Service Sheet for Sunday 18th January 2026 – Second Sunday after Epiphany
Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury
Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali
Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)
Processional: 20 (Puer Nobis Nascitur) From east to west, from shore to shore
Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 40
Gradual: 414 (Caithness) O for a closer walk with God
Offertory: 57 (Dundee) The race that long in darkness pined
Communion: 312 (Schutz) Where the appointed sacrifice
Recessional: 349 (Nativity) Come, let us join our cheerful songs
All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.
Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England.
All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received
The setting of the Gloria is at page 559 in the New English Hymnal.
The setting of the Nicene Creed is on page 562. The setting of the Sanc- tus-Benedictus is on page 567. The setting of the Agnus Dei on page
- 569. This entire Communion Service was set by John Merbecke in
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (49: 3, 5-6)
The Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel,
in whom I shall be glorified’;
I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, my God was my strength.
And now the Lord has spoken,
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him,
to gather Israel to him:
‘It is not enough for you to be my servant,
to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel;
I will make you the light of the nations
so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God
Psalm 40: Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.
I waited, I waited for the Lord and he stooped down to me; he heard my cry.
He put a new song into my mouth, praise of our God. (Response)
You do not ask for sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear.
You do not ask for holocaust and victim.
Instead, here am I. (Response)
In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will.
My God, I delight in your law
in the depth of my heart. (Response)
Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed;
you know it, O Lord. (Response)
A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1: 1-3) I, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send greetings to the church of God in Corinth, to the
holy people of Jesus Christ, who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their Lord no less than ours. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!
The Word was made flesh and lived among us:
to all who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God. Alleluia!
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (1: 29-34)
Glory to you, O Lord.
Seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man is coming after me who ranks before me because he exist- ed before me. I did not know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him
to Israel that I came baptising with water.’ John also declared, ‘I saw the Spirit coming down on him from heaven like a dove and resting on him. I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to baptise with the Holy Spirit.” Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One of God.’
The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, O Christ
Communion antiphon:
You have prepared a table before me,
and how precious is the chalice that quenches my thirst.
Prayer after Communion:
Pour on us, O Lord, the Spirit of your love, and in your kindness
make those you have nourished by this one heavenly Bread
one in mind and heart.
Through Christ our Lord.
Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect; The Sec-ond Sunday after the Epiphany)
Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments
Sunday 18th January: 6 p.m.; Choral Evensong (Schola Cantorum) Wednesday 21st January: 10 a.m.; Low Mass (St. Agnes)
Sunday 25th January: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (The Conversion of St. Paul)
Wednesday 28th January: 10 a.m.
Sunday 1st February: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Candlemas)
Study group & pilgrimage walking group: details from Fr. Benjamin
Quiz Evening: Friday, 30th January (7 p.m.), Apollonos 6. [to be confirmed]
Community Connect Coffee Morning: Thursday, 12th February
(Apollonos 6); 10:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m.
Saints’ Days in January (other than those commemorated in church): 20th January (St. Sebastian); 24th January (St. Francis de Sales); 26th January (St. Timothy & St. Titus);
28th January (St. Thomas Aquinas); 30th January (King Charles the Martyr);
31st January (St. John Bosco)
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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
Home tel.: 210 72 14 906, anglican@otenet.gr
Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655
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