Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-04-03 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-03-27 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-03-20 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-03-13 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-03-08 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-03-06 07:30 - 09:30 (America/Edmonton)
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.

Typika Service - St. Mary of Egypt
2023-04-02 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism until he reached the age of fifty-three. Then he was disturbed by the thought that he had attained perfection, and needed no one to instruct him. “Is there a monk anywhere who can show me some form of asceticism that I have not attained? Is there anyone who has surpassed me in spiritual sobriety and deeds?”… to continue reading click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/04/02/18-5th-sunday-of-great-lent-st-mary-of-egypt

Readers Vespers Tone 1
2023-04-01 17:30 - 18:30

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great-Saint John Klimakos (of the Ladder)
2023-03-26 10:30 - 12:30
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John Klimakos, the author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent. In this book the Igumen of Saint Katherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai bears witness to the great effort which is required for entry into God’s Kingdom (Matthew 10:12). The spiritual struggle of the Christian life is difficult since it is “not against flesh and blood, but against … the rulers of the present darkness … the hosts of wickedness in heavenly places …” (Ephesians 6:12). Saint John encourages the faithful in their efforts for, as the Lord has said, only “he who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13)…completed at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/26/16-4th-sunday-of-great-lent-st-john-climacus-of-the-ladder

Great Vespers-Tone 8
2023-03-25 17:30 - 18:30

Divine Liturgy-The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
2023-03-25 09:00 - 10:15
The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the earliest Christian feasts, and was already being celebrated in the fourth century. There is a painting of the Annunciation in the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome dating from the second century. The Council of Toledo in 656 mentions the Feast, and the Council in Trullo in 692 says that the Annunciation was celebrated during Great Lent…continue at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/25/100884-the-annunciation-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-theotokos-and-ever-vi

Great and Holy Friday - Royal Hours?
2023-03-23 10:30 - 12:30
On the Cross Jesus thus became “the man of sorrows; acquainted with grief” whom the prophet Isaiah had foretold. He was “despised and forsaken by men” and “smitten by God, and afflicted” (Isaiah 53:3-4). He became the one with “no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2). His appearance was “marred beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men” (Isaiah 52:14). All these Messianic prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus as he hung from the Cross.
As the end approached, He cried: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). This cry indicated His complete identification with the human condition. He had totally embraced the despised, forsaken and smitten condition of suffering and death—alienation from God. He was truly the man of sorrows.
Yet, it is important to note that Jesus’ cry of anguish from the Cross was not a sign of His loss of faith in His Father. The words which He exclaimed are the first verse of Psalm 22, a messianic Psalm. The first part of the Psalm foretells the anguish, suffering and death of the Messiah. The second part is a song of praise to God. It predicts the final victory of the Messiah…read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/04/14/25-great-and-holy-friday

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
2023-03-22 17:30 - 19:00
All are welcome to join us at this very special Lenten service.

"Great Lent" Book Study
2023-03-21 20:00 - 21:30, 2023-03-14 20:00 - 21:30, 2023-03-07 20:00 - 21:30, 2023-02-28 20:00 - 21:30
As this will be a service-limited Great Lent, due to only having access to our church hall on weekends, I would highly recommend you try to find time to spend 1 – 1/2 hrs with us at our Tuesday evening Great Lent and book study. Lent is a valuable time to re-focus on growing in Christ, but this is of course dependent upon the extra time and energy we put into increasing our time in Church and in prayer, fasting and almsgiving efforts.
The study is offered at the Applegate residence. A zoom link will also be provided.

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great-Sunday of the Cross
2023-03-19 10:30 - 12:30
The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ’s redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality by which man must live to be saved. “He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me” (Mt.10:38). For in the Cross of Christ Crucified lies both “the power of God and the wisdom of God” for those being saved (1 Cor.1:24)…taken from oca.org

Great Vespers-Tone 7
2023-03-18 17:30 - 18:30

Soul Saturday Memorial Divine Liturgy
2023-03-18 09:30 - 11:00
We gather today to remember those who have been chosen and taken by the Lord. Bring your list to Fr. Andrew.

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
2023-03-15 17:30 - 19:00
Once again we are blessed to be able to celebrate this special, specific to Great Lent only, service.

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great-St. Gregory Palamas
2023-03-12 10:30 - 12:30
This 2nd Sunday of Great Lent was originally dedicated to Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas (November 14) was appointed for the Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”…click the link to continue: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/12/12-2nd-sunday-of-great-lent-st-gregory-palamas

Great Vespers-Tone 6
2023-03-11 17:30 - 18:30

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
2023-03-08 17:30 - 19:00
We are blessed to be able to serve this service this year, given our renovation. We have been granted access to use Christchurch Anglican church on Wednesday evenings during Great Lent! Subject to having a music/chanting leader available we are planning on having Pre-sanctified Liturgies at 5:30- pm beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, 2023.

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great-Sunday of Orthodoxy
2023-03-05 10:30 - 12:30
The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy. It commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those heretics who refused to honour the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the Church was disturbed by the evil doctrine of iconoclasm…Click link to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/05/10-1st-sunday-of-great-lent-sunday-of-orthodoxy

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2023-03-04 17:30 - 18:30

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-03-01 07:30 - 09:30
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.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-02-27 07:30 - 09:30
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 Lent Fast
2023-02-27 - 2023-04-15

Beginning of Great Lent
2023-02-27
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. On the morning of that Sunday, at the Divine Liturgy, we hear the words of Christ:
“If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses…” (Mark 6:14-15)…more to read from Father Alexander Schmemann at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/02/27/8-beginning-of-great-lent
