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10:00am NOT the usual 10:30am start for Baptismal Liturgy this Sunday, July 27th.

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10:00am NOT the usual 10:30am start for Baptismal Liturgy this Sunday, July 27th.

Dear St. Aidan family, It is our great joy to bring little Noah through Baptism, and his Mother through Chrismation into the Church this Sunday. As we will be doing Read more…

Reminder: Collections for St. Olga Kwethluk hospitality project open until Aug. 3.

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Reminder: Collections for St. Olga Kwethluk hospitality project open until Aug. 3.

We have been collecting donations to send to the OCA Alaskan diocese to help with the wonderful project to build a larger Church to house Saint Olga’s relics and a Read more…

August 2025 calendar

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August 2025 calendar

The August 2025 calendar is now up on the website. BE SURE TO CHECK FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES AND TIME CHANGES! A copy of the calendar will also be available at Read more…

Sunday of St. Elijah

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Sunday of St. Elijah

This Sunday, July 20, we commemorate St. Elijah, one of our greatest Old Testament prophets! Enjoy this video offering from Trisagion video’s on our great Father Elijah! We are also Read more…

Playground Install

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Playground Install

After much petitioning from the younger members of our St. Aidan family, our new playground equipment is due to arrive this week! We will need to take down the old Read more…

Fourth Annual Church Camp

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Fourth Annual Church Camp

We are booked in for August 21 – 24, 2026: Book your holidays now! Take a look at the fun we had in 2025 below: August 15 – 18, 2025: Read more…

Early Harvest

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Early Harvest

In the last two weeks we have delivered 46lbs of produce from our community garden to the Cranbrook Food Bank. Peas, kale, spinach, lettuce, beet greens, swiss chard, cilantro, parsley, Read more…

Family Vespers

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Family Vespers

Join us for Family Vespers, Sat July 5th at 4pm, followed by dinner and games. Everyone welcome!

Thanks be to God!

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Thanks be to God!

We just received notice that our ReDi grant application for $17,000 to help cover the hard costs of our Monday and Wednesday morning Free Breakfast program has been approved for Read more…

Schedule Update

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Schedule Update

Tonight: Sat. June 28, 6:00 – 7:30pm – Great Vespers with Litiya for the feast of St. Peter and Paul followed by a short Panikhida. Fr Andrew and Matushka Sonia Read more…

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