Service Sheet for Sunday 29th March 2026 – Palm Sunday

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for Palm Sunday

Processional: 509 (St Theodulph) All glory, laud and honour Processional II: 511 (Winchester New) Ride on, ride on in majesty! Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 22

Gradual: 95 (Rockingham) When I survey the wondrous Cross

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

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

Recessional: 96 (St. Francis Xavier) O thou who through this holy week

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562, the Sanctus-Benedictus

page 567, the Agnus Dei page 569, in the New English Hymnal.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet 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 you forsaken 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)

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Service Sheet for the Fifth Sunday in Lent – 22nd March 2026

Choral Mattins for Passion Sunday

Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali

Choral Mattins for Passion Sunday (Fifth Sunday in Lent)

Entrance: 84 (Herongate) It is a thing most wonderful

Psalmody: Ps. 107

Hymn: 445 (Petra) Rock of ages, cleft for me

Final: 79 (Gonfalon Royal) The royal banners forward go

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The order for Mattins begins on page 5 in the prayer book. The psalm appointed for the twenty-second morning of the month is psalm 107, to be found on pages 266-269.

The canticles are Benedicite, Omnia Opera (page 313) and Benedictus.

The first lesson is from the Book of Exodus (2: 23 – 3: 20).

The second lesson from the Gospel according to St. John (11: 1-45)

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.

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 25th March: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (BCP) & Holy Rosary Sunday 29th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Palm Sunday)

Weds. 1st April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 2nd April: 7:30 p.m.; Evening Mass for Maundy Thursday Friday 3rd April: 2 p.m.; Good Friday (Liturgy of the Passion)

Saturday 4th April: 7:45 p.m.; Easter Vigil (Sung Mass)

Sun. 5th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass for Easter Day (followed by Easter breakfast)

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Vale Silves Community Centre, Portugal; de- tails about this cause and how to donate on the notice board.

Easter lilies in memory of the departed: please communicate with Mariea Detsi.

Electoral roll forms: please speak to the verger, Virginia Stevens, if you are a regular worshipper at this church but are not yet on the roll.

Easter breakfast: if you are willing and able to bring a contribution to the breakfast (in the church garden) after Mass on Easter Day,

there is a sheet on the table at the entrance to the church upon which you may write your name and contribution.

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.

Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com; Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr

Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

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Service Sheet for Sunday 15th March, fourth Sunday in Lent – Mothering Sunday

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday)

Processional: 185 (Abbot’s Leigh) Sing we of the Blessed Mother

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 23

Gradual: 389 (Westminster) Jesus, these eyes have never seen

Offertory: Sheet (New Britain) Amazing grace! how sweet the sound

Communion: 444 (Ein’ Feste Burg) Rejoice to-day with one accord

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

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562, the Sanctus-Benedictus

page 567, the Agnus Dei page 569, in the New English Hymnal.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562, the Sanctus-Benedictus

page 567, the Agnus Dei page 569, in the New English Hymnal.

A reading from the first book of Samuel (16: 1, 6-7, 10-13)

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king among his sons.’ When Samuel arrived, he caught sight of Eliab and thought, ‘Surely the Lord’s anointed stands there before him,’ but the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Take no notice of his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him: God does not see as man sees: man looks at appearances but the Lord looks at the heart.’ Jesse presented his seven sons to Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, ‘The Lord has not chosen these.’ He then asked Jesse, ‘Are these all the sons you have?’ He answered, ‘There is still one left, the youngest; he is out looking after the sheep.’ Then Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Send for him; we will not sit down to eat until he comes.’ Jesse had him sent for, a boy of fresh complexion, with fine eyes and pleasant bearing. The Lord said, ‘Come, anoint him, for this is the one.’ At this, Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him where he stood with his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord seized on David and stayed with him from that day on.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Psalm: Ps. 23

The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing.

He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for

thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: thou hast anoint- ed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.

