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
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
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