Pentecost: Gospel: John 7:37-52; 8:12 “Come and abide in us”
Today is the great feast of Pentecost! Today we once again invoke the Holy Spirit by praying “O Heavenly King…” At the start of every Liturgy we begin with this Read more…
7th Sunday of Pascha “That we may be One” -Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council, Gospel: John 17: 1 -13
This is the Sunday of our great and venerable Fathers in Christ of the 1st Ecumenical Council. These 318 bishops from every part of the Christian world gathered in the Read more…
6th Sunday of Pascha; The Man Born Blind, Gospel: John 9: 1-38, Epistle Acts 16: 16-34
Christ is Risen!!! In today’s gospel, Christ gives sight to the man born completely blind, demonstrating conclusively – once again – that He is God by fulfilling one of the Read more…
5th Sun. of Pascha; St. Photini; Equal to the Apostles-The Woman at the Well Gospel John 4: 5-42
Christ is Risen! We have passed the half-way point in our journey from Pascha to Pentecost, the mid-feast was on Wednesday and so soon we will be praying “O Heavenly Read more…
Perogy Dinner HUGE Success!
The first Perogy dinner at St. Aidan Orthodox Church in Cranbrook was a huge success! The tickets were sold out, we had to turn far too many folks away. We Read more…
4th Sunday of Pascha; Sunday of the Paralytic: Gospel: John 5: 1-15 : Epistle: Acts 9: 32-42 Peter and Aeneas
Today we celebrate Christ raising the paralytic at the pool by the Sheep Gate. The sheep gate was the deep pool by the Jewish temple, surrounded by 5 sides, where Read more…
Perogy Fundraiser Dinner, May 3rd, 2018
It is official, St. Aidan will be hosting our first genuine Ukrainian supper on Thursday May 3 from 5:30 – 7:00pm, downstairs at the church (201 -7th Ave. S.). We Read more…
3rd Sunday after Pascha, Myrrhbearing Women April 22, 2018; Mark 15: 43- 16:8 Fr Andrew
Christ is Risen! The Myrrhbearing women – those who had faithfully followed Jesus right to the foot of the cross, even when the other apostles had scattered and were hiding Read more…
Holy Week & Pascha at St. Aidan’s, Cranbrook, BC -2018
Photos from the celebration of holy week and Pascha at St Aidan of Lindisfarne Orthodox Church in Cranbrook, BC. Credit for many of the photos to Diakonissa Victoria Jordan.
Pascha Time
We are creatures of linear time, always moving forward, only glancing back imperfectly at the past. We dream of travelling at will along our time line. Whether it is Superman Read more…