Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

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

Divine Liturgy
2022-09-04 10:30 - 12:15 (America/Edmonton)
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.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-09-05 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-09-12 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-10-03 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
2022-09-07, 2022-09-14, 2022-09-21, 2022-09-28, 2022-10-05
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

Fast Day
2022-09-09, 2022-09-16, 2022-09-23, 2022-09-30, 2022-10-07
Friday we fast as we remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was hung on the cross for our sake.

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

Readers Vespers-Tone 5
2022-09-17 17:30 - 18:00

Divine Liturgy-Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross
2022-09-18 10:30 - 12:15

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-09-19 07:30 - 09:30, 2022-09-26 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

CANCELLED Readers Vespers-Tone 6
2022-09-24 05:30 - 18:30

Divine Liturgy
2022-09-25 10:30 - 12:15

Readers Vespers-Tone 7
2022-10-01 17:30 - 18:00

Typika
2022-10-02 10:30 - 12:15
Saint Cyprian was a pagan and a native of Antioch. From his early childhood his misguided parents dedicated him to the service of the pagan gods. From the age seven until he was thirty, Cyprian studied at the leading centers of paganism: on Mount Olympus; in the cities of Argos and Tauropolis; in the Egyptian city of Memphis; and at Babylon. Once he attained eminent wisdom in pagan philosophy and the sorcerer’s craft, he was initiated into the pagan priesthood on Mount Olympus. Having discovered great power by summoning unclean spirits, he beheld the Prince of Darkness himself, speaking with him and receiving from him a host of demons to serve him…to complete reading about St. Cyprian, click the following link https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/02/102835-hieromartyr-cyprian-virgin-martyr-justina-and-martyr-theoctistus

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-10-05 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.

Readers Vespers-Tone 8
2022-10-08 05:30 - 18:00

Divine Liturgy (may be a Typika)
2022-10-09 10:30 - 12:00
Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Apostle to America was born as Vasily Ivanovich Belavin on January 19, 1865 into the family of Ioann Belavin, a rural priest of the Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese. His childhood and adolescence were spent in the village in direct contact with peasants and their labour. From his early years he displayed a particular religious disposition, love for the Church as well as rare meekness and humility…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/10/09/102906-glorification-of-saint-tikhon-apostle-to-america
