The Anglican Church of

St. Thomas, Kefalas.

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We are the only Anglican church on Crete. However, all Christian denominations are welcome at our services. We are situated within the Apokoronas area of Crete, east of Chania, in the picturesque rural village of Kefalas.

 

We hope that this website will guide you around the Parish - our worship, events and organisations and contact points for any further information.

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The Second Sunday

of Easter 

27 April 2025

Dear All

 

As Bruce continues to recover and take a short break, the Church Council will be organising the weekly Services.

 

Tomorrow there will be a Service of the Word for all the Christian Family at 11:00 am. This is not our normal Holy Communion Service.

 

Quite a few people from the Congregation have offered to take part and we are very grateful. We look forward to sharing this time with you either in person or on zoom.

 

The Church Council are grateful that Dr Steven Smith was been able to officiate at our Easter Services

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​Below are the readings for 27 April 

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27 April, 2025

The Second Sunday of Easter 

Acts5. V27-32

Psalm 118: 14-29

John 20  V19-31

Please join us at 11:00 am EET, either in-person or via Zoom. To get into the Zoom room click here, or, if you prefer, you can type or copy https://zoom.us/j/91269383194 into your browser, or, sign in to your Zoom account and use the Meeting ID: 912 6938 3194; there is no passcode, just a waiting room as a security feature.

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Recently a vote was held to indicate which three Charities the Church will be able to support in 2025.

 

The results are in favour of the Splantzias Food Kitchen, Doctors without Borders and Touching the Tonga.

 

Thank you to all who participated in this process.

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With best wishes for this season of Easter

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Jan Lovell

Chaplaincy Secretary

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Announcements

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​Celebrating Nicaea Lent Course
in our online Wednesday Night Small Group

This year is the 1700th anniversary of the the Council of Nicaea (in what is now Iznik in Turkey).

 

Our online Small Group will continue our Lenten study of the Nicene Creed using materials prepared in the Diocese in Europe, Session 5.

 

We meet for discussion and prayer and The questions are generating quite a lot of discussion! Do join us if you can.  

 

https://zoom.us/j/95398454424 (Zoom Meeting ID: 953 9845 4424); no passcode is needed, we just use a waiting room as a security feature.
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2025 Bishop’s Lent Appeal:
Diocese in Europe & USPG collaborative work with refugees across Europe

Bishop Robert Innes invites us to support our work with refugees across Europe.

 

During the rest of Lent we will have a basket at the back of the church for this, and there are other ways to make donations (if interested in these other ways, please speak to Mary Hurley, our treasurer). More information about how the funds raised will be used can be found at https://www.europe.anglican.org/news/latest-news/bishops-lent-appeal-2025.

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  ​​Safeguarding

in

the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, Crete

If you see something that you think may be a safeguarding issue, you should speak to the
Chaplaincy Safeguarding Officer here on Crete or the Diocesan Safeguarding Team:

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Chaplaincy Safeguarding Officer:
Jan Lovell +30 69791 64716 jand.lovell@yahoo.com

and/or

Diocesan Safeguarding Team:

 For urgent enquiries during operational hours (9 am to 5 pm UK time, Monday to
Friday), please call: +44 (0)207 898 1159
For non-urgent enquiries contact: +44 (0) 7464 544715
For urgent enquiries outside operational hours call our
partners  Thirtyone:eight  on +44 (0) 303 003 1111. 
Email: europe.safeguarding@churchofengland.org
https://www.europe.anglican.org/resources/safeguarding-diocese-europe

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