Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Matins with Praises & Shroud Procession
2023-04-14 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | British Columbia
Now we sing the Praises before the tomb and make a procession with the Shroud…

Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday
2023-04-15 10:30 - 13:00 | British Columbia
Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath.
“The great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day when he said:
God blessed the seventh day.
This is the blessed Sabbath
This is the day of rest,
on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all His works….”
(Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday)
By using this title the Church links Holy Saturday with the creative act of God. In the initial account of creation as found in the Book of Genesis, God made man in His own image and likeness. To be truly himself, man was to live in constant communion with the source and dynamic power of that image: God. Man fell from God. Now Christ, the Son of God through whom all things were created, has come to restore man to communion with God. He thereby completes creation. All things are again as they should be. His mission is consummated. On the Blessed Sabbath He rests from all His works…read more https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/04/15/26-great-and-holy-saturday

Agape Vespers
2023-04-16 13:00 - 15:00 | British Columbia
We gather today sing the Pascal Vespers. We joyously sing many times and in many languages…Christ is Risen…
Following the Vespers we join in a Paschal Potluck…hmmm, hmmm…

Family Camp
2023-08-25 14:00 - 2023-08-28 11:00 | British Columbia
Check in begins at 2 pm PST… (an hour after our time MST)
Supper begins at 5:30 pm.

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with Blessing of Water
2023-09-23 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All welcome.
Celebration meal to follow.

Great Vespers - Tone 5
2023-11-04 16:00 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
NEW! EARLIER Family Vespers 1st Saturday of every month.
The plan is to have an early Vespers that the whole family can attend and that we could bring visitors to and introduce them to St. Aidans by holding an early 3/4hr. Great Vespers service followed by pizza and board games, puzzles,…and fellowship downstairs. This would start at 4:00pm for Vespers and probably go till around 6:30 or until everyone wanted to go home. If you have any questions, give me or Laurenn Pasivirta a call. This is meant for everybody and their guests (if they wish to invite someone). Pizza will be provided by the Church, but a donation bowl will be available for those wishing to help contribute to the pizza costs if they wish. Get out your favorite board game or puzzle and put it in your day planner! See you then ………..
love in Christ……fr. andrew

Akathist to the Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria
2023-11-25 17:15 - 17:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Holy Great Martyr Katherine was the daughter of Konstos, the governor of Alexandria, Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305-313). Living in the capital, the center of Hellenistic knowledge, and possessed of a rare beauty and intellect, Katherine received an excellent education, studying the works of the greatest philosophers and teachers of antiquity. Young men from the most worthy families of the empire sought the hand of the beautiful Katherine, but she was not interested in any of them. She told her parents that she would enter into marriage only with someone who surpassed her in nobility, wealth, comeliness and wisdom…continue at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/11/24/103382-great-martyr-katherine-of-alexandria

Family Vespers -Tone 1
2023-12-02 16:00 - 16:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Followed by a meal and a visit from St. Nicholas…

Perogy Making Evening
2023-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We are having our first perogy making session in our new church kitchen. We will be having one per month in order to make enough perogies for the dinners and to sell frozen in bags.
Please let Joanna or Fr Andrew know if you are planning on coming, and if you could bring any of the following: a mixer, flat pans or rolling pins.

2nd Annual Christmas Tree / Yard Sale at Dearden's
2023-12-09 10:00 - 15:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A note from Ellen…
Dear Family,
If you have any gently used items you wish to donate to the Yard sale fundraiser next Saturday, please leave in balcony and I will pick them on Thursday.
Thank you so and I will see you at the Open House – 663 Wardner Ft. Steele Rd.,
250-421-6013 Ellen

Royal Hours of the Nativity of Christ
2023-12-22 09:00 - 10:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast replaced by Christmas Dinner
2023-12-25 13:00 - 16:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Breakfast will not be served this Monday, Christmas Day only. Instead a Christmas Dinner will be served from 1 to 4pm.

New Year's Eve Molebin
2023-12-31 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A service of Thanksgiving.

Blessing of Joseph Creek
2024-01-06 10:30 - 11:00 | British Columbia
We will bless the water of Joseph Creek after the completion of the Festal Divine Liturgy.

Family Vespers - Tone 6
2024-01-06 16:00 - 19:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Holy Unction
2024-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil - Great and Holy Thursday
2024-05-02 10:30 - 12:30 | 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. The meaning of both is in love. The Last Supper is the ultimate revelation of God’s redeeming love for man, of love as the very essence of salvation. And the betrayal of Judas reveals that sin, death and self-destruction are also due to love, but to deviated and distorted love, love directed at that which does not deserve love…to read more, click https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/05/02/24-great-and-holy-thursday

Matins with 12 Gospel Readings
2024-05-02 17:30 - 20:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Beginning with the betrayal of Judas, we follow through the 12 Gospel readings, the events of Christ’s journey to the Cross…

Marriage Ceremony
2024-07-20 13:00 - 14:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Marriage of Sam and Iryna. All of the parish is invited to attend.

2nd Annual Family Camp Day 1
2024-08-16 14:00 - 23:59 | Harbour at Riondel, 2277 Riondel North Rd, Riondel, BC, V0B 2B0, Canada
Our 2nd Annual Family Camp at Harbour at Riondel, on Kootenay Lake, begins Friday afternoon. Check in is 2pm.

Baptism of Zeus/Panos followed by a lunch downstairs
2024-08-24 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
This Saturday at 12noon we will be baptizing Zeus/Panos.
Rasel has planned a lunch celebration downstairs after the baptism as well, so please come out a pray for and support little Panos as we bring him into the fullness of the Orthodox Church!
Please let me know if you can come and help sing.
Love in Christ……fr. andrew………250-420-1582

Hierarchtical Divine Liturgy
2024-09-21 09:00 - 11:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We are blessed to be able to serve a Hierachtical Divine Liturgy with our Vladyka Irénée. Please arrive early so you can be present for the welcoming of Vladyka to our parish.

Pentecost Kneeling Vespers
2025-06-08 14:00 - 15:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

3rd Annual Family Camp
2025-08-15 14:00 - 2025-08-18 12:00 | Harbour at Riondel, 2277 Riondel North Rd, Riondel, BC, V0B 2B0, Canada
We are able to check in at the Harbour of Riondel at 2pm on August 15. Checkout is August 18 at noon at the latest.
