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Sunday of The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils.

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

In the Ninth Article of the Nicea-Constantinople Symbol of Faith proclaimed by the holy Fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils, we confess our faith in “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.” By virtue of the catholic nature of the Church, an Ecumenical Council is the Church’s supreme authority, and possesses the competence to Read more...

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.

Great Vespers-Tone 4

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

Divine Liturgy commemorating the Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Saint Anna was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos. During the reign of Saint Justinian the Emperor (527-565), a church Read more...

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.

Great Vespers-Tone 5

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

Dormition Fast

Today is the beginning of the Dormition Fast It is completed at the Divine Liturgy on August 15.

Divine Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Celebrating the Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord The origin of this Feast is explained in the Greek Horologion of 1897: “Because of the illnesses which occur during the month of August, it was customary at Constantinople to carry the Precious Wood of the Cross in procession throughout the city Read more...

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.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

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

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers will be served with Litya. The hymns at Vespers today speak of the sun appearing dim compared to the divine light of the Transfiguration. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/08/102228-afterfeast-of-the-transfiguration-of-our-lord

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ of Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its truth, it is necessary for us to turn to the very start of today’s reading from the Gospel: “Now after six days Jesus took Read more...