Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Dormition Fast
2021-08-01 00:00 - 2021-08-14 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | British Columbia
Today is the beginning of the Dormition Fast
It is completed at the Divine Liturgy on August 15.

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2021-07-31 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-07-26 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-19 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-12 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-05 07:30 - 21:30 | 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.

Divine Liturgy commemorating the Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos
2021-07-25 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Saint Anna was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos.
During the reign of Saint Justinian the Emperor (527-565), a church was built in her honuor at Deutera. Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her church, since Saint Anna had appeared to his pregnant wife. It was at this time that her body and maphorion (veil) were transferred to Constantinople…the rest of the article is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102086-dormition-of-the-righteous-anna-the-mother-of-the-most-holy-theo

Today we also commemorate Holy Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess of Constantinople. Her story is also found at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102087-holy-woman-olympias-olympiada-the-deaconess-of-constantinople

Great Vespers-Tone 4
2021-07-24 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Sunday of The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils.
2021-07-18 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
In the Ninth Article of the Nicea-Constantinople Symbol of Faith proclaimed by the holy Fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils, we confess our faith in “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.” By virtue of the catholic nature of the Church, an Ecumenical Council is the Church’s supreme authority, and possesses the competence to resolve major questions of church life. An Ecumenical Council is comprised of archpastors and pastors of the Church, and representatives of all the local Churches, from every land of the “oikumene” (i.e. from all the whole inhabited world).
The Orthodox Church acknowledges Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils:…the rest of the article is found at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 3
2021-07-17 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-07-14 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-07 07:30 - 09:30 | 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.

Sunday Divine Liturgy
2021-07-11 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All Saints of Britain and Ireland are commemorated today.
Also today the Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised is commemorated.
The Miracle of Saint Euphemia the All-Praised: The holy Great Martyr Euphemia (September 16) suffered martyrdom in the city of Chalcedon in the year 304, during the time of the persecution against Christians by the emperor Diocletian (284-305). One and a half centuries later, at a time when the Christian Church had become victorious within the Roman Empire, God deigned that Euphemia the All-Praised should again be a witness and confessor of the purity of the Orthodox teaching… the rest of her story is found at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2021-07-10 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All are welcome to join us as we sing the Great Vespers.

Sunday of the Saints of North America-Divine Liturgy served in church
2021-07-04 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordingly, the Orthodox Church in America remembers the saints of North America on this day.
Saints of all times, and in every country are seen as the fulfillment of God’s promise to redeem fallen humanity. Their example encourages us to “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily besets us” and to “run with patience the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). The saints of North America also teach us how we should live, and what we must expect to endure as Christians…the rest of the story is on oca.org

Great Vespers-Tone 1
2021-07-03 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saints Peter and Paul Feastday
2021-06-29 | British Columbia
Today the church commemorates the Apostles Peter and Paul.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-06-28 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-06-21 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-06-14 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A free breakfast is served Monday of each month.
Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.
Pandemic protocols are followed.

Apostles Fast
2021-06-28 | British Columbia
This year the Apostles Fast is one day only.

Sunday of All Saints-Divine Liturgy served in church
2021-06-27 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Please contact Fr. Andrew to register if you would like to attend.
The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only to God. There have been saints at all times, and they have come from every corner of the earth. They were Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics, and Righteous, yet all…continued at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 8
2021-06-26 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

All is Well Book Study on zoom
2021-06-24 19:30 - 21:00 | British Columbia
This is the conclusion of our study of Dr. Rossi’s latest book.

The Feast of Pentecost-Divine Liturgy served in church
2021-06-20 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Please contact Fr. Andrew if you would like to register to attend the Divine Liturgy.
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…the article continues at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 7
2021-06-19 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is being served inside the church. All are welcome

All is Well Book Study on zoom
2021-06-17 19:30 - 21:00 | British Columbia
All are welcome to join us as we continue our study of Dr. Rossi’s latest book.

Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council-Divine Liturgy served in church
2021-06-13 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Please register with Fr. Andrew if you would like to attend the Divine Liturgy.
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…you can find the rest of the article at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 6
2021-06-12 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great vespers is now being served in the church.

All is Well Book study
2021-06-10 19:30 - 21:00 | British Columbia
