Service Sheet for Sunday 21st December – Fourth Sunday of Advent

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

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

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 24

Gradual: 180 (Ave Maris Stella) Hail, O Star that pointest

Offertory: 33 (Divinum Mysterium) Of the Father’s heart begotten

Communion: 4 (Gabriel’s Message) Gabriel’s message does away

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 Isaiah (7: 10-14)

The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’

Then Isaiah said:

‘Listen now, House of David:

are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men

without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore,

will give you a sign.

It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel,

a name which means “God-is-with-us.

”’ The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 24: Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples.

It is he who set it on the seas;

on the waters he made it firm. (Response)

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who shall stand in his holy place?

The man with clean hands and pure heart,

who desires not worthless things. (Response)

He shall receive blessings from the Lord

and reward from the God who saves him.

Such are the men who seek him,

seek the face of the God of Jacob. (Response)

A reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans (1: 1-7)

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures.

This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead. Through him we received grace and our apostolic mission to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations in honour of his name. You are one of these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, then, who are God’s beloved in Rome, called to be saints, may God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send grace and peace.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel,

a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (1: 18-24)

Glory to you, O Lord.

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was

betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Jo-

seph; being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity,

decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and

said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy

Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus,

because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through

the prophet:

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel,

a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’ When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to

his home.

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

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. (BCP Collect; Fourth Sunday in Advent)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 24th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Wednesday 24th December: 6 p.m.; Nine Lessons & Carols Wednesday 24th December: 11:30 p.m.; Midnight Mass (Sung) Thursday 25th December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Christmas Day) Friday 26th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass (St. Stephen)

Sunday 28th December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Holy Family)

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers collection: details from Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

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

Any who are interested in serving at mass (acolyte, thurifer &c.) should speak to Father Benjamin, or Oliver Knight.

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.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 14th December – Third Sunday of Advent

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

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

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 146

Gradual: 14 (St. Thomas) The advent of our God

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

Communion: 16 (Wachet Auf ) Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling

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 Isaiah (35: 1-6, 10)

Let the wilderness and the dry-lands exult, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom, let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the Lord, the splendour of our God.

Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling knees and say to all faint hearts, ‘Courage! Do not be afraid. ‘Look, your God is coming, vengeance is coming, the retribution of God; he is coming to save you.’ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf un- sealed, then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy for those the Lord has ransomed shall return.

They will come to Zion shouting for joy, everlasting joy on their faces; joy and gladness will go with them and sorrow and lament be ended. The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 146: Come, Lord, and save us.

It is the Lord who keeps faith forever,

who is just to those who are oppressed.

It is he who gives bread to the hungry,

the Lord, who sets prisoners free, (Response) It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,

who raises up those who are bowed down, the Lord, who protects the stranger

and upholds the widow and orphan. (Response)

It is the Lord who loves the just

but thwarts the path of the wicked.

The Lord will reign for ever,

Zion’s God, from age to age. (Response)

A reading from the Letter of James (5: 7-10)

Be patient, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. Think of a farmer: how patiently he waits for the precious fruit of the ground until it has had the autumn rains and the spring rains! You too have to be

patient; do not lose heart, because the Lord’s coming will be soon. Do not make complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates. For your example, brothers, in submitting with patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: 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 Matthew (11: 2-11)

Glory to you, O Lord.

John in his prison had heard what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else?’ Jesus answered, ‘Go back and tell

John what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk,

lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to

life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.’

As the messengers were leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John: ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No? Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Oh no, those who wear fine clothes are to be found in palaces. Then what did you go out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet: he is the one of whom scripture says:

‘Look, I am going to send my messenger before you;

he will prepare your way before you.

‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of women, a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the king- dom of heaven is greater than he is.’

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.

