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Welcome to our new catechumens!

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Welcome to our new catechumens!

Dear St. Aidan family, Sorry for the late notice but anyone wanting to come for the short 15minute Catechumen service where we will be bringing in two people as catechumens Read more…

Join us for Vespers tonight at 6:30pm!

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Pan-Orthodox Youth Retreat to be held in Saskatoon, SK on May 16-19, 2025

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Pan-Orthodox Youth Retreat to be held in Saskatoon, SK on May 16-19, 2025

REMINDER: The registration for the Orthodox Youth Retreat in Saskatoon will be closing on May 1, that’s this Tuesday. The retreat is less than a month away, on the May Read more…

ST ATHANASIUS SEMINAR 2025

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ST ATHANASIUS SEMINAR 2025

June 9-13 at Ambrose University, Calgary, Alberta “Ancient Philosophy and the Formation of Christian Thought” Dr David Bradshaw One of the best ways to view Christianity is from the outside, Read more…

words of wisdom

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words of wisdom

Timely words of wisdom . . . . . “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His Read more…

Family Vespers

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Family Vespers

All are welcome tomorrow, Saturday Feb 1st, at 4pm for Family Vespers with Litya as we prepare for The Feast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. Join Read more…

The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

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The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

Today we commemorate the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. During the eleventh century, disputes raged in Constantinople about which of the three hierarchs was Read more…

Summer Youth Program

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Summer Youth Program

This summer, from July 5-15, CrossRoad welcomes a group of 32 high school juniors and seniors for an intensive ten-day program at St Vladimir’s Seminary in Yonkers, NY. Three other Read more…

Akathist and Q + A session is cancelled tonight!

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See you next week!

I am the good shepard

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I am the good shepard

“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay Read more…

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