East Kootenay Ukraine Support Committee
A group of concerned citizens have gathered to establish a community-based committee to help bring the immediate family members and other refugees from Ukraine to be reunited with their Cranbrook Read more…
A group of concerned citizens have gathered to establish a community-based committee to help bring the immediate family members and other refugees from Ukraine to be reunited with their Cranbrook Read more…
Whenever we enter a fasting period, I am often asked “How should I fast?” and “How often should I come for confession?” It is considered a bare minimum requirement if Read more…
“Lent, rather, is a kind of temporal magnifying glass, revealing in intense, close-up detail the meaning not only of the rest of the year, but the rest of our lives.” Read more…
It is hard to love God and sing His praise each day when everything around us regards such behaviour as madness or fanaticism. It is hard to love our neighbour Read more…
Stewardship, from Glimpses of Glory: Back when I was single and had only myself to worry about, I was introduced to a fuller understanding of stewardship. I had always equated Read more…
We have just had the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Father Jeremy of orthodoxroad.com has written: The Great Fast and the Pharisee Because the Orthodox Church was instituted Read more…
Today we have the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. Luke 18:10-14 (Gospel) 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a Read more…
The Fathers know that not every Orthodox Christian is diligent about fasting. So they give us a very gradual introduction to the struggle of Lenten fasting: First, this coming week, nobody fasts. Read more…
Lenten Giving: All of life is a gift, a free gift, given to us by God. This one basic truth frames our relationship with God and one another. It also Read more…
Join us in our Paschal celebrations!! Feb. 6 – Zacchaeus Sunday Feb. 13 – The Publican and the Pharisee. This is a fast free week. Feb. 20 – Prodigal Son. Read more…