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger 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 Collect; Third Sunday in Advent)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sunday 14th December: 6 p.m.; All-Age Carol Service (see below)

Wednesday 17th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass & Rosary Sunday 21st December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Advent III) Wednesday 24th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Wednesday 24th December: 6 p.m.; Nine Lessons & Carols Wednesday 24th December: 11:30 p.m.; Midnight Mass (Sung) Thursday 25th December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Christmas Day)

All-Age Carol Service this evening (14th December) at 6 p.m.: mulled wine and panettone served; five euro contribution (no charge for children)

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers collection: details from Nelly Paraskevopoulou. Study group & pilgrimage walking group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code

the Church does not receive any funding from the

Church of England or the British Government and is reliant on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury

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

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 7th December – 2nd Sunday of Advent

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

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

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 72

Gradual: 3 (Cross of Jesus) Come, thou long-expected Jesus Offertory: 1 (Conditor Alme) Creator of the stars of night Communion: 170 (Lindeman) Lo, in the wilderness a voice Recessional: 10 (Personent Hodie) Long ago, prophets knew

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 (11: 1-10)

A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse, a scion thrusts from his roots: on him the spirit of the Lord rests, a spirit of wisdom and insight,

a spirit of counsel and power, a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. (The fear of the Lord is his breath.) He does not judge by appearances, he gives no verdict on hearsay, but judges the wretched with integrity, and with equity gives a verdict for the poor of the land.

His word is a rod that strikes the ruthless, his sentences bring death to the wicked. Integrity is the loincloth round his waist, faithfulness the belt about his hips.

The wolf lives with the lamb, the panther lies down with the kid,

calf and lion feed together, with a little boy to lead them. The cow and the bear make friends, their young lie down together. The lion eats straw like the ox. The infant plays over the cobra’s hole; into the viper’s lair the young child puts his hand. They do no hurt, no harm, on all my holy mountain, for the country is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters swell the sea. That day, the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples.

It will be sought out by the nations and its home will be glorious.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72: In his days justice shall flourish, and peace till the moon fails.

O God, give your judgement to the king, to a king’s son your justice,

that he may judge your people in justice

and your poor in right judgement. (Response)

In his days justice shall flourish and peace till the moon fails.

He shall rule from sea to sea,

from the Great River to earth’s bounds. (Response)

For he shall save the poor when they cry and the needy who are helpless.

He will have pity on the weak

and save the lives of the poor. (Response)

May his name be blessed for ever and endure like the sun.

Every tribe shall be blessed in him,

all nations bless his name. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (15: 4-9)

Everything that was written long ago in the scriptures was meant to teach us something about hope from the examples scripture gives of how peo- ple who did not give up were helped by God. And may he who helps us when we refuse to give up, help you all to be tolerant with each other, fol- lowing the example of Christ Jesus, so that united in mind and voice you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It can only be to God’s glory, then, for you to treat each other in the same friendly way as Christ treated you. The reason Christ became the

servant of circumcised Jews was not only so that God could faithfully car- ry out the promises made to the patriarchs, it was also to get the pagans to give glory to God for his mercy, as scripture says in one place: For this I shall praise you among the pagans and sing to your name.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: 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 Matthew (3: 1-12)

Glory to you, O Lord.

In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man the prophet Isaiah spoke of when he

said: A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusa- lem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,

and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins. But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for

baptism he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers, who warned you to f ly from the retribution that is coming? But if you are repentant, produce the appro-

priate fruit, and do not presume to tell yourselves, “We have Abraham for our father,” because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones. Even now the axe is laid to the roots of the trees, so that

any tree which fails to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire. I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who follows

me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his

hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’

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.

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; Second Sunday in Advent)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 10th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 14th December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Advent III) Sunday 14th December: 6 p.m.; All-Age Carol Service Wednesday 17th December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass & Rosary

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: leaflets are available.

