Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

Divine Liturgy-Sunday of Orthodoxy
2022-03-13 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy. It commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts. As in those heretics who refused to honour the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the Church was disturbed by the evil doctrine of iconoclasm…to continue reading click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/03/13/10-1st-sunday-of-great-lent-sunday-of-orthodoxy

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2022-03-12 17:30 - 18:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Memorial Divine Liturgy
2022-03-12 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today we remember those in our lives who have fallen asleep. We bring our lists and the names are commemorated during the Liturgy.
1st Saturday of Great Lent: The Miracle of the Boiled Wheat
Today we remember the miracle of Saint Theodore the Recruit and the boiled wheat. Fifty years after Saint Theodore’s martyrdom, Emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363), devised a plan to corrupt the Christians during the first week of Great Lent…Saint Theodore appeared to Archbishop Eudoxios in a dream, telling him to assemble all the Christians on Monday morning and tell them that they must not buy any food from the marketplace. Instead they were to boil some kollyva and to eat it with some honey during that week. The hierarch asked Saint Theodore what he meant by kollyva. He replied, “Kollyva is what we call boiled wheat in Euchaita.” Thus the scheme of the idol-worshipping emperor was thwarted and the pious people were preserved undefiled during Clean Week…read more at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/03/12/9-1st-saturday-of-great-lent-the-miracle-of-the-boiled-wheat

Akathist Hymn/Book Study
2022-03-11 17:30 - 19:30 | British Columbia

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
2022-03-09 17:30 - 19:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The eucharistic Divine Liturgy is not celebrated in the Orthodox Church on Lenten weekdays. In order for the faithful to sustain their Lenten effort by participation in Holy Communion, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served. The service is an ancient one in the Orthodox Church. We officially hear about it in the canons of the seventh century, which obviously indicates its development at a much earlier date… read the rest at https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/liturgy-of-the-presanctified-gifts
We also commemorate Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Corinth. To read his life story, click the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/03/10/100751-martyr-quadratus-and-those-with-him-at-corinth

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-03-09 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-03-02 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-09 07:30 - 09:00 | 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.

Ortho 101 Lenten Zoom Study CANCELLED
2022-03-08 19:00 - 20:30 | British Columbia
You are Welcome to join in any Tuesday that works for you. Each Tuesday will be a stand-alone class. Feel free to invite anyone you think might be interested. Join in with them or just check out a class or two yourself. This course will run for the duration of Great Lent, to allow us to grow deeper in our relationship with Christ.

Great Compline of St. Andrew of Crete CANCELLED
2022-03-07 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A basic distinguishing feature of the Great Canon is its extremely broad use of images and subjects taken both from the Old and New Testaments. As the Canon progresses, the congregation encounters many biblical examples of sin and repentance. The Bible (and therefore, the Canon) speaks of some individuals in a positive light, and about others in a negative one—to continue reading, click: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Great_Canon

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-03-07 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-28 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-21 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-02-14 07:30 - 09:00 | 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.

Great Lent
2022-03-07 00:00 - 2022-04-23 23:59 | British Columbia
Today Great Lent begins as we follow a fast from meat, dairy, wine and oil. This is from today until Pascha on April 24, 2022.

Forgiveness Sunday Vespers
2022-03-06 14:00 - 16:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent – the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically announced and inaugurated – is called Forgiveness Sunday…continue reading the article by Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann click: https://www.oca.org/reflections/fr-alexander-schmemann/forgiveness-sunday

Divine Liturgy- Cheesefare Sunday
2022-03-06 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God commanded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they were created. Both they and their descendants became heirs of death and corruption…to continue reading, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/03/06/7-sunday-of-cheesefare-expulsion-of-adam-from-paradise .

Great Vespers-Tone 4
2022-03-05 17:30 - 18:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Meat Fast
2022-02-28 00:00 - 2022-03-06 23:59 | British Columbia
Meatfare Sunday is the last day we eat meat until Holy Pascha on April 24, 2022.

Divine Liturgy- Sunday of the Last Judgement
2022-02-27 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 25:31-46, the parable of the Last Judgment. It reminds us that while trusting in Christ’s love and mercy, we must not forget His righteous judgment when He comes again in glory. If our hearts remain hardened and unrepentant, we should not expect the Lord to overlook our transgressions simply because He is a good and loving God. Although He does not desire the death of a sinner, He also expects us to turn from our wickedness and live (Ezek. 33:11). This same idea is expressed in the prayer read by the priest after the penitent has confessed his or her sins (Slavic practice)…click the following link to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/27/5-sunday-of-meatfare-of-the-last-judgment

Great Vespers-Tone 3 CANCELLED
2022-02-26 17:30 - 18:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Memorial Divine Liturgy CANCELLED
2022-02-26 10:30 - 11:45 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On the day before Meatfare Sunday, on which we remember the Last Judgment, the Orthodox Church prays for those of its members who may have died unexpectedly because of wars, plagues, starvation, or any other sort of death while they were in a foreign country, or while they were traveling by sea, by land, or by air. The Church also prays for the poor, or for those who may not have received a proper burial, or who had no one to request Memorial Services to be offered for them…to continue reading, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/26/4-memorial-saturday-of-meatfare

Fasting Day
2022-02-25, 2022-02-23, 2022-02-11 | British Columbia

Divine Liturgy -The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
2022-02-20 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. This parable of God’s forgiveness calls us to “come to ourselves” as did the prodigal son, to see ourselves as being “in a far country” far from the Father’s house, and to make the journey of return to God. We are given every assurance by the Master that our heavenly Father will receive us with joy and gladness. We must only “arise and go,” confessing our self-inflicted and sinful separation from that “home” where we truly belong (Luke 15:11-24)…to continue reading click the following link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/20/3-sunday-of-the-prodigal-son

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2022-02-19 17:30 - 18:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Fast Free Week
2022-02-14 00:00 - 2022-02-18 00:00 | British Columbia

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee.-Divine Liturgy
2022-02-13 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Sunday after the Sunday of Zacchaeus is devoted to the Publican and the Pharisee. At Vespers the night before, the Triodion (the liturgical book used in the services of Great Lent) begins… Click to continue reading: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/02/13/2-sunday-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-embeginning-of-the-lente

Great Vespers-Tone 1
2022-02-12 17:30 - 18:15 | British Columbia
