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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

Athens, Greece: Byzantine Church of Kapni Karea on Ermou street CHURCH OF LATER DAY SAINTS:16 Elefterotrias Frisilis, Halandri. Open throughout the week. Sun 11:00-12:00 Special musical presentations. Tel. 210 6251976.
ANGLICAN CHURCH ST. PAUL: 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
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH: MESOLOGIOU 8 DAFNI, ATHENS GREECE after Agious Iouanis Orthodox Church & at the back of Marinopulous Supermarket Vouliagmenis Avenue. Telephone number: 210-97-00-374/ cellphone#:693-0413264 & 693-0442627. Ttimes of services:SUNDAY Tagalog Service 11:30-12:30; English Service 12:30-1:30 Wednesday 7:00-8:00 Prayer Meeting. e-mail: jim_vren_j@yahoo.com
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 7 pm. and Sundays at 8:30 & 11 am. Come early if you want a seat.
 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 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 at9:00 AM in Kifissia and 11:30 AM in Athens at Zaimi 17. More information, along with maps to services, can be found on their web page: www.standrewsgreece.com

Omonia Church of Christ: Our congregation is active in evangelism to Greeks and foreigners who live in Greece, benevolence work among refugees, Christian publications, and a Sunday school program for children and young people. We have members from many nationalities (Greeks, Russians, Bulgarians, Albanians, Egyptians, Americans, Ukranians, Filipinos, Nigerians, Ghanians etc.). We welcome any groups of christians traveling to Greece and visitors. ALL NATIONALITIES ARE WELCOME. For further information, call Dino Roussos at 011-30-6944-344-167, or write to him at PO. Box 70127, 166 10 Glyfada, Athens - Greece. E-mail: dinoroussos@gmail.com
Times of Worship and Bible Study: Sunday Morning Bible Study: 10:00 (In Greek and Russian) Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 (In Greek and Russian) Sunday Evening Worship: 5:00 (In English) Wednesday Night Bible Study: 5:30 (In Greek and Russian)

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. 210 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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