Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Festal Divine Liturgy of Pentecost
2023-06-04 10:30 - 12:15 (America/Edmonton)
In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also the celebration of the beginning: it is the “birthday” of the Church as the presence among us of the Holy Spirit, of the new life in Christ, of grace, knowledge, adoption to God and holiness…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/06/04/45-holy-pentecost

Great Vespers-Tone 7
2023-06-03 17:30 - 18:30

Fast Day
2023-05-31, 2023-05-26, 2023-05-24, 2023-05-19, 2023-05-17, 2023-05-12, 2023-05-10, 2023-05-05 and 1 more date

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-05-29 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-05-22 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-05-15 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-05-08 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-05-01 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.

Divine Liturgy - Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
2023-05-28 10:30 - 12:15
On the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the holy God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.
The Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council has been celebrated by the Church of Christ from ancient times. The Lord Jesus Christ left the Church a great promise, “I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mt. 16:18). Although the Church of Christ on earth will pass through difficult struggles with the Enemy of salvation, it will emerge victorious. The holy martyrs bore witness to the truth of the Savior’s words, enduring suffering and death for confessing Christ, but the persecutor’s sword is shattered by the Cross of Christ…read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/05/28/43-commemoration-of-the-holy-fathers-of-the-first-ecumenical-counci

Great Vespers-Tone 6
2023-05-27 17:30 - 18:30

The Ascension of our Lord
2023-05-25
“I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God, and Your God” (John 20:17).
In these words the Risen Christ described to Mary Magdalene the mystery of His Resurrection. She had to carry this mysterious message to His disciples, “as they mourned and wept” (Mark 16:10). The disciples listened to these glad tidings with fear and amazement, with doubt and mistrust. It was not Thomas alone who doubted among the Eleven. On the contrary, it appears that only one of the Eleven did not doubt—Saint John, the disciple “whom Jesus loved.” He alone grasped the mystery of the empty tomb at once: “and he saw, and believed” (John 20:8). Even Peter left the sepulcher in amazement, “wondering at that which was come to pass” (Luke 24:12)…more from V. Rev. George Florovsky, D.D…click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/05/25/42-the-ascension-of-our-lord

Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Blind Man
2023-05-21 10:30 - 12:15
At the end of Chapter 8 in Gospel of Saint John, the Savior was disputing with the Pharisees in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them, “Your father Abraham was glad that he should see my day; and he saw it and rejoiced” (John 8:56). The Jews said that Jesus was not even fifty years old, so how could He claim to have seen Abraham? The Lord replied, “Before Abraham was, I am.” I am, of course, is the name that God revealed to Moses in the Burning Bush. When the Jews picked up stones to throw at Him, He hid Himself and went out of the Temple… read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/05/21/40-sunday-of-the-blind-man

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2023-05-20 17:30 - 18:30

Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
2023-05-14 10:30 - 12:15
The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman, her sons Victor (named Photinus) and Joses; and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Paraskevḗ, Kyriake; Nero’s daughter Domnina; and the Martyr Sebastian: The holy Martyr Photina was the Samaritan Woman, with whom the Savior conversed at Jacob’s Well (John. 4:5-42)…Click to read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/05/14/39-sunday-of-the-samaritan-woman

Great Vespers-Tone 4
2023-05-13 17:30 - 18:30

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-05-10 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-05-03 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.

Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Paralytic
2023-05-07 10:30 - 12:15
Many miracles in the Old Testament involve water. To name but a few, the water of the Nile turned to blood after Moses lifted his rod and struck the water before Pharaoh and His servants (Exodus 7:20). Not only was the Nile turned to blood, but also “their rivers, their canals, their ponds, and all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone” …read more, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/05/07/37-sunday-of-the-paralytic

Great Vespers-Tone 3
2023-05-06 17:30 - 18:30

Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women with the Noble Joseph Divine Liturgy
2023-04-30 10:30 - 12:15
The Myrrh-bearing women are those women who followed the Lord, along with His Mother. They remained with her during the time of the saving Passion, and anointed the Lord’s body with myrrh. Joseph and Νikόdēmos asked for and received the Lord’s body from Pilate. They took it down from the Cross, wrapped it in linen cloths and spices, then they laid it in a tomb, and then they placed a great stone over the entrance of the tomb… read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/04/30/36-sunday-of-the-holy-myrrhbearing-women-with-the-noble-joseph

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2023-04-29 17:30 - 18:30

St. Thomas Sunday Divine Liturgy
2023-04-23 10:30 - 12:15
Some icons depicting this event are inscribed “The Doubting Thomas.” This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription reads, “The Touching of Thomas.” The Slavonic inscription is, “The Belief of Thomas.” When Saint Thomas touched the Life-giving side of the Lord, he no longer had any doubts…read more https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/04/23/34-antipascha-saint-thomas-sunday
