• Divine Liturgy-Lazarus Saturday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Visible triumphs are few in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He preached a kingdom “not of this world.” At His nativity in the flesh there was “no Read more...

  • Bridegroom Matins

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the Read more...

  • Bridegroom Matins

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    ...At the Presanctified Liturgy: Matthew 24: 36-26, 2. The End again and the parables of the End: the ten wise virgins who had enough oil in their lamps and the Read more...

  • Bridegroom Matins

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    On Great and Holy Wednesday, the hymns of the Bridegroom Service remind us of the sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Christ’s head at Simon the leper’s house (Mt. Read more...

  • Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Two events shape the liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday: the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples, and the betrayal of Judas...much more to read at:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/21/24-great-and-holy-thursday

  • Matins with the Gospel Readings

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    We stand before the Cross of Christ and read the 12 Gospels telling of the Passion of Christ.

  • Royal Hours of Great and Holy Friday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    On Great and Holy Friday, Christ died on the Cross. He gave up His spirit with the words: “It is finished” (John 19:30). These words are better understood when rendered: Read more...

  • Vespers with Shroud Veneration

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The Vespers, celebrated in the Church on Holy Friday afternoon, brings to mind all of the final events of the life of Christ as mentioned above: the trial, the sentence, Read more...

  • Agape (Paschal)Vespers

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    followed by a Paschal Feast!

  • Mid Pentecost

    Today’s celebration is the midpoint of the fifty days between the Feasts of Pascha and Pentecost. St. John tells us (John 7:14) that “in the midst of the feast Jesus Read more...