Please refer to the notice board for the dates and times of Advent and Christmas services.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Servers’ Group: details from Fr. Benjamin or Oliver Knight

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.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 30th November 2025 – First Sunday of Advent

Celebrant:Fr Benjamin Drury

Preacher:   Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 501 (the choir will sing the Advent Prose (Rorate Coeli))

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 122

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

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

Communion: 17 (St. Botolph) When came in flesh the incarnate Word

Recessional: 13 ( Jena (altered)) O quickly come, dread judge of all

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 (2: 1-5)

The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come the mountain of the Temple of the Lord shall tower above the mountains and be lifted higher than the hills. All the nations will stream to it, peoples without number will come to it; and they will say:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob

that he may teach us his ways

so that we may walk in his paths; since the Law will go out from Zion,

and the oracle of the Lord from Jerusalem.’

He will wield authority over the nations and adjudicate between many peoples; these will hammer their swords into ploughshares, their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift sword against nation, there will be no more training for war. O House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122: I rejoiced when I heard them say: “Let us go to God’s house”.

I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’

And now our feet are standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem. (Response) It is there that the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord.

For Israel’s law it is,

there to praise the Lord’s name.

There were set the thrones of judgement of the house of David. (Response)

For the peace of Jerusalem pray: ‘Peace be to your homes!

May peace reign in your walls,

in your palaces, peace!’ (Response) For love of my brethren and friends

I say: ‘Peace upon you!’

For love of the house of the Lord

I will ask for your good. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (13: 11-14)

You know ‘the time’ has come: you must wake up now: our salva-

tion is even nearer than it was when we were converted. The night is almost over, it will be daylight soon – let us give up all the things we prefer to do under cover of the dark; let us arm ourselves and

appear in the light. Let us live decently as people do in the daytime: no drunken orgies, no promiscuity or licentiousness, and no wran- gling or jealousy. Let your armour be the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Let us see, O Lord, your mercy

and give us your saving help. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (24: 37-44)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood

people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one

left; of two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left. ‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your mas-

ter is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to

break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not ex- pect.’

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.

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. (Book of Common Prayer Collect; First Sunday in Advent)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 3rd December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Saturday 6th December: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong & Benediction

Sunday 7th December: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Advent II)

Monday 8th December: 7 p.m.; Low Mass (Immaculate Conception)

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: leaflets are available.

Please refer to the notice board for the dates and times of Advent and Christmas services.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Donate electronically by scanning the QR cod

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;

anglican@otenet.gr

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 23rd November – Feast of Christ the King

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 443 (Gopsal) Rejoice, the Lord is King

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 122

Gradual: 271 (Hyfrydol) Alleluya, sing to Jesus

Offertory: 345 (Vulpius) Christ is the King, O friends rejoice!

Communion: 296 (St. Helen) Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour

Recessional: 332 (Miles Lane) All hail the power of Jesu’s name

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.

Kyrie eleison (page 558), and the Gloria in excelsis (page 559)

A reading from the second Book of Samuel (5: 1-3)

All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. ‘Look’ they said ‘we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you, “You are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you shall be the leader of Israel.”’ So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them at Hebron in the presence of the Lord, and they anointed David king of Israel.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122: I rejoiced when I heard them say: “Let us go to God’s house”.

I rejoiced when I heard them say:

‘Let us go to God’s house.’

And now our feet are standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem. (Response)

Jerusalem is built as a city strongly compact.

It is there that the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord. (Response)

For Israel’s law it is,

there to praise the Lord’s name.

There were set the thrones of judgement

of the house of David. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul the Colossians (1: 12-20)

We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light.

Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our

sins.

He is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation, for in him were created

all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible,

Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers – all things were created through him and for him. Before anything was created, he existed,

and he holds all things in unity.

Now the Church is his body, he is its head. As he is the Beginning,

he was first to be born from the dead,

so that he should be first in every way;

because God wanted all perfection to be found in him and all things to be reconciled through him and for him, everything in heaven and everything on earth,

when he made peace

by his death on the cross.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David! Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (23: 25-43)

Glory to you, O Lord.

The people stayed there before the cross -watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the King of the Jews.’

One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,’ he said ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied ‘today you will be with me in

paradise.’

