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House Blessing Season is here!

Posted in St. Aidan Community | Tagged community, Orthodoxy - by Rebecca
House Blessing Season is here!

Sunday, Feb 1, the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican officially starts the Lenten Triodion cycle. Forgiveness Sunday and the beginning of Great Lent is coming up on Feb Read more…

Training Day, February 7

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Training Day, February 7

We have more and more people interested in helping with Serving and Reading in the Church. Glory to God! To this end, we are going to take a bit of Read more…

Schedule Update:

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Schedule Update:

We will be starting ½ hr. earlier on Sunday, Jan 25 at 10:00am rather than the usual 10:30am as we will be baptizing baby Urban. Please also plan to attend Read more…

February 28th, 2026 – Coldest Night of the Year Fundraising Walk

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February 28th, 2026 – Coldest Night of the Year Fundraising Walk

February 28th, 2026 – Join the 2 km or 5 km fundraising walk in Cranbrook! Coldest Night Of The Year is a Canada-wide family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local Read more…

Updated Schedule:

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Updated Schedule:

**Update: Due to the weather, the blessing of Joseph Creek has been changed to Tuesday, see below: Monday (Jan 5) – 11:00am – Royal Hours of Theophany Monday (Jan 5) Read more…

Christmas Service Times:

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Christmas Service Times:

Dec 24: 10am to 11:30am – Royal Hours Dec 24: 5:30pm to 7pm – Nativity Vespers Dec 25: 9am to 10:30am – Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of Christ Dec Read more…

Fr Patrick’s Wednesdays at noon Radio show 88.3 U of Lethbridge

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Fr Patrick’s Wednesdays at noon Radio show 88.3 U of Lethbridge

Fr. Patrick started his new Wednesday Orthodox CKXU 88.3 radio show at University of Lethbridge on January 7, 2026. CKXU 88.3 FM Listen Live – Lethbridge, Canada | Online Radio Read more…

Baptisms, Jan. 3rd, 2026

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Baptisms, Jan. 3rd, 2026

We will be blessed to be celebrating with four catechumens as they enter fully into the life of the Church through the sacrament of baptism on Saturday, Jan 3 at Read more…

Annual Community Christmas Dinner

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Annual Community Christmas Dinner

Turkey dinner with all the trimmings. December 25th, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm. Save the date!

Saturday December 6th

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Saturday December 6th

Dearden Christmas Tree Sale Open House, Saturday December 6th, 10am – 3pm Mark our annual Open House Christmas Tree sale on your calendars and make it a day/evening of pre-Nativity Read more…

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