Great Vespers-Tone 2

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

Divine Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Holy Prophet Zachariah and the Righteous Elizabeth were the parents of the holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John. They were descended from the lineage of Aaron: Saint Zachariah, son of Barach, was a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, and Saint Elizabeth was the sister of Saint Anna, the mother of the Read more...

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

  A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

Great Vespers

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served with Lytia as the beginning of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

A free breakfast is served the first two Wednesdays of every month. Wednesday breakfast consists of burritos with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Nativity of the Theotokos

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not Read more...

Great Vespers-Tone 3

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served in the church. All are welcome.

Divine Liturgy

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

This is the Leavetaking of the Nativity of the Theotokos. We also commemorate the Hieromartyr Autonomus. The Hieromartyr Autonomus was a bishop in Italy. During the time of the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), Saint Autonomus left his own country and resettled in Bithynia, in the locality of Soreus with a man Read more...

St. Aidan Church Breakfast

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.

Great Vespers

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Great Vespers is served with Lytia at the beginning of the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.

Festal Divine Liturgy of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

St. Aidan Orthodox Church Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Today is a strict fast day. The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha Read more...