Divine Liturgy – St John Climacus (of the Ladder)

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John Climacus, the author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent. In this book the Igumen of Saint Katherine’s Monastery on Mount Read more...

Divine Liturgy – St Mary of Egypt

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism Read more...

St. Lazarus Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Bright Week Divine Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

On Bright Thursday the Gospel reading is John 3:1-15, which mentions the Pharisee Νikόdēmos who came by night to speak to Christ. The Lord told him that a man could Read more...

Divine Liturgy-Sunday of the Paralytic

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

On the Fourth Sunday of Pascha, the Church remembers the man who lay paralyzed at the Sheep Pool in Jerusalem for thirty-eight years, waiting for someone to put him into Read more...