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Flowing Waters

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Flowing Waters

“The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.” – Proverbs 18: 4, from today’s Vespers Readings Image: Canmore, AB

Sweet Birthday Wishes

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Sweet Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to a hard-working Momma Bear. May your path become sweet as honey. “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” (Proverbs Read more…

Harmony Through Hard Times

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Harmony Through Hard Times

A new full length folk album with songs about heartache, love and resilience. Our dear parishioners Jeremy and Sheree Eisenhauer have just hit their Kickstarter fundraising goal and are off Read more…

One schedule change this week:

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One schedule change this week:

– we’ve had to cancel this Friday’s Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos service (April 19th). – We will still be doing an Akathist tonight at 6:30pm before our book study Read more…

Birthday Light

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Birthday Light

Happy Birthday to another one of our parish’s founding members! May God Grant You Many Years, and may any mountains in your path be bathed with His light.

Blue Sky Birthday

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Blue Sky Birthday

Happy Birthday to one of our founding members! May God Grant You Many Years, and may your path be full of blue skies!

Gospel for the Departed

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Gospel for the Departed

Fourth Saturday of Great Lent: Memorial Saturday John 5:24 – 30, today’s Gospel for the Departed: 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes Read more…

A Place of Refuge

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“In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.” – Proverbs 14: 26, from today’s 2nd Vespers Reading

Teach Me

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Teach Me

“O Lord, grant that I may live my life in peace. Help me to rely upon your holy will at every moment. In every hour of the day, reveal your Read more…

Through matter He communicated with creation

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Through matter He communicated with creation

“We should remember the importance of the Incarnation. We understand as Christians that God has done something radical in becoming part of His creation – something beyond what is often Read more…

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