Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Special Lenten "Lord I call" verses for the fifth week of Great Lent.

Akathist Hymn/Study

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers-Tone 1

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy – Mary of Egypt

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism until he reached the age of fifty-three...click link to continue reading https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/10/18-5th-sunday-of-great-lent-st-mary-of-egypt

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

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.

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

We also commemorate Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome. He was a native of the Tuscany region of Italy. He received a fine education and entered into the clergy of the Roman Church. After the death of Pope Theodore I (642-649), Martin was chosen to succeed him...click link to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/14/101075-saint-martin-the-confessor-pope-of-rome

Akathist Hymn/Study

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy-Lazarus Saturday

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Visible triumphs are few in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He preached a kingdom “not of this world.” At His nativity in the flesh there was “no room at the inn.” For nearly thirty years, while He grew “in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52), Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Palm Sunday

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphant entrance of Christ into the royal city of Jerusalem. He rode on a colt for which He Himself had sent, and He permitted the people to hail Him publicly as a king. A large crowd met Him in a manner befitting royalty, waving palm branches and placing Read more...

Bridegroom Matins

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End Times;...to continue reading click the link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/18/21-great-and-holy-monday

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

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.