The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God 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...click https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/08/15/102302-the-dormition-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-mother-of-god-and-ever-v to continue reading.

The Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple

According to Holy Tradition, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple took place in the following manner. The parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God...completed Read more...

Divine Liturgy – The Circumcision of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

On the eighth day after His Nativity, our Lord Jesus Christ was circumcised in accordance with the Old Testament Law. All male infants underwent circumcision as a sign of God’s Covenant with the holy Forefather Abraham and his descendants ... read more at:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/01/100001-the-circumcision-of-our-lord-and-savior-jesus-christ

The Meeting of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple

The Meeting of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ is described in the third Gospel (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the Divine Child was brought to the Temple at Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman who gave birth to a male Read more...

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

According to Holy Tradition, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple took place in the following manner. The parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God...more Read more...

Divine Liturgy of the Meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Meeting of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is described in the third Gospel (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the Divine Child was brought to the Temple at Jerusalem to be presented to the Lord. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman who gave birth to a male Read more...

Divine Liturgy – Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

On this first day of the Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord, the Church commemorates the righteous Simeon and Anna the prophetess. The following words are ascribed to Christ in Ode 9 of the Canon: “I am not held by the Elder; it is I Who hold him, for he asks Me for forgiveness.”

Festal Divine Liturgy-The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

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 Read more...

Divine Liturgy of St. Aidan and the Placing of the Belt of the Theotokos

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Placing of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church of Constantinople’s Chalcoprateia district took place during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger. Before this the holy relic, entrusted to the Apostle Thomas by the Mother of God Herself, was kept by pious Christians at Jerusalem after Her Dormition. Read more...