• Meat Fast

    Meatfare Sunday is the last day we eat meat until Holy Pascha on April 24, 2022.

  • St. Aidan Church Breakfast

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    A free breakfast is served the first two Wednesdays of every month. Wednesday breakfast consists of burritos with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

  • Great Vespers-Tone 4

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
  • Divine Liturgy- Cheesefare Sunday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God commanded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their Read more...

  • Forgiveness Sunday Vespers

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent – the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically announced and inaugurated – is called Forgiveness Sunday...continue reading the Read more...

  • Great Lent

    Today Great Lent begins as we follow a fast from meat, dairy, wine and oil. This is from today until Pascha on April 24, 2022.

  • St. Aidan Church Breakfast

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

  • Great Compline of St. Andrew of Crete CANCELLED

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    A basic distinguishing feature of the Great Canon is its extremely broad use of images and subjects taken both from the Old and New Testaments. As the Canon progresses, the Read more...

  • St. Aidan Church Breakfast

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    A free breakfast is served the first two Wednesdays of every month. Wednesday breakfast consists of burritos with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

  • Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The eucharistic Divine Liturgy is not celebrated in the Orthodox Church on Lenten weekdays. In order for the faithful to sustain their Lenten effort by participation in Holy Communion, the Read more...