Swift code is  PIRB GRAA

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Notices:

Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Walking Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: details on the Church’s internet pages.

The cause this year is Ras Morbat Eye Clinic, Yemen.

Choral Evensong: Sundays: 27th Oct.; 24th Nov.; 22nd Dec. (6:00 p.m.)

Armistice Day: Monday 11th November (Phaleron War Cemetery)

Coffee Mornings: 14th November; 12th December (10:30 a.m.)

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