News & Events

As an Orthodox priest for the last 45 years, a recognized elder with the Alaskan Federation of Natives, the husband of his Yupik wife Matushka Xenia, speaker of Alaskan traditional indigenous languages, an author of many books and articles and a widely acclaimed PBS series, and a doctor of cross-cultural communication, Fr Michael Oleksa visited St Aidan of Lindisfarne in Cranbrook, BC and presented an engaging analysis of indigenous spirituality and the connections with the Orthodox church.

The four sessions were:

St Aidan of Lindisfarne Orthodox Church in Cranbrook, BC, is very excited to be able to announce that Rev. Dr. Michael Oleksa will visit and deliver a series of lectures for the Annual Lenten Retreat this year.

Fr Michael was the spellbinding storyteller who was our headline speaker at the “Healing Earth” seminar held at the Royal Alexandra Hall in October 2016. A collection to help pay for Fr. Michael’s trip and honorarium will be made, so please do pass the word around.

I would like to share (and ask you to share) important updates regarding the September 2019 pilgrimage/cruise to Alaska (and 2020 events). For reference, the event is posted on the OCA website.

This weekend, on the feast of the Meeting of the Lord, we had the joy of receiving into the church by baptism and chrismation our beloved Vidal family. This is the first time that the church of All Saints in Meadow Lake, SK. has received a full family into the church, and it marks the end of a three year long courtship with the Orthodox Church for them.