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Divine Liturgy of the Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
On the fourth day of the Afterfeast of the Dormition, the Church continues to honour the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her “to dwell in His courts.”...taken from oca.org
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This Divine Liturgy will NOT be served in Cranbrook. It will be served this one time at the Family Camp in Riondel, BC Saint Pimen the Great was born about the year 340 in Egypt. He went to one of the Egyptian monasteries with his two brothers, Anoub and Paisius, and all three received Read more...
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Divine Liturgy – Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
This may be our last service in the BGC...next Sunday, God grant, Divine Liturgy will be served in our newly renovated home... :) Today we commemorate The Holy Virgins Menodora, Nymphodora, and Metrodora (305-311), were sisters from Bithynia (Asia Minor). Distinguished for their special piety, they wanted to preserve their virginity and avoid worldly associations. Read more...
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The Holy Martyrs Saint Sophia and her Daughters Faith, Hope and Love were born in Italy. Their mother was a pious Christian widow who named her daughters for the three Christian virtues. Faith was twelve, Hope was ten, and Love was nine. Saint Sophia raised them in the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Read more...
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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, CanadaThis 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
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Divine Liturgy – Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaToday 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
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Divine Liturgy – Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, and Monk of Mount Athos
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaSaint 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...
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Divine Liturgy – Saint Abercius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Hieropolis, Equal of the Apostles
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaSaint 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...
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Divine Liturgy – Holy, Glorious Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher of Thessaloniki
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThe 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...