Great Vespers-Tone 8
2022-08-13 17:30 - 18:15 (America/Edmonton)
All are welcome to join us in the singing of Great Vespers.

Divine Liturgy-Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
2022-08-14 10:30 - 12:15
The Troparion of the Forefeast invites us to gather on this day in gladness, for the Theotokos is about to depart from earth to heaven…http://oca.org

The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
2022-08-15
After the Ascension of the Lord, the Mother of God remained in the care of the Apostle John the Theologian, and during his journeys She lived at the home of his parents, near the Mount of Olives…click https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/08/15/102302-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-v to continue reading.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-08-15 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-08-22 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-08-29 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-09-05 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-09-12 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.

Fast Day
2022-08-17, 2022-08-19, 2022-08-24, 2022-08-26, 2022-08-31

Great Vespers-Tone 1
2022-08-20 17:30 - 18:15

Divine Liturgy-Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
2022-08-21 10:30 - 12:15
The Church continues to honour the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her “to dwell in His courts.”
Taken from 0ca.org

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2022-08-27 17:30 - 18:15

Divine Liturgy-Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete
2022-08-28 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Moses lived in Egypt during the fourth century. He was an Ethiopian, and since he was black of skin he was called “Murin” (meaning “like an Ethiopian”). In his youth he was the slave of an important man, but after he committed a murder, his master banished him, and he joined a band of robbers. Click the following link to continue reading. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/08/28/102414-venerable-moses-the-ethiopian-of-scete

St. Aidan Annual Picnic
2022-08-28 14:00 - 17:00
Post Liturgical Meal will be at the annual picnic.

Saint Aidan Feast day
2022-08-31

Fast Day
2022-09-02, 2022-09-09, 2022-09-16
Friday we fast as we remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was hung on the cross for our sake.

Great Vespers-Tone 3
2022-09-03
Great Vespers will not be served this evening.

Divine Liturgy
2022-09-04 10:30 - 12:15
Two of the saints that are commemorated today are Hieromartyr Babylas and the holy prophet Moses.
The Hieromartyr Babylas and with him the three youths Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius and their mother Christodoula died as martyrs under the emperor Decius (249-251). During his stay in their city of Antioch, the emperor arranged for a large festival in honor of the pagan gods…read the rest of their story at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/09/04/102485-hieromartyr-babylas-bishop-of-antioch-and-those-with-him
Information about Holy Prophet can be found there as well.

Fast Day
2022-09-07, 2022-09-14
Wednesday we fast as we remember the betrayal of the Lord by Judas. We pray that we would not do the same.

The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
2022-09-08
The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind.
Complete reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/09/08/102541-the-nativity-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-vi

Readers Vespers-Tone 4
2022-09-10 17:30 - 18:30
Readers Vespers will be served this evening.

Typika-Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin
2022-09-11 10:30 - 11:30
A typika service will be served on this morning.
The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind.

The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
2022-09-14
The pagan Roman Emperors tried to obliterate the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and rose from the dead, so that they would be forgotten. Emperor Hadrian (117-138) ordered that Golgotha and the Lord’s Sepulcher be buried, and that a temple in honour of the pagan “goddess” Venus and a statue of Jupiter be placed there…completed by clicking the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/09/14/102610-the-universal-exaltation-of-the-precious-and-life-giving-cross
