• 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.

  • Akathist Hymn/Study

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
  • 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...

  • Divine Liturgy – Palm Sunday

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphant entrance of Christ into the royal city of Jerusalem. He rode on a colt for which He Himself had sent, and He 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.