But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians (5: 8-14)

You were darkness once, but now you are light in the Lord; be like children of

light, for the effects of the light are seen in complete goodness and right living

and truth. Try to discover what the Lord wants of you, having nothing to do with the futile works of darkness but exposing them by contrast. The things which are done in secret are things that people are ashamed even to speak of; but anything exposed by the light will be illuminated and anything illuminated turns into

light. That is why it is said:

Wake up from your sleep,

rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! I am the light of the world, says the Lord;

whoever follows me will have the light of life. 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 John (9: 1-41)

Glory to you, O Lord.

As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples

asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?’ ‘Neither he nor his parents sinned,’ Jesus answered ‘he was born blind so

that the works of God might be displayed in him. ‘As long as the day lasts I must carry out the work of the one who sent me; the night will soon be here when no one can work. As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.’

Having said this, he spat on the ground, made a paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (a name that means ‘sent’). So the blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with his sight restored.

His neighbours and people who earlier had seen him begging said, ‘Isn’t this

the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some said, ‘Yes, it is the same one.’ Others said, ‘No, he only looks like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am the man.’ So they said to

him, ‘Then how do your eyes come to be open?’ ‘The man called Jesus’ he answered ‘made a paste, daubed my eyes with it and said to me, “Go and wash at Siloam”; so I went, and when I washed I could see.’ They asked, ‘Where is he?’ ‘I don’t know’ he answered.

They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. It had been a sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened the man’s eyes, so when the Phari- sees asked him how he had come to see, he said, ‘He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see.’ Then some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man cannot be from God: he does not keep the sabbath.’ Others said, ‘How could a sinner produce signs like this?’ And there was disagreement among them. So they spoke to the blind man again, ‘What have you to say about him yourself, now that he has opened your eyes?’ ‘He is a prophet’ replied the man. However, the Jews would not believe that the man had been blind and had gained his sight, without first sending for his parents and asking them, ‘Is this man really your son who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he is now able to see?’ His parents answered, ‘We know he is our son and we know he was born blind, but we do not know how it is that he can see now, or who opened his eyes. He is old enough: let him speak for himself.’ His parents spoke like this out of fear of the Jews, who had already agreed to expel from the synagogue anyone who should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ. This was why his parents said, ‘He is old enough; ask him.’

So the Jews again sent for the man and said to him, ‘Give glory to God! For our part, we know that this man is a sinner.’ The man answered, ‘I don’t know if he is a sinner; I only know that I was blind and now I can see.’ They said to him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’ He replied, ‘I have told you once and you wouldn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it all again? Do you want to be- come his disciples too?’ At this they hurled abuse at him: ‘You can be his disciple,’ they said ‘we are disciples of Moses: we know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’ The man replied, ‘Now here is an astonishing thing! He has opened my eyes, and you don’t know where he comes from! We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but God does listen to men who are devout and do his will. Ever since the world began it is unheard of for anyone to open the eyes of a man who was born blind; if this man were not from God, he couldn’t do a thing.’ ‘Are you trying to teach us,’ they replied ‘and you a sinner through and through, since you were born!’ And they drove him away. Jesus heard they had driven him away, and when he found him he said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied ‘tell me who he is so that I may believe in him.’ Jesus said, ‘You are looking at him; he is speaking to you.’ The man said, ‘Lord, I believe’, and worshipped him. Jesus said: ‘It is for judgement that I have come into this world, so that those without sight may see and those with sight turn blind.’ Hearing this, some Pharisees who were present said to him, ‘We are not blind, surely?’ Jesus replied: ‘Blind? If you were, you would not be guilty, but since you say, “We see,” your guilt remains.’

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

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sun. 15th March: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong (Schola Cantorum S. Pauli)

Weds. 18th March: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (BCP) & Stations of the Cross Sunday

22nd March: 10 a.m.; Choral Mattins (Passion Sunday) Weds.

25th March: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (BCP) & Holy Rosary Sunday

29th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Palm Sunday)

Service times for Holy Week & Easter are given on the notice board in the church.

