Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Fast Day
2024-08-28, 2024-09-04
Wednesday we fast as we remember the betrayal of the Lord by Judas. We pray that we would not do the same.

Fast Day
2024-08-30, 2024-09-06
Friday we fast as we remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was hung on the cross for our sake.

Great Vespers with Litya
2024-08-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers is served this evening , with Litya, prior to the Feast of our Parish Patron, St. Aidan.

Divine Liturgy of St. Aidan and the Placing of the Belt of the Theotokos
2024-08-31 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Placing of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church of Constantinople’s Chalcoprateia district took place during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger. Before this the holy relic, entrusted to the Apostle Thomas by the Mother of God Herself, was kept by pious Christians at Jerusalem after Her Dormition. During the reign of Emperor Leo the Wise (886-911), his wife Zoe was afllicted with an unclean spirit, and he prayed that God would heal her…read more, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/08/31/102442-the-placing-of-the-cincture-sash-of-the-mother-of-god
Saint Aidan, 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…to read more, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/08/31/102445-saint-aidan-bishop-of-lindesfarne

Great Vespers - Tone 1
2024-08-31 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy
2024-09-01 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The first day of the Church New Year is also called the beginning of the Indiction. The term Indiction comes from a Latin word meaning, “to impose.” It was originally applied to the imposition of taxes in Egypt. The first worldwide Indiction was in 312 when the Emperor Constantine (May 21) saw a miraculous vision of the Cross in the sky. Before the introduction of the Julian calendar, Rome began the New Year on September 1. To continue reading, click : https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/01/501-church-new-year

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2024-09-02 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A free full breakfast menu is served every Monday of every month.
Options include 3 Types of eggs; sausage, bacon or ham; toast, pancakes and hash browns. More options include; tomatoes, cheese and yogurt; coffee, tea and juice. Breakfast sandwiches are also offered.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2024-09-04 07:30 - 09:30, 2024-09-11 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A free full breakfast menu is served the first two Wednesdays of every month.
Options include 3 Types of eggs; sausage, bacon or ham; toast, pancakes and hash browns. More options include; tomatoes, cheese and yogurt; coffee, tea and juice. Breakfast sandwiches are also offered.

Great Vespers (Family) Tone 2
2024-09-07 16:00 - 19:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
This Great Vespers is served with Lytia anticipating the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos which we celebrate tomorrow.
Great Vespers is followed by Family evening.

Divine Liturgy- The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
2024-09-08 10:30 - 12:15 | 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. …to continue reading https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/08/102541-the-nativity-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-vi

Annual Parish Picnic- Idlewild Park
2024-09-08 12:00 - 14:30

St. Aidan Breakfast
2024-09-09 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Fast Day
2024-09-11, 2024-09-13, 2024-09-18, 2024-09-20

Great Vespers with Litya 6pm
2024-09-13 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Strict Fast Day
2024-09-14

The Exaltation of the Cross
2024-09-14 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
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 Sepulchre be buried, and that a temple in honor of the pagan “goddess” Venus and a statue of Jupiter be placed there. To read more…https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/14/102610-the-universal-exaltation-of-the-precious-and-life-giving-cross

Great Vespers
2024-09-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-21 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy - Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross
2024-09-15 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Also commemorated today is the Holy Great Martyr Niketas (Nikḗtas) was a Goth (a Germanic tribe). He was born and lived on the banks of the Danube River, suffering for Christ in the year 372. The Christian Faith was already spreading throughout the territory of the Goths at that time. Saint Niketas believed in Christ and was baptized by the Gothic bishop Theophilos, who participated in the First Ecumenical Council. Pagan Goths started to oppose the spread of Christianity, which resulted in a civil war…read more, click https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/15/102615-greatmartyr-niketas-the-goth

St. Aidan Beakfast
2024-09-16 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Moleben
2024-09-20 17:30 - 18:00

Soup Supper followed by "Meet the Bishop"
2024-09-20 18:00 - 20:00

Hierarchtical Divine Liturgy
2024-09-21 09:00 - 11:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We are blessed to be able to serve a Hierachtical Divine Liturgy with our Vladyka Irénée. Please arrive early so you can be present for the welcoming of Vladyka to our parish.

Divine Liturgy
2024-09-22 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Hieromartyr Phocas was born in the city of Sinope. From youth he led a virtuous Christian life, and in his adult years he became Bishop of Sinope. Saint Phocas converted many pagans to faith in Christ. At the time of a persecution against Christians under the emperor Trajan (98-117), the governor demanded that the saint renounce Christ. After fierce torture they enclosed Saint Phocas in a hot bath, where he died a martyr’s death in the year 117…read more, click link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/09/22/102695-hieromartyr-phocas-bishop-of-sinope
