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Divine Liturgy – The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

This miraculous appearance of the Mother of God occurred in the mid-tenth century in Constantinople, in the Blachernae church where her robe, veil, and part of her belt were preserved after being transferred from Palestine in the fifth century... click to continue reading:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/10/01/102824-the-protection-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever

Divine Liturgy – Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Today the Church remembers the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius (February 25). The Synod of 787, the second to meet at Nicea, refuted the Iconoclast heresy during the reign of Empress Irene and her son Constantine VI...click to continue reading:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/10/08/70-commemoration-of-the-holy-fathers-of-the-seventh-ecumenical-coun

Divine Liturgy – Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, and Monk of Mount Athos

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Euthymius the New of Thessalonica and Mt Athos, in the world was named Nicetas, and he was a native of the city of Ancyra in Galatia. His parents, Epiphanius and Anna, led virtuous Christian lives, and from childhood their son was meek, pious and obedient. At age seven he was left fatherless and he Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Saint Abercius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Hieropolis, Equal of the Apostles

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Abercius, Bishop and Wonderworker of Hieropolis lived in the second century in Phrygia. The city of Hieropolis was inhabited by many pagans and very few Christians. The saint prayed to the Lord for the salvation of their souls and that they might be numbered among God’s chosen flock. An angel appeared and bade Saint Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Holy, Glorious Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher of Thessaloniki

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher of Thessaloniki was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessaloniki. Three centuries had elapsed and Roman paganism, spiritually shattered and defeated by the multitude of martyrs and confessors of the Saviour, intensified its persecutions. The parents of Saint Demetrios were secret Christians, and he was baptized and raised Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Monastic Martyr Anastasia of Rome

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Monastic Martyr Anastasia the Roman lost her parents when she was three years old, and was taken to be raised by the Igoumeness of a women’s monastery, whose name was Sophia, a nun who had attained a high degree of spiritual perfection. She raised Anastasia in fervent faith, in the fear of God, and Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Martyrs Galaction and his wife, Epistemis, at Emesa

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

There was a rich and distinguished couple named Kletophon and Leukippe, who lived in the Syrian city of Emesa, and for a long time they were childless. They gave much gold to the pagan priests, but still they remained childless...to continue reading, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/11/05/103176-martyrs-galaction-and-his-wife-epistemis-at-emesa

Divine Liturgy – Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, was born on Cyprus in the seventh century into the family of the illustrious dignitary Epiphanius. At the wish of his parents he entered into marriage and had children. When the wife and the children of the saint died, he became a monk. He was zealous in fasting Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Prophet Obadiah (Abdia)

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The holy Prophet Obadiah is the fourth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and he lived during the ninth century B.C. He was from the village of Betharam, near Sichem, and he served as steward of the impious Israelite King Ahab. In those days the whole of Israel had turned away from the true God and Read more...

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple

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...more Read more...

The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ- Divine Liturgy

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...

Divine Liturgy – Venerable Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Alypius the Stylite was born in the city of Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia. His mother, a Christian, was widowed early, and she sent her son to be educated by Bishop Theodore. She distributed her substance to the poor, then began to live an ascetic life near the church as a deaconess... continue at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/11/26/103397-venerable-alypius-the-stylite-of-adrianopolis