Reminder: NO Vespers tomorrow.
Christ is Risen!! Tomorrow, Saturday, we can work in the new hall location to set up our new space for Liturgy this Sunday. There is still work to be done Read more…
Author: Rebecca
The Renovation has started!
Christ is Risen!!! If you stop by the church you will be quite startled by the rapid change developing as the contractor has started with a flurry of activity. Check Read more…
Breakfast Program photos
Some photos of our breakfast bunch in our temporary location (during the elevator build). Thanks to our amazing volunteers, both in the kitchen and at the tables, we offer a Read more…
Paschal Hours
For the entire week following Pascha the “paschal hours” prayers replace our regular prayer rule at all times of the day! This is a wonderful way to maintain the Paschal Read more…
Pancake Sunday
This Sunday is Cheesefare Sunday. It is the day we say farewell to dairy products and begin the Lenten Fast in earnest. To this end households would use up their Read more…
East Kootenay Ukraine Support Committee
A group of concerned citizens have gathered to establish a community-based committee to help bring the immediate family members and other refugees from Ukraine to be reunited with their Cranbrook Read more…
Psalm 136
In the Orthodox Church, this Psalm is sung during Lent to remind us to keep fresh the knowledge of what we have fallen from, how alien we are to the Read more…
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Makes Urgent Financial Appeal for Ukrainian Refugee Relief
Dear beloved children in the Lord, It is with profound pain and sorrow that we see the situation unfolding in Ukraine. The invasion of Russian troops has already caused death Read more…
The Dawn of Springtime
Why do Christians call their feast Easter? Isn’t that a pagan word? Did European Christians appropriate an existing pagan feast and add it to their religion? When did Christians start Read more…
Repose of Saint Raphael
Today we commemorate the repose of one of the North American saints, St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn. Saint Raphael used to describe himself: “I am an Arab by birth, a Read more…