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Vale Silves Community Centre, Portugal; de- tails about this cause and how to donate on the notice board.

Easter lilies in memory of the departed: please communicate with Mariea Detsi.

Electoral roll forms: please speak to the verger, Virginia Stevens, if you are a regular worshipper at this church but are not yet on the roll.

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.

Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr

Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

saintpaulsathens.bsky.social

Service Sheet for Sunday 1st March – 2nd Sunday in Lent

Celebrant Fr Benjamin. Drury

Processional: 368 (Cwm Rhondda) Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 33

Gradual: 178 (Carlisle) ‘Tis good, Lord, to be here!

Offertory: 68 (St. Raphael) Jesu, Lord of life and glory

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

Recessional: 158 (Llangloffan) We praise thy name, all-holy Lord All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562, the Sanctus-Benedictus page 567, the Agnus Dei page 569, in the New English Hymnal

A reading from the Book of Genesis (12: 1-4)

The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.

‘I will bless those who bless you:

I will curse those who slight you.

All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you.’

So Abram went as the Lord told him.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 33: May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.

The Lord loves justice and right

and fills the earth with his love. (Response)

The Lord looks on those who revere him,

on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death,

to keep them alive in famine. (Response)

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.

The Lord is our help and our shield.

May your love be upon us, O Lord,

as we place all our hope in you. (Response)

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy (1: 8-10)

With me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God who has saved us and called us to be holy – not be- cause of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time, but it has only been revealed by the Appearing of our saviour Christ Jesus. He abolished death, and he has proclaimed life and immortality through the Good News.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! From the bright cloud the Father’s voice was heard:

‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’ 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 Matthew (17: 1-9)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led

them up a high mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his

clothes became as white as the light. Suddenly Moses and Elijah

appeared to them; they were talking with him. Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and from the cloud there came a voice which

said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’ When they heard this the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear. But Jesus came up and touched them. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘do not be afraid.’ And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but only Jesus.

As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order, ‘Tell no one about the vision until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.’

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

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Service for Sunday 22nd February – First Sunday in Lent

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for First Sunday in Lent

Processional: 67 (Aus der Tiefe) Forty days and forty nights Psalm: Ps. 51

Gradual: 465 (Margaret) Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown

Offertory: 439 (Gerontius) Praise to the holiest in the height

Communion: 507 (Attende Domine) Hear us, O Lord, have mercy on us

Communion II: 59 ( Jena) Now is the healing time decreed

Recessional: 65 (St. Andrew of Crete) Christian, dost thou see them All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562, the Sanctus-Benedictus

page 567, the Agnus Dei page 569, in the New English Hymnal

A reading from the Book of Genesis (2: 7-9; 3: 1-7)

The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being.

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden.

Now the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ The woman answered the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, “You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.”’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.’ The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 51 (Chant: M. Camidge)

• Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of

thy mercies do away mine offences.

• Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my
• For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before
• Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest

be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.

• Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived
• But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
• Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which thou hast bro- ken may rejoice.
• Turn thy face from my sins: and put out all my
• Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within
• Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy Spirit from
• O give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with thy free
• Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto
• Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.

• Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my mouth shall shew thy praise

• For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
• The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

• O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
• Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (5: 12-19)

Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking’, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law.

Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man’s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation, now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man’s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man’s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! Man does not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. 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 Matthew (4: 1-11)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very

hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’

The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God’ he said ‘throw yourself down; for scripture says: He will put you in his angels’ charge, and they will support you on their hands in case you hurt your foot against a stone.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says: You must not put the Lord your God to the test.’

Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. ‘I will give you all these’ he said, ‘if you fall at my feet and worship me.’ Then Jesus replied, ‘Be off, Satan! For scripture says: You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone.’ Then the devil left him, and angels appeared and looked after him.

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

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sunday 22nd Feb.: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong & Benediction (church choir)

Wednesday 25th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass Sunday 1st March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent II) Wednesday 4th March: Low Mass

Sunday 8th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent III)

Wednesday 11th March: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 15th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent IV) (Mothering Sun.)