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

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O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godli- ness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of

thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.(Book of Common Prayer Collect; Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sunday 23rd November: 7 p.m.; Choral Evensong (Scola Cantorum)

Wednesday 26th November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 30th November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Advent I)

Wednesday 3rd December: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Saturday 6th December: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong & Benediction

Christmas Bazaar: Commences this morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Caravel Hotel and continues until 4:30 p.m.

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: leaflets are available.

Please refer to the notice board for the dates and times of Advent and Christmas services.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Servers’ Group: please speak to Fr. Benjamin or Oliver Knight

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

Church email address: 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 16th November 2025 – 33rd in Ordinary Time

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 316 (St. Hugh of Lincoln) Sing to the Lord glad hymns of praise

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 98

Offertory: 470 (Oriel) To the name that brings salvation

Communion: 311 (Meirionydd) We pray thee, heavenly Father

Recessional: 317 (St. Stephen) With Christ we share a mystic grave

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.

Kyrie eleison (page 558), and the Gloria in excelsis (page 559)

A reading from the Book of Malachi (3: 19-20)

The day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98: The Lord comes to rule the people with fairness

Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp with the sound of music.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn acclaim the King, the Lord. (Response)

Let the sea and all within it, thunder; the world, and all its peoples.

Let the rivers clap their hands

and the hills ring out their joy

at the presence of the Lord. (Response)

For the Lord comes,

he comes to rule the earth.

He will rule the world with justice

and the peoples with fairness. (Response)

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul the Thessalonians (3: 7-12)

You know how you are supposed to imitate us: now we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we ever have our meals at anyone’s table without paying for them; no, we worked night and day, slaving and straining, so as not to be a burden on any of you. This was not

because we had no right to be, but in order to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

We gave you a rule when we were with you: do not let anyone have any food if he refuses to do any work. Now we hear that there are

some of you who are living in idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering with everyone else’s. In the Lord Jesus Christ, we order and call on people of this kind to go on quietly working and earning the food that they eat.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Stand erect, hold your heads high,

because your liberation is near at hand. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (21: 5-19)

Glory to you, O Lord.

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now – the time will come when not

a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.’

And they put to him this question: ‘Master,’ they said ‘when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that this is about to take place?’

‘Take care not to be deceived,’ he said ‘because many will come using my name and saying, “I am he” and, “The time is near at hand.” Refuse to join them. And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened, for this is something that must happen but the end is not so soon.’ Then he said to them, ‘Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

‘But before all this happens, men will seize you and persecute you; they will hand you over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and bring you before kings and governors because of my name – and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Keep this carefully in mind: you are not to prepare your defence, because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. You will be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.’

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.

Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect; Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 19th November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 23rd November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Christ the King)

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel). The church shall be open to receive donations from tomorrow Monday,

17th November until Saturday, 22nd November (from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.).

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: leaflets are available.

Please refer to the notice board for the dates and times of Advent and Christmas services.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Servers’ Group: please speak to Fr. Benjamin or Oliver Knight.

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.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 9th November – Remembrance Sunday

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 494 (Nun Danket) Christ is the world’s true light

Congregational Psalm: 417 (St. Anne)

O God, our help in ages past (Ps. 90)

Offertory: 208 (St. Catherine’s Court) In our day of thanksgiving

Communion: 492 (King’s Lynn) O God of earth and altar

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

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

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 Kyrie eleison (page 558), and the Gloria in excelsis  (page 559) are to be found in the New English Hymnal.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (47: 1-2, 8-9, 12)

The angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar. He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the outer east gate where the water flowed out on the right-hand side. He said, ‘This water flows east down to the Arabah and to the sea; and flowing into the sea it makes its waters wholesome. Wherever the river flows, all living crea- tures teeming in it will live. Fish will be very plentiful, for wherever the water goes it brings health, and life teems wherever the river flows. Along the river, on either bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; they will bear new fruit every month, because this water comes from the sanctuary. And their fruit will be good to eat and the leaves medicinal.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

The psalm is the congregational setting of Ps. 90 (O God, our help in ages past); the text is at 417 in the New English Hymnal.

