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…
Category: St. Aidan Community
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…
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 Prayer for Peace
Click on the link below to listen to a Gregorian Prayer for Peace. https://saintaidanorthodoxchurch.blogspot.com/2022/02/trio-mandili-galoba-prayer.html
War in Ukraine
Orthodox Church in America His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon issues statement on war in Ukraine Dearly beloved children in the Lord, In light of the distressing developments in Ukraine affecting millions Read more…
The Last Judgement
Join us on Feb. 27th, 2022 for the Sunday of the Last Judgement. Fr. Silouan from silouanthompson.net gave this sermon a few years ago: On the Sunday of the Last Read more…
Saturday of Souls
Join us from 10:30am – 11:45am this Saturday, Feb. 26th, 2022 for our Memorial Liturgy. Fifty years after the death of St Theodore, the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363), wanting Read more…
Fasting and Other Thoughts from Fr. Andrew
Whenever we enter a fasting period, I am often asked “How should I fast?” and “How often should I come for confession?” It is considered a bare minimum requirement if Read more…
The Dance of Isaiah
Today we had a baptism and a wedding in our little church. “Eastern Orthodox wedding ceremonies, because they adhere to sacred Tradition, often seem quite different when compared to conventional Read more…
Where do I stand in this journey?
“Lent, rather, is a kind of temporal magnifying glass, revealing in intense, close-up detail the meaning not only of the rest of the year, but the rest of our lives.” Read more…