Wednesday 18th March: Morning Prayer (BCP) & Stations of the Cross

Sunday 22nd March; 10 a.m. Choral Mattins (BCP) (Passion Sunday)

Wednesday 25th March: 10 a.m. Morning Prayer (BCP) & Rosary

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: for the Vale Silves Community Centre, in Portugal.

Details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board in church.

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

Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr

Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

saintpaulsathens.bsky.social

Service Sheet for Sunday 1st February 2026 – The Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

 Sung Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Processional: 156 (Coelites Plaudant) Sing how the age-long promise of a Saviour

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 24

Gradual: 157 (Old 120th) Hail to the Lord who comes

Offertory: 33 (Divinum Mysterium) Of the Father’s heart begotten Communion: Sheet (Be Still) Be still, for the presence of the Lord Recessional: 234 (Ratisbon) Christ, whose glory fills the skies

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The setting of the Gloria is at page 559 in the New English Hymnal. The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562. The setting of the Sanc- tus-Benedictus is on page 567. The setting of the Agnus Dei on page 569

A reading from the Book of Malachi (3: 1-4)

The Lord God says this: Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple; and the angel of the covenant whom you are longing for, yes, he is coming, says the Lord of Hosts. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he is like the refiner’s fire and the fullers’ alkali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and then they will make the offering to the Lord as it should be made. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be wel- comed by the Lord as in former days, as in the years of old.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 24: Who is the king of glory? He, the Lord, he is the king of glory.

O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors.

Let him enter, the king of glory! (Response) Who is the king of glory?

The Lord, the mighty, the valiant,

the Lord, the valiant in war. (Response) O gates, lift high your heads;

grow higher, ancient doors.

Let him enter, the king of glory! (Response) Who is he, the king of glory?

He, the Lord of armies,

he is the king of glory. (Response)

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (2: 14-18)

Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself; he took to himself descent from Abraham. It was essential that he should in this way become completely like his brothers so that he could be a compassionate and trustworthy high priest of God’s religion, able to atone for human sins. That is, because he has himself been through temptation he is able to help others who are tempted.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to Israel, your people. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (2: 22-40)

Glory to you, O Lord.

When the day came for them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, – observing what stands written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord – and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to Israel’s comforting and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:

‘Now, Master, you can let your servant go in peace, just as you promised; because my eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared for all the nations to see, a light to enlighten the pagans and the glory of your people Israel.’

As the child’s father and mother stood there wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘You see this child: he is destined for the fall and for the rising

of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is rejected – and a sword will pierce your own soul too – so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’

There was a prophetess also, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty- four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer. She came by just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliver- ance of Jerusalem.

When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went back to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. Meanwhile the child grew to maturity, and he was filled with wisdom; and God’s favour was with him.

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

O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (BCP Collect; Septuagesima)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 4th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 8th February: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (5th in Ordinary Time; Sexuagesima)

Wednesday 11th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 15th February: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (6th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

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

Community Connect Coffee Morning: 12th February (10:30 a.m.), Apollonos 6

Shrovetide Book Sale: Saturday, 14th February (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.), church garden; donations of books are very welcome on the day;

should any wish to bake a cake for the refreshment table, or help to serve teas and coffees it would be very much appreciated indeed: please communicate with Oliver Knight.

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Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC

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Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

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Service Sheet for Sunday 25th January 2026 – Conversion of St Paul

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul

Processional: 154 (Wellington) A heavenly splendour from on high

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 117

Gradual: 155 (King’s Lynn) We sing the glorious conquest

Offertory: 205 (Westminster Abbey) Christ is made the sure foundation

Communion: 258 (Londonderry Air) O Christ the same

Recessional: 204 (Regent Square) Blessed City, heavenly Salem All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The chaplaincy is entirely reliant on the goodwill and support of its congregation and visitors; all donations towards its running are, therefore, vital to its ministry and very gratefully received indeed

The setting of the Gloria is at page 559 in the New English Hymnal.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562. The setting of the Sanc- tus-Benedictus is on page 567. The setting of the Agnus Dei on page 569

This entire Communion Service was set by John Merbecke in 1550

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (22: 3-16)

Paul said to the people, ‘I am a Jew and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was taught the exact observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of duty towards God as you are today. I even persecuted

this Way to the death, and sent women as well as men to prison in

chains as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify, since they even sent me with letters to their brothers in Damascus. When I set off it was with the intention of bringing prisoners back from there to Jerusalem for punishment.

