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Short Life of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, Father Andrew's Desk, St. Aidan Community, Uncategorized | - by Fr Andrew Applegate
Short Life of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne

Short Life of “St. Aidan of Lindisfarne”                Compiled by Fr. Andrew Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was the founder and first bishop of the Lindisfarne island monastery in England. Read more…

St. Aidan Covid Response Plan

Posted in Events, St. Aidan Community, Uncategorized | - by Fr Andrew Applegate
St. Aidan Covid Response Plan

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Covid protocols as of Aug. 28.2021 The BC Provincial Health Order (PHO) presently in place has mandated indoor mask use, restricted indoor gatherings to 50 people, Read more…

5 Clergy serving at St. Aidan for Dormition

Posted in Events, St. Aidan Community | - by Fr Andrew Applegate
5 Clergy serving at St. Aidan for Dormition

It was a great blessing to have a full Altar with 3 deacons and two priests decked out in blue together in brotherly love serving the great feast of the Read more…

Community Garden Grant Project aided by Grade 9 Grads of KCA!

Posted in Events, St. Aidan Community, Uncategorized, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged KCA, St. Aidan - by Fr Andrew Applegate
Community Garden Grant Project aided by Grade 9 Grads of KCA!

A great thank you to the 19 hard working students of the 2021 Kootenay Christian Academy (KCA) grade 9 graduating class. They came (all 19 of them along with Dawn Read more…

COVID-19 INFO

Posted in St. Aidan Community, Uncategorized | Tagged churchservices, covid, education, pray - by Fr Andrew Applegate
COVID-19 INFO

As of the last BC govt. health directive, all churches services in BC . are cancelled. This order will be reviewed on Jan. 8, 2121. Click on the link below Read more…

Orthodoxy 101 (An Introduction to Ancient Christianity)

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, Link of the Week, Newspaper Articles, St. Aidan Community | - by Fr Andrew Applegate
Orthodoxy 101 (An Introduction to Ancient Christianity)

We will be using Fr. Barnabas Powell’s 16 session Video series “Journey to Fullness” as a teaching and discussion starter each Wednesday. They are 20 minutes long so the format Read more…

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