CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP IN ATHENS
For those visiting Athens and looking for a place particular church, temple or mosque this is a list of them though I have left out the Orthodox Churches since there is one on every block and the most famous ones are shown on most maps of Athens. The Athens News also has a list of Churches in Athens as well as a list of Community Organizations which are both in my Athens Practical Information Section. Also see my page on Greek Holidays and Easter.
Churches in Athens
CHURCH
OF LATER DAY SAINTS 16 Elefterotrias
Frisilis, Halandri. Open throughout the
week. Sun. 11:oo-12:oo special musical
presentations. Tel. 210 6251976.
ANGLICAN
CHURCH ST. PAULS Phileninon st.,
Syntagma. Tel. 210 3234790.
FIRST
GREEK EVANGELICAL CHURCH 5 Amalias
Ave. Most Reverand Panayiotis
Kantartzis(Pastor). Open every Sun. from
11:oo am. to 7:oo pm.
ARMENIAN CHURCH (Catholic) OF ST.
GREGORY 2 Rene Pio, Neos Kosmos.
Reverend Nisoin Karaheyan. Open every day from 9
am. to 1 pm.
ARMENIAN METROPOLIS OF ST. GREGORY THE
ILLUMINATOR 10 Kriezi st. Psyrri.
Reverand Sahag Ayvazian. Open Mon. to
Fri. 9:30 am. to 2 pm.
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 14 Kourtesi,
Halandri. Tel. 210 6012054
ROMAN
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE BAPTIST 11
Panepistimiou, Psychico. French Mass on
Sundays at 6 pm., Spanish Mass on the first Sun.
of every month, at 6 pm.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF St. PAUL 4
Kokkinaki, Kifissia. Father Paul Buhagiar. English
Mass on Saturdays at 6 pm. and Sundays at 8:30
& 11 am.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST THE
KING 51 Timotheou, Pagrati. Father
Ioannis. Services every Sun. 8 am. to
10:30 am. From the second sunday of June to
the second Sunday of Sept. at 9:30 am. Also
Mass every Tue. at 7 pm.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF St.
DIONYSUS 22 Panepistimiou and 9
Omonia. Father Apostol Varthalitis.
Daily Mass from 7 am. to 8 am. ; Sunday from
7 am. to 11 am. (one service per hour)
and at 7 pm.
SYNAGOGUE BETH SHALOM 5 Melidoni,
Athens. Tel. 210 3252773
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS: Aiolou 68-70, 7th
floor. 9:15
on Sunday morning. info@icfofathens.com. Visit their website at http://www.icfofathens.com
Agios Andreas Church Services in
English
Greece’s Orthodox Church will begin holding
regular services in a modern Western language
to cater to English-speaking churchgoers. The
Orthodox liturgy hails directly from the
Byzantine church tradition and is held in
third-century Greek. The hymns will be still
in Greek, otherwise the music would be
destroyed. But all plain texts and the sermon
will be in English. The service will be from
7.30-10.30 a.m. in the Chapel of Aghios
Andreas in Plaka (19 Aghias Filotheis
St).
“This is the first time the Greek Orthodox Church has organized an English-language service on a regular basis,” said Father John Raffan, an Orthodox priest from Scotland who will conduct the weekly service.
St. Andrews International Church is an evangelical, inter-denominational, multi-national church serving the English-speaking, foreign community in the greater Athens area. Over twenty nationalities are represented within their two congregations. Worship services on Sunday are at 9:00 AM in Kifissia and 11:30 AM in Athens. More information, along with maps to services, can be found on their web page: http://www.standrewsgreece.com
The
Athens Mosque is still under construction
according to the latest sources from the Ministry
of Culture. The long delayed Islamic Center should
be completed within the next few years; however I
have found that there are alternative areas of
worship and meditation, albeit they are rather
makeship. Those of the Islamic faith may try
the CULTURAL OF ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY OF IRAN in
Philothei. Tel. 6818154. The Caravel
Hotel has allocated an area for this purpose,
however days and hours are subject to change at
any given time without prior announcements, so it
would be best to contact the hotel at 210
7253770.
AA (Alcoholics Annon)
156 Ippokratous
St. Athens 210-645-2972. Daily meetings in English
6:45 Mon. to Fri. weekend at noon.
AA Voula group Vasiliou Pavlou, Voula;
210-961-0470 MEETINGS Mon. Wed. Fri.6:45
PM.
Compiled by Dorian Kokas
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