Saint Aidan Orthodox Church

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-08-30 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-23 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-16 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-09 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-08-02 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-26 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-19 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-12 07:30 - 09:30 (America/Edmonton) | 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
2021-08-29 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Today is a strict fast day.
The Beheading of the Forerunner and Baptist John.
Following the Baptism of the Lord, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch (ruler of one fourth of the Holy Land) and governor of Galilee. (After the death of king Herod the Great, the Romans divided the territory of Palestine into four parts, and put a governor in charge of each part. Herod Antipas received Galilee from the emperor Augustus).
The prophet of God John openly denounced Herod for having left his lawful wife, the daughter of the Arabian king Aretas,…completed at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/29/102419-the-beheading-of-the-holy-glorious-prophet-forerunner-and-baptis

Great Vespers Tone 1
2021-08-28 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist:
The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ.

Divine Liturgy
2021-08-22 10:30 - 12:15
Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

The Church continues to honour the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her “to dwell in His courts.”

Great Vespers Tone 8
2021-08-21 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

Festal Divine Liturgy
2021-08-15 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
The Dormition of our Holy Lady Theotokos.
The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary: After the Ascension of the Lord, the Mother of God remained in the care of the Apostle John the Theologian, and during his journeys She lived at the home of his parents, near the Mount of Olives. She was a source of consolation and edification both for the Apostles and for all the believers. Conversing with them, She told them about miraculous events: read them at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/15/102302-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-v

Great Vespers Tone 7
2021-08-14 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Great Vespers will be served with Lytia as we are beginning the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-08-11 07:30 - 09:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
A free breakfast is served the first two Wednesdays of every month.
Breakfast consists of burritos with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

Divine Liturgy
2021-08-08 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Great Vespers Tone 6
2021-08-07 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ
2021-08-06 10:30 - 12:00 | 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 Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up onto a high mountain by themselves” (Mt.17:1)…Completed at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/06/102215-the-holy-transfiguration-of-our-lord-god-and-savior-jesus-christ

Great Vespers
2021-08-05 17:30 - 18:30 | 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

St. Aidan Church Breakfast
2021-08-04 07:30 - 09:30, 2021-07-14 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
2021-08-01 10:30 - 12:15 | 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 for its sanctification, and to deliver it from sickness.”…
the rest of this article is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/08/01/102161-procession-of-the-honorable-wood-of-the-life-giving-cross-of-the

Dormition Fast
2021-08-01 00:00 - 2021-08-14 12:00
Today is the beginning of the Dormition Fast
It is completed at the Divine Liturgy on August 15.

Great Vespers-Tone 5
2021-07-31 17:30 - 18:30 | 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
2021-07-25 10:30 - 12:15 | 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 was built in her honuor at Deutera. Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her church, since Saint Anna had appeared to his pregnant wife. It was at this time that her body and maphorion (veil) were transferred to Constantinople…the rest of the article is at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102086-dormition-of-the-righteous-anna-the-mother-of-the-most-holy-theo

Today we also commemorate Holy Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess of Constantinople. Her story is also found at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/07/25/102087-holy-woman-olympias-olympiada-the-deaconess-of-constantinople

Great Vespers-Tone 4
2021-07-24 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Sunday of The Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils.
2021-07-18 10:30 - 12:15 | 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 resolve major questions of church life. An Ecumenical Council is comprised of archpastors and pastors of the Church, and representatives of all the local Churches, from every land of the “oikumene” (i.e. from all the whole inhabited world).
The Orthodox Church acknowledges Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils:…the rest of the article is found at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 3
2021-07-17 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Sunday Divine Liturgy
2021-07-11 10:30 - 12:15 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All Saints of Britain and Ireland are commemorated today.
Also today the Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised is commemorated.
The Miracle of Saint Euphemia the All-Praised: The holy Great Martyr Euphemia (September 16) suffered martyrdom in the city of Chalcedon in the year 304, during the time of the persecution against Christians by the emperor Diocletian (284-305). One and a half centuries later, at a time when the Christian Church had become victorious within the Roman Empire, God deigned that Euphemia the All-Praised should again be a witness and confessor of the purity of the Orthodox teaching… the rest of her story is found at oca.org.

Great Vespers-Tone 2
2021-07-10 17:30 - 18:30 | St. Aidan Orthodox Church, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
All are welcome to join us as we sing the Great Vespers.
