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  • Great Vespers

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Great Vespers is served with Lytia at the beginning of the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.

  • Festal Divine Liturgy of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Today is a strict fast day. The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha Read more...

  • Feastal Divine Liturgy

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    According to Holy Tradition, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple took place in the following manner. The parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God. Read more...

  • Festal Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of our Lord God and Saviour, Jesus Christ

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem during the reign of the emperor Augustus (Octavian). Caesar Augustus decreed that a universal census be made throughout his Empire, which then also included Palestinian Israel. The Jews were accustomed to be counted Read more...

  • Festal Divine Liturgy of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The Meeting of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is described in the third Gospel (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the Divine Child was brought to the Temple at Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman who gave birth to a male Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy-The Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the earliest Christian feasts, and was already being celebrated in the fourth century. There is a painting of the Annunciation in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome dating from the second century. The Council of Toledo in 656 mentions the Feast, and the Council in Trullo in Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy – Palm Sunday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphant entrance of Christ into the royal city of Jerusalem. He rode on a colt for which He Himself had sent, and He permitted the people to hail Him publicly as a king. A large crowd met Him in a manner befitting royalty, waving palm branches and placing Read more...

  • Nocturns, Matins

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Christian faith. Saint Paul says that if Christ is not raised from the dead, then our preaching and faith are in vain (I Cor. 15:14).  ...much more to read at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/24/27-holy-pascha-the-resurrection-of-our-lord

  • Paschal Divine Liturgy

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

  • Divine Liturgy-Holy Pentecost followed by Kneeling Prayers

    In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also the celebration of the beginning: it is the “birthday” Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

    Today the Feast will be celebrated by serving the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil. There will not be the usual potluck after the service. Time is TBA Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem during the reign of the emperor Read more...