Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-23 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Edmonton)
Please note new venue during our renovation.
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 - Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
2022-05-22 10:30 - 12:15
The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman, her sons Victor (named Photinus) and Joses; and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Paraskevḗ, Kyriake; Nero’s daughter Domnina; and the Martyr Sebastian: The holy Martyr Photina was the Samaritan Woman, with whom the Saviour conversed at Jacob’s Well (John. 4:5-42)…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/05/22/39-sunday-of-the-samaritan-woman

Great Vespers - Tone 4
2022-05-21 17:30 - 18:15

Fast Day
2022-05-20, 2022-05-18, 2022-05-13, 2022-05-11, 2022-05-06, 2022-05-04

Mid Pentecost
2022-05-18
Today’s celebration is the midpoint of the fifty days between the Feasts of Pascha and Pentecost. St. John tells us (John 7:14) that “in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the Temple, and taught.” The Feast in question is the Feast of Tabernacles (celebrated in September), not Pentecost…continue reading at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/05/18/38-midfeast-of-pentecost

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-16 07:30 - 09:00
Please note new venue during our renovation,
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 - Sunday of the Paralytic
2022-05-15 10:30 - 12:15
On this day the Church remembers the man who lay by the Sheep’s Pool, in Jerusalem, for thirty-eight years. He was waiting for someone to put him into the pool. The first one to enter the pool after an angel troubled the water would be healed of his infirmities. But someone always entered the pool before him…continue reading at:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/05/15/37-sunday-of-the-paralytic

Great Vespers - Tone 3
2022-05-14 17:30 - 18:15

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-11 07:30 - 09:00
Please note change of venue during our renovation.
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.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-09 07:30 - 09:00
Please note the change of venue during our renovation.
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 - Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women
2022-05-08 10:30 - 12:15
The Myrrh-bearing women are those women who followed the Lord, along with His Mother. They remained with her during the time of the saving Passion, and anointed the Lord’s body was with myrrh. Joseph and Νikόdēmos asked for and received the Lord’s body from Pilate. They took it down from the Cross, wrapped it in linen cloths and spices, then they laid it in a tomb, and then they placed a great stone over the entrance of the tomb.

CANCELLED-Great Vespers - Tone 2
2022-05-07 17:30 - 18:15

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-04 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.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2022-05-02 07:30 - 09:00, 2022-04-25 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 - St. Thomas Sunday
2022-05-01 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Some icons depicting this event are inscribed “The Doubting Thomas.” This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription reads, “The Touching of Thomas.” The Slavonic inscription is, “The Belief of Thomas.” When Saint Thomas touched the Life-giving side of the Lord, he no longer had any doubts…continue reading at:https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/05/01/34-antipascha-saint-thomas-sunday

Great Vespers -Tone 1
2022-04-30 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Agape (Paschal)Vespers
2022-04-24 13:00 - 17:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
followed by a Paschal Feast!

Paschal Divine Liturgy
2022-04-24 00:00 - 01:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Nocturns, Matins
2022-04-23 22:30 - 23:59 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Christian faith. Saint Paul says that if Christ is not raised from the dead, then our preaching and faith are in vain (I Cor. 15:14). …much more to read at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/24/27-holy-pascha-the-resurrection-of-our-lord

Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil on Great and Holy Saturday
2022-04-23 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great and Holy Saturday is the day on which Christ reposed in the tomb. The Church calls this day the Blessed Sabbath.
“The great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day when he said:
God blessed the seventh day.
This is the blessed Sabbath
This is the day of rest,
on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all His works….”
to continue reading, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/23/26-great-and-holy-saturday
The icon depicts the Descent into Hades.

Matins with Praises and Shroud Procession
2022-04-22 18:30 - 20:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We stand before the Tomb of Christ and read the Praises followed by a procession with the Shroud of Christ.

Vespers with Shroud Veneration
2022-04-22 16:00 - 17:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Vespers, celebrated in the Church on Holy Friday afternoon, brings to mind all of the final events of the life of Christ as mentioned above: the trial, the sentence, the scourging and mocking, the crucifixion, the death, the taking down of His body from the Cross, and the burial. As the hymnography indicates, these events remain ever-present in the Church; they constitute the today of its life. …so much more to read at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/22/25-great-and-holy-friday

Royal Hours of Great and Holy Friday
2022-04-22 10:30 - 12:00 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
On Great and Holy Friday, Christ died on the Cross. He gave up His spirit with the words: “It is finished” (John 19:30). These words are better understood when rendered: “It is consummated.” …to continue reading, click: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/22/25-great-and-holy-friday

Matins with the Gospel Readings
2022-04-21 17:30 - 19:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
We stand before the Cross of Christ and read the 12 Gospels telling of the Passion of Christ.
