Zoom Ortho 101 Study
2022-01-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton)
You are free to join in any Tuesday that works for you. Each Tuesday will be a stand-alone class. Feel free to invite anyone you think might be interested. Join in with them or just check out a class or two yourself.

Fast Day
2022-01-19, 2022-01-26
Wednesday we fast as we remember the betrayal of the Lord by Judas. We pray that we would not do the same.

Parish Council Meeting
2022-01-19 19:17 - 20:30

Fast Day
2022-01-21, 2022-01-28
Friday we fast as we remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was hung on the cross for our sake.

Great Vespers-Tone-6 CANCELLED
2022-01-22 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All are welcome to join us in worship.

Typika (Reader Service)will be served
2022-01-23 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On the Sunday closest to January 25, the Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Remembering all those Orthodox Christians who suffered for Christ at the hands of the godless Soviets during the years of persecution. These include the royal Passion Bearers Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and the Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Countless thousands of martyrs, both clergy and laity also suffered, some of whose names are known, as well as millions of simple believers whose names have been lost to history…Click on the following link to read more:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/01/23/205310-new-martyrs-and-confessors-of-russia

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-01-24 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-01-31 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-07 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-14 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-21 07:30 - 09:00 | 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.

Ortho 101 Zoom Study - POSTPONED
2022-01-25 19:00 - 20:30

Great Vespers-Tone-7
2022-01-29 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy of
2022-01-30 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom: During the eleventh century, disputes raged in Constantinople about which of the three hierarchs was the greatest. Some preferred Saint Basil (January 1), others honored Saint Gregory the Theologian (January 25), while a third group exalted Saint John Chrysostom (November 13).
Click the following link to continue reading:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/01/30/100350-synaxis-of-the-ecumenical-teachers-and-hierarchs-basil-the-great

Annual General Meeting
2022-01-30 13:00 - 14:30
Please check with Fr. Andrew if you would like to be a voting member. A member sheet must be filled out.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-02-02 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-09 07:30 - 09:00 | 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.

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
2022-02-02 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Meeting of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is described in the third Gospel (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the Divine Child was brought to the Temple at Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman who gave birth to a male child was forbidden to enter the Temple for forty days. At the end of the time of her purification, the mother went to the Temple with the child, to offer a young lamb, two turtledoves, or pigeons to the Lord as a sacrifice. The Most Holy Virgin had no need of purification, since she had given birth to the Source of purity and sanctity. Out of humility, however, she fulfilled the requirements of the Law…click the following link to read the rest of the article:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/02/100407-the-meeting-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ-in-the-temple

Great Vespers-Tone-8
2022-02-05 17:30 - 18:15

Divine Liturgy of Zaccheus Sunday
2022-02-06 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The paschal season of the Church is preceded by the season of Great Lent, which is also preceded by its own liturgical preparation. The first sign of the approach of Great Lent comes five Sundays before its beginning. On this Sunday the Gospel reading is about Zacchaeus the tax-collector. It tells how Christ brought salvation to the sinful man, and how his life was changed simply because he “sought to see who Jesus was” (Luke 19:3). The desire and effort to see Jesus begins the entire movement through Lent towards Pascha. It is the first movement of salvation.
To continue reading, click the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/06/1-sunday-of-zacchaeus

Fasting Day
2022-02-09, 2022-02-11, 2022-02-23

Great Vespers-Tone 1
2022-02-12 17:30 - 18:15

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee.-Divine Liturgy
2022-02-13 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday after the Sunday of Zacchaeus is devoted to the Publican and the Pharisee. At Vespers the night before, the Triodion (the liturgical book used in the services of Great Lent) begins… Click to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/13/2-sunday-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-embeginning-of-the-lente

Fast Free Week
2022-02-14 00:00 - 2022-02-18 00:00

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2022-02-19 17:30 - 18:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy -The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
2022-02-20 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. This parable of God’s forgiveness calls us to “come to ourselves” as did the prodigal son, to see ourselves as being “in a far country” far from the Father’s house, and to make the journey of return to God. We are given every assurance by the Master that our heavenly Father will receive us with joy and gladness. We must only “arise and go,” confessing our self-inflicted and sinful separation from that “home” where we truly belong (Luke 15:11-24)…to continue reading click the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/20/3-sunday-of-the-prodigal-son