‘I was on that journey and nearly at Damascus when about midday a bright light from heaven suddenly shone round me. I fell to the

ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecut- ing me?” I answered: Who are you, Lord? and he said to me, “I am Jesus the Nazarene, and you are persecuting me.” The people with me saw the light but did not hear his voice as he spoke to me. I said: What am I to do, Lord? The Lord answered, “Stand up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told what you have been appointed to do.” The light had been so dazzling that I was blind and my com- panions had to take me by the hand; and so I came to Damascus.

‘Someone called Ananias, a devout follower of the Law and high- ly thought of by all the Jews living there, came to see me; he stood beside me and said, “Brother Saul, receive your sight.” Instantly my sight came back and I was able to see him. Then he said, “The God

of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Just One and hear his own voice speaking, because you are to be his witness

before all mankind, testifying to what you have seen and heard.

And now why delay? It is time you were baptised and had your sins washed away while invoking his name.”’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 117: Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News.

O praise the Lord, all you nations,

acclaim him all you peoples! (Response)

Strong is his love for us;

he is faithful for ever. (Response)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1: 10-13, 17)

I appeal to you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to make up the differences between you, and instead of disagreeing among yourselves, to be united again in your belief and practice. From what Chloe’s people have been telling me, my dear brothers, it is clear that there are serious differences among you. What I mean are all these slogans that you have, like: ‘I am for Paul’, ‘I am for Apollos’, ‘I am for Cephas’, ‘I am for Christ.’ Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul that was crucified for you? Were you baptised in the name of Paul?

For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News, and not to preach that in the terms of philosophy in which the crucifixion of Christ cannot be expressed.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

I chose you from the world to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last,

says the Lord. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark (16: 15-18)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them:

‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; he who does not believe will be condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.’

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

Prayer after communion

O God, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout

the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect; The Conversion of St. Paul)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 28th January: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 1st February: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Candlemas)

Wednesday 4th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 8th February: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (5th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

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

Community Connect Coffee Morning: 12th February (10:30 a.m.), Apollonos 6)

Quiz Night: 30th January (7:30 p.m.), Apollonos 6.

Shrovetide Book Sale: Saturday, 14th February (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.), church garden.

Saints’ Days in January: 26th January (St. Timothy & St. Titus);

28th January (St. Thomas Aquinas); 30th January (King Charles the Martyr); 31st January (St. John Bosco)

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.

Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com; Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr

Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

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Service Sheet for Sunday 18th January 2026 – Second Sunday after Epiphany

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 20 (Puer Nobis Nascitur) From east to west, from shore to shore

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 40

Gradual: 414 (Caithness) O for a closer walk with God

Offertory: 57 (Dundee) The race that long in darkness pined

Communion: 312 (Schutz) Where the appointed sacrifice

Recessional: 349 (Nativity) Come, let us join our cheerful songs

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 setting of the Gloria is at page 559 in the New English Hymnal.

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562. The setting of the Sanc- tus-Benedictus is on page 567. The setting of the Agnus Dei on page

569. 569. This entire Communion Service was set by John Merbecke in

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (49: 3, 5-6)

The Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel,

in whom I shall be glorified’;

I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, my God was my strength.

And now the Lord has spoken,

he who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him,

to gather Israel to him:

‘It is not enough for you to be my servant,

to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel;

I will make you the light of the nations

so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Psalm 40: Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.

I waited, I waited for the Lord and he stooped down to me; he heard my cry.

He put a new song into my mouth, praise of our God. (Response)

You do not ask for sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear.

