• Great Vespers-Tone 7

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
  • Great Vespers-Tone 8

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
  • Divine Liturgy-St. John of the Ladder

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John of the Ladder (Climacus). He is the author of the work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent...Complete by clicking:  https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/03/16-4th-sunday-of-great-lent-st-john-climacus-of-the-ladder

  • Bridegroom Matins

    St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

    These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End Times;...to continue reading click the link: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/18/21-great-and-holy-monday

  • Nocturns, Matins

    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

  • Divine Liturgy – Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women

    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 Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy-Sunday of the blind man

    At the end of Chapter 8 in Gospel of Saint John, the Saviour was disputing with the Pharisees in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them, "Your father Abraham was glad that he should see my day; and he saw it and rejoiced" (John 8:56). The Jews said that Jesus was not Read more...

  • The Ascension of our Lord

    “I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God, and Your God” (John 20:17). In these words the Risen Christ described to Mary Magdalene the mystery of His Resurrection. She had to carry this mysterious message to His disciples, “as they mourned and wept” (Mark 16:10). Click the following link to read Read more...

  • Divine Liturgy-Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.

    On the 7th Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the holy God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. The Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council has been celebrated by the Church of Christ from ancient times... click to read more: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/06/05/43-commemoration-of-the-holy-fathers-of-the-first-ecumenical-council  

  • Divine Liturgy-Holy Pentecost followed by Kneeling Prayers

    In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also the celebration of the beginning: it is the “birthday” Read more...