Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Reader's Vespers - Tone 7
2024-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Fast Day
2024-01-12
Friday we fast as we remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was hung on the cross for our sake.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2024-01-10 07:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-03 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

Fast Day
2024-01-10
Wednesday we fast as we remember the betrayal of the Lord by Judas. We pray that we would not do the same.

Parish Council Meeting
2024-01-08 19:17 - 20:30
At the Applegate residence.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2024-01-08 07:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-01 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-12-18 07:30 - 09:30, 2023-12-11 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
2024-01-07 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On the first day of the Afterfeast of Theophany, the Church extols Saint John the Baptist as the greatest man born of a woman. He surpasses all the ancient prophets because he baptized the Messiah, Whose coming he foretold….taken from https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/07/100108-afterfeast-of-the-theophany-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ

Family Vespers - Tone 6
2024-01-06 16:00 - 19:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Blessing of Joseph Creek
2024-01-06 10:30 - 11:00
We will bless the water of Joseph Creek after the completion of the Festal Divine Liturgy.

Divine Liturgy of the Holy Theophany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
2024-01-06 09:00 - 10:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt.3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22). God the Father spoke from Heaven about the Son, the Son was baptized by Saint John the Forerunner, and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Son in the form of a dove. From ancient times this Feast was called the Day of Illumination and the Feast of Lights, since God is Light and has appeared to illumine “those who sat in darkness,” and “in the region of the shadow of death” (Mt.4:16), and to save the fallen race of mankind by grace…to read more, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/06/100106-feast-of-the-theophany-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ

Great Vespers with the Great Blessing of Water
2024-01-05 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
This evening we will do the service of the Great Blessing of Water.

Strict Fast Day
2024-01-05

New Year's Eve Molebin
2023-12-31 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A service of Thanksgiving.

Commemoration of the Holy Righteous David the King, Joseph the Betrothed, and James the Brother of the Lord -Divine Liturgy
2023-12-31 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Holy Prophet-King David, Saint Joseph the Betrothed, and Saint James the Brother of the Lord are commemorated on the Sunday after the Nativity. If there is no Sunday between December 25 and January 1, their commemoration is moved to December 26… read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/12/31/86-commemoration-of-the-holy-righteous-david-the-king-joseph-the-be

Great Vespers - Tone 5
2023-12-30 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

St. Aidan Church Breakfast replaced by Christmas Dinner
2023-12-25 13:00 - 16:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Breakfast will not be served this Monday, Christmas Day only. Instead a Christmas Dinner will be served from 1 to 4pm.

The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ - Divine Liturgy
2023-12-25 09:00 - 10:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem during the reign of the emperor Augustus (Octavian). Caesar Augustus decreed that a universal census be made throughout his Empire, which then also included Palestinian Israel. The Jews were accustomed to be counted in the city from where their family came. The Most Holy Virgin and the Righteous Joseph, since they were descended from the house and lineage of King David, had to go to Bethlehem to be counted and taxed… read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/12/25/103638-the-nativity-of-our-lord-god-and-savior-jesus-christ

Great Vespers with Lytia for the Nativity of Christ
2023-12-24 18:00 - 19:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Divine Liturgy - Sunday before the Nativity
2023-12-24 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday before the Nativity of Christ we commemorate Adam and Eve (the first-created), read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/12/24/81-sunday-before-the-nativity

Great Vespers - Tone 4
2023-12-23 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ.

Royal Hours of the Nativity of Christ
2023-12-22 09:00 - 10:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Forefathers
2023-12-17 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday that falls between December 11-17 is known as the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. These are the ancestors of Christ according to the flesh, who lived before the Law and under the Law, especially the Patriarch Abraham, to whom God said, “In thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12:3, 22:18). (taken from: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/12/17/80-sunday-of-the-forefathers )

Great Vespers - Tone 3
2023-12-16 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2023-12-13 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.

Divine Liturgy - Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus, of Alexandria
2023-12-10 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus suffered for their faith in Christ under the emperor Maximian (305-313).
Saint Menas was sent by the emperor from Athens to Alexandria to suppress the riots that had arisen between the Christians and the pagans. Distinguished for his gift of eloquence, Menas instead openly began to preach the Christian Faith and he converted many pagans to Christ. Learning of this, Maximian sent Hermogenes to Alexandria to place the saints on trial. Moreover, he gave orders to purge the city of Christians…read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/12/10/103511-martyrs-menas-hermogenes-and-eugraphus-of-alexandria

Great Vespers - Tone 2
2023-12-09 18:00 - 18:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
