The Anglican Church of St. Thomas, Kefalas
The Anglican Church of St. Thomas, Kefalas
The Anglican Church of
St. Thomas, Kefalas.
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.
The Sunday of the Resurrection
Easter Day
20 April 2025
Dear All
Thank you so much for your prayers for Bruce. Please continue to pray for his recuperation now that he has returned home
The Church Council are grateful that Dr Steven Smith has been able to officiate at our Easter Services and he will be doing so again tomorrow.
Below are the readings for Easter Day.
20 April, 2025
Easter Day
Exodus 2: 1-10
Psalm 34: 11-20
2 Corinthians 5: 16-21
Luke 15;1-3, 11b-32
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.
As in previous years we will be decorating the Easter Cross with flowers, so if you can, please bring a few with you.
If you are coming by car, there may be some room to park in the area right by the Church and down the drive. If you park on the road, please allow enough room for vehicles to pass by. There is a bit of a problem with fencing that has sagged and caught passing cars. Otherwise there should be some room in the village square.
I don’t have many notices but can let you know that the Wednesday Bible Study Group are planning to meet this coming week to look at the last session of our Nicene Creed course.
With best wishes for a Happy and Peaceful Easter
Jan Lovell
Chaplaincy Secretary
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Announcements
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The Church Spring Lunch will be held at Monica’s in Gavalachori
on Sunday 27 April at 1:00 PM.
A wide range of delicious dishes will be available.
The cost is 20 euro per person, all drinks extra.
Please sign up by Sunday 20 April 2025.
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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. We meet for discussion and prayer at 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:
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
St. Thomas is one of many churches in the rapidly growing Diocese in Europe which, in itself, is part of The Church of England. You can visit the Diocese website at http://europe.anglican.org/homepage/ .