• Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    We also commemorate Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome. He was a native of the Tuscany region of Italy. He received a fine education and entered into the clergy Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy-Lazarus Saturday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Visible triumphs are few in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He preached a kingdom “not of this world.” At His nativity in the flesh there was “no 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 Read more...

  • Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Two events shape the liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday: the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples, and the betrayal of Judas...much more to read at:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/21/24-great-and-holy-thursday

  • 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 Read more...

  • Paschal Divine Liturgy

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
  • Divine Liturgy – St. Thomas Sunday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Some icons depicting this event are inscribed “The Doubting Thomas.” This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription reads, “The Touching of Thomas.” The Slavonic inscription is, “The Belief of Thomas.” Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

    The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman, her sons Victor (named Photinus) and Joses; and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Paraskevḗ, Kyriake; Nero’s daughter Domnina; and the Martyr Sebastian: Read more...