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

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

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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.

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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

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;

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

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

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Service Sheet for Sunday 12th October 2025 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 374 (St. Peter) How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 98 (535 in the New English Hymnal)

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

Offertory: 378 (Bishopthorpe) Immortal love for ever full

Communion: 385 (St. Botolph) Jesu, the very thought of thee

Recessional: 235 (Song 34) Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

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

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received

A reading from the second Book of Kings (5: 14-17)

Naaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. And his flesh became clean once more like the flesh of a little child.

Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and stood before him. ‘Now I know’ he said ‘that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present from your servant.’

But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will accept nothing.’ Naaman pressed him to accept, but he refused.

Then Naaman said, ‘Since your answer is “No,” allow your servant to be given as much earth as two mules may carry, because your servant will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any god except the Lord.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 98 (text at 535 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy (2: 8-13)

Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the dead, sprung from the race of David’; it is on account of this that I have my own hardships to bear, even to being chained like a criminal – but they cannot chain up God’s news. So I bear it all for the sake of those who are chosen, so that in the end they may have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus and the eternal glory that comes with it. Here is a saying that you can rely on:

If we have died with him, then we shall live with him. If we hold firm, then we shall reign with him.

If we disown him, then he will disown us.

We may be unfaithful, but he is always faithful

for he cannot disown his own self.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:

you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (17: 11-19)

Glory to you, O Lord.

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one of the villages, ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him,

‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’ When he saw them he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ Now as they were going away they were cleansed. Finding himself cured, one of them turned back

praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This made Jesus say, ‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’

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 pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and folow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity).

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 15th October: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sunday 19th October: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass

Harvest Festival: Saturday, 18th October (Kokotos Estate, Stamata)

There is a sign-up sheet in church for those who wish to attend: please also indicate thereon if you wish to travel with the coach.

The coach will depart from church at 10:00 a.m. and, after the

festivities, leave Stamata at 4:30 p.m. If you are able to contribute towards the food for the luncheon, please speak to Lynn Stavrou.

Dried goods and other imperishables will be collected for donation.

Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel)

Mission to Seafarers: collection 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

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any funding from the

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

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

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

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

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 5th October 2025 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant The Rt. Rev’d Dr Robert Innes

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 495 (Benson) God is working his purpose out

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 95

Gradual: 431 (Hereford) O thou who camest from above

Offertory: 440 (Lobe den Herren) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Communion: 280 (Schmucke Dich) Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness

Recessional: 392 (Sandon) Lead, kindly Light

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 Habakkuk (1: 2-3, 2: 2-4)

How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen; to cry ‘Oppression!’ in your ear and you will not save?

Why do you set injustice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Outrage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flourishes.

Then the Lord answered and said, ‘Write the vision down, inscribe it on tablets to be easily read, since this vision is for its own time only: eager for its own fulfilment, it does not deceive; if it comes slowly, wait, for come it will, without fail. See how he flags, he whose soul is not at rights, but the upright man will live by his faithfulness.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 95: O, that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’

Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the rock who saves us.

Let us come before him, giving thanks,

with songs let us hail the Lord. (Response)

Come in; let us bow and bend low;

let us kneel before the God who made us: for he is our God and we

the people who belong to his pasture,

the flock that is led by his hand. (Response)

O that today you would listen to his voice!

‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the desert

when your fathers put me to the test;

when they tried me, though they saw my work.’ (Response)

A reading from the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy (1: 6-8, 13-14) I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. God’s gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control. So you are never

to be ashamed of witnessing to the Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but with me, bear the hardships for the sake of the

Good News, relying on the power of God.

Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. You have been trusted to look after something precious; guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:

you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (17: 5-10)

Glory to you, O Lord.

The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this

mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.

‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and

have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I

eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards”? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with

you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”’

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

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

O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity)

• Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments
• Wednesday 8th October: 10am Low Mass; Sunday 12th October: 10am Sung Mass
• Coffee Morning: Thurs. 9th October; 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (churchyard gardens)
• Harvest Festival: Saturday, 18th October (Kokotos Estate, Stamata) There is a sign-up sheet in church for those who wish to attend: please also indicate if you wish to travel with the coach.  The coach will depart from church at 10:00 a.m. and, after the festivities, leave Stamata at 4:30 p.m. If you are able to contribute towards the food for the luncheon, please speak to Lynn Stavrou.   Donations of Dried goods and other imperishables for the Harvest Festival will be gratefully received.
• Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 23rd November (Caravel Hotel)
• Mission to Seafarers: collection 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

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 (Church e-mail address)

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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Sevice Sheet for Sunday 28th September 2025 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary time

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional: 190 (Coelites Plaudant) , Christ the fair glory of the holy angels

Responsorial Psalm:  Ps 146

Gradual: 481 (Vienna), Jesus Lord we look to thee

Offertory: 406 (Melita): O Christ the Lord, O Christ the King

Communion: 276 (Bread of Heaven, on thee we feed)

Recessional: 377 (St Denio),  Immortal Invisible, God only Wise

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 Amos (6: 1, 4-7)

The almighty Lord says this:

Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria, those famous men of this first of nations to whom the House of Israel goes as client. Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal; they bawl to the sound of the harp, they invent new instruments of music like David, they drink wine by the bowlful, and use the finest oil for anointing themselves, but about the ruin of Joseph they do not care at all. That is why they will be the first to be exiled; the sprawlers’ revelry is over.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 146: My soul, give praise to the Lord.

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,

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.

It is the Lord who loves the just,

the Lord, who protects the stranger. (Response)

The Lord upholds the widow and orphan

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 first Letter of St. Paul to Timothy (6: 11-16)

As a man dedicated to God, you must aim to be saintly and religious, filled with faith and love, patient and gentle. Fight the good fight of the faith and win for yourself the eternal life to which you were called when you made your profession and spoke up for the truth in front of many witnesses. Now, before God the source of all life and before Christ, who spoke up as a witness for the truth in front of Pontius Pilate, I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been told, with no faults or failures, until the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who at the due time will be revealed by God, the blessed and only Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal, whose home is in inaccessible light, whom no man has seen and no man is able to see: to him be honour and everlasting power. Amen.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

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