Myrrhbearing Women – Who Will Roll Away the Stone?
Live Audio File 3rd Sun. after Pascha Myrrhbearing Women; April 30, 2023 Mark 15: 43- 16:8 Fr Andrew Christ is Risen! The Myrrhbearing women – those who had faithfully followed Read more…
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St. Thomas Sunday “Peace be with you”
Live audio file 1st Sun after Pascha “Thomas Sunday” April 23, 2023, John: 20:19-31 Fr. Andrew Christ is Risen!!! We have just finished walking with Christ for the most important Read more…
18th Annual Orthodox Men’s Retreat of St. John the Baptist, May 5-7, 2023 at Sanctum Retreat near Caroline, AB
Fr. Geoffrey Ready will be speaking this year. He directs and teaches in the Orthodox Christian Studies Program at Trinity College in Toronto, has a podcast program and Youtube videos, Read more…
The Sunday Before the Nativity
Christ was not embarrassed by the “skeletons” hidden in His ancestor’s closets. Tomorrow is the Sunday before the Nativity. On this day we commemorate the human ancestors of Jesus, from Read more…
Short Tour of Holy Week Services and Pascha!
A Brief Guide to the Holy Week Services for 2022 at St. Aidan’s Orthodox Church The highlight of the Church year and the earliest festal celebration of the Church is Read more…
St. John of the Ladder – Growing Faith
The Audio recording is of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at St. Aidan on April 3, 2022
Pancake Sunday
This Sunday is Cheesefare Sunday. It is the day we say farewell to dairy products and begin the Lenten Fast in earnest. To this end households would use up their Read more…
Psalm 136
In the Orthodox Church, this Psalm is sung during Lent to remind us to keep fresh the knowledge of what we have fallen from, how alien we are to the Read more…
The Dawn of Springtime
Why do Christians call their feast Easter? Isn’t that a pagan word? Did European Christians appropriate an existing pagan feast and add it to their religion? When did Christians start Read more…
Repose of Saint Raphael
Today we commemorate the repose of one of the North American saints, St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn. Saint Raphael used to describe himself: “I am an Arab by birth, a Read more…