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Meat Fast Week

This week we refrain from eating meat.

Divine Liturgy-Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God commanded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they Read more...

Divine Liturgy-1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy because it commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those heretics who refused to honour the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the Church was disturbed Read more...

Divine Liturgy-The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-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...

Memorial Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy-2nd Sunday of Great Lent: St Gregory Palamas

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

This Sunday was originally dedicated to Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas (November 14) was appointed for the Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second “Triumph of Orthodoxy.” to read more, click  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/31/12-2nd-sunday-of-great-lent-st-gregory-palamas

Divine Liturgy – Veneration of the Cross

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the Lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ’s redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality Read more...

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 Sinai bears witness to the great effort which is required for entry into God’s Kingdom (Matthew 10:12). The spiritual struggle of the Christian life is Read more...