Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Great Vespers-Tone 6
2021-10-02 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Edmonton) | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All are welcome.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-09-27 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-09-20 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-09-13 07:30, 2021-09-06 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-30 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-23 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-16 07:30 - 09:30 | 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
2021-09-26 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today we commemorate the Holy, Glorious All-laudable Apostle and Evangelist, Virgin, and Beloved Friend of Christ, John the Theologian. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, a daughter of Saint Joseph the Betrothed. He was called by our Lord Jesus Christ to be one of His Apostles at the same time as his elder brother James. This took place at Lake Gennesareth (i.e. the Sea of Galilee). Leaving behind their father, both brothers followed the Lord…read more at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/26/102731-repose-of-the-holy-apostle-and-evangelist-john-the-theologian

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2021-09-25 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

Divine Liturgy
2021-09-19 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today we celebrate the Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The Holy Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius and Dorymedon suffered for Christ during the reign of the Roman emperor Probus (276-282). A pagan festival was being celebrated in the city of Antioch. Sacrificial offerings were brought, the wine was poured, and vile acts were performed. The Christians Trophimus and Sabbatius arrived in the city just as the festival was taking place, and were saddened by this loud and indecent spectacle. They prayed that the Lord would guide the errant on the way of salvation. As they said this, the idolaters noticed their presence. Seeing that the strangers did not worship the idols, they arrested them and took them to the governor…read more at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/19/102664-martyrs-trophimus-sabbatius-and-dorymedon-of-synnada

Great Vespers-Tone 4
2021-09-18 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
2021-09-14 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today is a strict fast day.
The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha and the Sepulchre of the Lord, and to build a temple of the pagan goddess Venus and a statue of Jupiter…the rest of the article is at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/14/102610-the-universal-exaltation-of-the-precious-and-life-giving-cross

Great Vespers
2021-09-13 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is served with Lytia at the beginning of the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.

Divine Liturgy
2021-09-12 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
This is the Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Theotokos.
We also commemorate the Hieromartyr Autonomus.
The Hieromartyr Autonomus was a bishop in Italy. During the time of the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), Saint Autonomus left his own country and resettled in Bithynia, in the locality of Soreus with a man named Cornelius. Saint Autonomus did his apostolic duty with zeal and converted to Christ so many pagans, that a large Church was formed, for which he consecrated a temple in the name of the Archangel Michael. For this church, the saint at first ordained Cornelius as deacon, and then presbyter. Preaching about Christ, Saint Autonomus visited also Lykaonia and Isauria…the rest of the article is at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/12/102585-hieromartyr-autonomus-bishop-in-italy

Great Vespers-Tone 3
2021-09-11 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of the Theotokos
2021-09-08 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
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 Son of God chose to take on human nature for the salvation of mankind, and chose as His Mother the All-Pure Virgin Mary, who alone was worthy to give birth to the Source of purity and holiness…the rest of the article can be found at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/08/102541-the-nativity-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-vi

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-09-08 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-09-01 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.

Great Vespers
2021-09-07 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is served with Lytia as the beginning of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Annual Parish Picnic
2021-09-05 13:00 - 17:00
Contact Fr. Andrew for details.

Divine Liturgy
2021-09-05 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Holy Prophet Zachariah and the Righteous Elizabeth were the parents of the holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John.
They were descended from the lineage of Aaron: Saint Zachariah, son of Barach, was a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, and Saint Elizabeth was the sister of Saint Anna, the mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. The righteous spouses, “walking in all the commandments of the Lord” (Luke 1:6), suffered barrenness, which in those times was considered a punishment from God…the rest of the article is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/09/05/102502-holy-prophet-zachariah-and-righteous-elizabeth-parents-of-saint

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2021-09-04 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Festal Divine Liturgy of St. Aidan, our Patron Saint
2021-08-31 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Our Patron, Saint Aidan.
He was a steadfast defender of Celtic practices against the imposition of Roman usage, was born in Ireland (then called Scotland) in the seventh century. As a monk of the monastery founded by Saint Columba (June 9) on the island of Iona, he was known for his strict asceticism…the rest of his story is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/31/102445-saint-aidan-bishop-of-lindesfarne

Great Vespers
2021-08-30 17:30 - 18:30
Great Vespers is served with Lytia.
This is the beginning of our Patron’s Feast Day!

Divine Liturgy
2021-08-29 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today is a strict fast day.
The Beheading of the Forerunner and Baptist John.
Following the Baptism of the Lord, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch (ruler of one fourth of the Holy Land) and governor of Galilee. (After the death of king Herod the Great, the Romans divided the territory of Palestine into four parts, and put a governor in charge of each part. Herod Antipas received Galilee from the emperor Augustus).
The prophet of God John openly denounced Herod for having left his lawful wife, the daughter of the Arabian king Aretas,…completed at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/29/102419-the-beheading-of-the-holy-glorious-prophet-forerunner-and-baptis

Great Vespers Tone 1
2021-08-28 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist:
The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ.

Divine Liturgy
2021-08-22 10:30 - 12:15
Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

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.”

Great Vespers Tone 8
2021-08-21 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

Festal Divine Liturgy
2021-08-15 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Dormition of our Holy Lady Theotokos.
The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary: 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. She was a source of consolation and edification both for the Apostles and for all the believers. Conversing with them, She told them about miraculous events: read them at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/15/102302-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-v