You do not ask for holocaust and victim.

Instead, here am I. (Response)

In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will.

My God, I delight in your law

in the depth of my heart. (Response)

Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly.

My lips I have not sealed;

you know it, O Lord. (Response)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1: 1-3) I, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send greetings to the church of God in Corinth, to the

holy people of Jesus Christ, who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their Lord no less than ours. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

The Word was made flesh and lived among us:

to all who did accept him

he gave power to become children of God. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (1: 29-34)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man is coming after me who ranks before me because he exist- ed before me. I did not know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him

to Israel that I came baptising with water.’ John also declared, ‘I saw the Spirit coming down on him from heaven like a dove and resting on him. I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to baptise with the Holy Spirit.” Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One of God.’

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

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Service Sheet for Sunday 11th January – Baptism of the Lord

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 55 (Cruger) Hail to the Lord’s Anointed

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 29

Gradual: 58 (Solemnis Haec Festivitas) The sinless one to Jordan came

Offertory: 56 (St. Edmund) Songs of thankfulness and praise

Communion: 202 (Grafton) Word supreme, before creation

Recessional: 51 (Redhead No. 46) Hail, thou Source of every blessing

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 setting of the Gloria is at page 559 in the New English Hymnal.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (42: 1-4, 6-7)

Thus says the Lord: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have endowed him with my spirit that he may bring true justice to the nations. He does not cry out or shout aloud, or make his voice heard in the streets. He does not break the crushed reed, nor quench the wavering flame. Faithfully he brings true justice; he will neither waver, nor be crushed until true justice is established on earth, for the islands are awaiting his law.

I, the Lord, have called you to serve the cause of right; I have taken you by the hand and formed you; I have appointed you as covenant of the people and light of the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from the dungeon.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Psalm 29: The Lord will bless his people with peace.

O give the Lord, you sons of God, give the Lord glory and power;

give the Lord the glory of his name.

Adore the Lord in his holy court. (Response) The Lord’s voice resounding on the waters,

the Lord on the immensity of waters; the voice of the Lord, full of power,

the voice of the Lord, full of splendour. (Response) The God of glory thunders.

In his temple they all cry: ‘Glory!’

The Lord sat enthroned over the flood;

the Lord sits as king for ever. (Response)

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (10: 34-38)

Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites, but

that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.

‘It is true, God sent his word to the people of Israel, and it was to them that the good news of peace was brought by Jesus Christ – but

Jesus Christ is Lord of all men. 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.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

The heavens opened and the Father’s voice resounded: ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’ Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (3: 13-17)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John. John tried to dissuade him. ‘It is I who need baptism from you’ he said ‘and yet you come to me!’ But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that righteousness demands.’ At this, John gave in to him.

As soon as Jesus was baptised he came up from the water, and sud- denly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And a voice spoke from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’

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

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562 in the New English Hymnal. The setting of the Sanctus-Benedictus is on page 567. The setting of the Agnus Dei on page 569. This entire Communion Ser- vice was set by John Merbecke in 1549.

Prayer after Communion:

Nourished with these sacred gifts,

we humbly entreat your mercy, O Lord,

that, faithfully listening to your Only Begotten Son, we may be your children in name and in truth.

Through Christ our Lord.

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both

perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect; The First Sunday after the Epiphany)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 14th January: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 18th January: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Sunday 18th January: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong (Schola Cantorum) Wednesday 21st January: 10 a.m.; (St. Agnes)

Sunday 25th January: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (The Conversion of St. Paul)

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

Saints’ Days in January (other than those commemorated in church): 20th January (St. Sebastian); 24th January (St. Francis de Sales); 26th January (St. Timothy & St. Titus);  28th January (St.

Thomas Aquinas); 30th January (King Charles the Martyr); 31st January (St. John Bosco)

The illustration on this pew sheet is a detail from a fresco in the Scrovegni chapel, Padua, painted ca. 1305 by Giotto di Bondone.

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 SSC

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.grAssistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

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