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St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
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Great Vespers Tone 7
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaGreat Vespers will be served with Lytia as we are beginning the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.
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Festal Divine Liturgy
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThe 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. Read more...
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Great Vespers Tone 1
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThe 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.
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Festal Divine Liturgy of St. Aidan, our Patron Saint
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaOur Patron, Saint Aidan. He was a steadfast defender of Celtic practices against the imposition of Roman usage, was born in Ireland (then called Scotland) in the seventh century. As a monk of the monastery founded by Saint Columba (June 9) on the island of Iona, he was known for his strict asceticism...the rest of Read more...
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Great Vespers-Tone 2
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaGreat Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.
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Divine Liturgy
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThe Holy Prophet Zachariah and the Righteous Elizabeth were the parents of the holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John. They were descended from the lineage of Aaron: Saint Zachariah, son of Barach, was a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, and Saint Elizabeth was the sister of Saint Anna, the mother of the Read more...
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Festal Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of the Theotokos
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThe Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not Read more...
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Great Vespers-Tone 3
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaGreat Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.
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Divine Liturgy
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaThis is the Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Theotokos. We also commemorate the Hieromartyr Autonomus. The Hieromartyr Autonomus was a bishop in Italy. During the time of the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), Saint Autonomus left his own country and resettled in Bithynia, in the locality of Soreus with a man Read more...
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Festal Divine Liturgy of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaToday is a strict fast day. The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha Read more...
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Great Vespers-Tone 4
St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, CanadaGreat Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.