The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
2023-09-08
The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind.
The Son of God chose to take on human nature for the salvation of mankind, and chose as His Mother the All-Pure Virgin Mary, who alone was worthy to give birth to the Source of purity and holiness…click to continue: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/09/08/102541-the-nativity-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-vi

The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
2023-09-14
The pagan Roman Emperors tried to obliterate the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and rose from the dead, so that they would be forgotten. Emperor Hadrian (117-138) ordered that Golgotha and the Lord’s Sepulchre be buried, and that a temple in honour of the pagan “goddess” Venus and a statue of Jupiter be placed there.
Pagans gathered at this place and offered sacrifice to idols. Eventually after 300 years, by Divine Providence, the Christian holy places, the Sepulchre of the Lord, and the Life-giving Cross, were discovered and opened for veneration. This took place under Emperor Constantine the Great (306-337) after his victory over Maxentius (in 312), who ruled the Western part of the Roman Empire, and over Licinius, the ruler of its Eastern part. In the year 323 Constantine became the sole ruler of the vast Roman Empire…click to continue : https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/09/14/102610-the-universal-exaltation-of-the-precious-and-life-giving-cross

Paschal Feast
2024-05-05 14:30 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We share a huge meal,(mostly meat), and share in the joy of the Risen Lord.

Divine Liturgy - All Saints of North America
2024-07-07 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordingly, the Orthodox Church in America remembers the saints of North America on this day. Click to continue reading https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/07/07/49-synaxis-of-the-saints-of-north-america
