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The Prayer for Peace

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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

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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

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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

Posted in Children and Parents, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community | Tagged koliva, memorial, Orthodoxy, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
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

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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

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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?

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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…

Warm your hands at the fire of the Divine Love of God

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Warm your hands at the fire of the Divine Love of God

It is hard to love God and sing His praise each day when everything around us regards such behaviour as madness or fanaticism.  It is hard to love our neighbour Read more…

Giving – of ourselves

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Giving – of ourselves

Stewardship, from Glimpses of Glory: Back when I was single and had only myself to worry about, I was introduced to a fuller understanding of stewardship. I had always equated Read more…

Fasting

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Fasting

We have just had the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Father Jeremy of orthodoxroad.com has written: The Great Fast and the Pharisee Because the Orthodox Church was instituted Read more…

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