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul the Corinthians (3: 9-11, 16-17) You are God’s building. By the grace God gave me, I succeeded as an architect and laid the foundations, on which someone else is doing

the building. Everyone doing the building must work carefully. For the foundation, nobody can lay any other than the one which has already been laid, that is Jesus Christ.

Didn’t you realise that you were God’s temple and that the Spirit of God was living among you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy him, because the temple of God is sacred; and you are that temple.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

I have chosen and consecrated this house, says the Lord, for my name to be there forever. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (2: 13-22)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.’ Then his

disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy

this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary

that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.

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.

Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace; that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect; Twenty-First Sun- day after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 12th November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 16th November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass & Baptism

Armistice Day: 11th November: Service at Alimos (10:45 a.m.), Phaleron Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel). The church shall be open to receive donations from Monday, 17th No- vember until Saturday, 22nd November (from 10 a.m. until 2

p.m.).

Bishop’s Advent Appeal: Al-Ahli Anglican Hospital, Gaza; details on how to donate are to be found on the notice board, or may be had from treasurer Nelly Paraskevopoulou.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: leaflets are available.

Please refer to the notice board for the dates and times of Advent and Christmas services.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code

the Church does not receive any funding from the

Church of England or the British Government and is reliant on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury 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

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Service Sheet for Sunday 2nd November – All Saints (Hallowmas)

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 226 (Deerhurst) Hark! the sound of holy voices

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 24

Gradual: 341 (Franconia) Blest are the pure in heart

Offertory: 197 (Sine Nomine) For all the saints, who from their labours rest

Communion: 500 (Irish) Thy kingdom come! on bended knee

Recessional: 231 (All Saints) Who are these, like stars appearing

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 on page 559 in the New English Hymnal

A reading from the Apocalypse of St. John the Theologian (7: 2-4, 9-14) I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.

After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and hold- ing palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, ‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, ‘Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.’

One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, ‘Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?’ I answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 24: Blessed those men who seek your face, O Lord

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples.

It is he who set it on the seas;

on the waters he made it firm. (Response)

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who shall stand in his holy place?

The man with clean hands and pure heart,

who desires not worthless things. (Response)

He shall receive blessings from the Lord

and reward from the God who saves him.

Such are the men who seek him,

seek the face of the God of Jacob. (Response)

A reading from the first letter of John (3: 1-3)

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children;

and that is what we are.

Because the world refused to acknowledge him, therefore it does not acknowledge us.

My dear people, we are already the children of God

but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is, that when it is revealed

we shall be like him

because we shall see him as he really is.

Surely everyone who entertains this hope

must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.

The word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (5: 1-12a)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: ‘How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the king-

dom of heaven. Happy the gentle: they shall have the earth for their heritage. Happy those who mourn: they shall be comforted. Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satis-

fied. Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them. Hap- py the pure in heart: they shall see God. Happy the peacemakers:

they shall be called sons of God. Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right: theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be

glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.’

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.

O Almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us;

that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accom- plish those things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen. (Twentieth Sunday after Trinity; BCP)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Monday 3rd November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass (Faithful Departed) Wednesday 5th November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 9th November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Remembrance Sunday)

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel). Volunteers sought for all manner of tasks; please speak to either of

the churchwardens if you are able to assist on the day.

Donations Welcome!

We’d love your donations of books, toys, women’s clothing, bric-a-brac, and gifts to support our upcoming church event.
The church will be open to receive items from Monday, 17 November, to Saturday, 22 November.

Please kindly wait until Monday, 17 November to bring your donations, as we don’t have space to store them beforehand.

Thank you so much for your generosity and support — it truly makes a difference! 💛

Community Connect Coffee Morning: Thursday 13th Nov. Apollo- nos 6 (Swedish Community Building) (10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Mission to Seafarers: Christmas boxes for seafarers; unused toilet- ries collected for mariners. Details from Nelly Paraskevopoulou

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Servers’ Group: details from Fr. Benjamin or Oliver Knight

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

Church email address:   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 26th October 2025 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 391 (Gwalchmai) King of glory, King of peace

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 34

Offertory: 498 (Everton) Son of God, eternal Saviour

Communion: 492 (King’s Lynn) O God of earth and altar

Recessional: 436 (Praise, My Soul) Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

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 Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) (35: 12-14, 16-19)

The Lord is a judge

who is no respecter of personages.

He shows no respect of personages to the detriment of a poor man, he listens to the plea of the injured party.

He does not ignore the orphan’s supplication, nor the widow’s as she pours out her story.

The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds.

The humble man’s prayer pierces the clouds, until it arrives he is inconsolable,

nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the virtuous and delivers judgement.

And the Lord will not be slow,

nor will he be dilatory on their behalf.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 34: This poor man called; the Lord has heard him.

I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips;

in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.

The humble shall hear and be glad. (Response)

The Lord turns his face against the wicked

to destroy their remembrance from the earth.

The just call and the Lord hears

and rescues them in all their distress. (Response)

The Lord is close to the broken-hearted;

those whose spirit is crushed he will save. The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants.

Those who hide in him shall not be condemned. (Response)

A reading from the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy (4: 6-8, 16-18)

My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I

have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his Appearing.  The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,

and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (18: 9-14)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men

went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I

thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get.” The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” This man, I tell you, went home again at rights with God; the other did not. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted.’

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

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562 in the Hymnal.

——————-

O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee;

Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 29th October: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 2nd November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (All Saints)

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel). Volunteers sought for all manner of tasks; please speak to either of the churchwardens if you are able to assist on the day.

Mission to Seafarers: collection for Christmas boxes for seafarers: details to be announced.

Community Connect Coffee Morning: Thurs. 13th November

(Swedish Community Building, Apollonos 6, 105 57)

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

Servers’ Group: speak to Fr. Benjamin or Oliver Knight.

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.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 19th October 2025 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 213 (Gonfalon Royal) The eternal gifts of Christ the king

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 121

Gradual: 358 (Rievaulx) Father of heaven, whose love profound

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

Communion: 383 (Aberstywyth) Jesu, Lover of my soul

Recessional: 466 (Moscow) Thou whose almighty word

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

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

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received

A reading from the Book of Exodus (17: 8-13)

The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, ‘Pick out men for yourself, and tomorrow morning march out to engage Amalek. I, meanwhile, will stand on the hilltop, the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua did as Moses told him and marched out to engage Amalek, while Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. As long as Moses kept his arms raised, Israel had the ad- vantage; when he let his arms fall, the advantage went to Amalek. But Moses’ arms grew heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him and on this he sat, Aaron and Hur supporting his arms, one on one side, one on the other; and his arms remained firm till sunset. With the edge of the sword Joshua cut down Amalek and his people.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 121: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where shall come my help?

My help shall come from the Lord

who made heaven and earth. (Response)

May he never allow you to stumble!

Let him sleep not, your guard.

No, he sleeps not nor slumbers, Israel’s guard. (Response)

The Lord is your guard and your shade;

at your right side he stands.

By day the sun shall not smite you

nor the moon in the night. (Response)

The Lord will guard you from evil,

he will guard your soul.

The Lord will guard your going and coming

both now and for ever. (Response)

A reading from the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy (3: 14 – 4: 2)

You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a    child, you have known the holy scriptures – from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. This is how the man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work.  Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I put this duty to you, in the name of his Appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience – but do all with patience and with the intention of teaching.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind,

so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (18: 1-8)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want

justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death.”’

And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

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

The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562 in the Hymnal.

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Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Sunday 19th October: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong (Schola Cantorum S. Pauli)

Wednesday 22nd October: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 26th October: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel). Volunteers sought for all manner of tasks; please speak to either of the churchwardens if you are able to assist on the day. The church will be open to receive donations during the week prior to the bazaar.

Mission to Seafarers: collection of toiletries for Christmas boxes for seafarers: details to be announced.

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou about becoming a Friend of St. Paul’s Church.

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

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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;

Church email address: anglican@otenet.gr

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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