Cornerstone

Films start at 7:45 pm
Basement Hall Entrance on 3rd Ave.
St. Vincent Orthodox Church
304 3rd Ave N, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2J1
contact: cornerstonecineclub@gmail.com

November 15 2025Man of God (St Nektarios)



Language: English
Duration: 109 minutes
Director: Yelena Popovic
Year: 2021

Synopsis: A biographical drama about St. Nektarios of Aegina, focusing on his unjust persecution, humility, miracles, and spiritual endurance as a bishop in late 19th/early 20th-century Greece. The film explores themes of jealousy, piety, and the triumph of faith over worldly suffering.
Feast Day: Nov. 8

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcgnbVlQ7Tc
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6060964/
December 20 2025
ST HERMAN OF ALASKA



Language: English
Duration: 48 minutes
Director: Efstratios Papageorgiou
Year: 2022

Synopsis: This documentary recounts the missionary work of St. Herman, one of the first Orthodox monks to bring Christianity to Alaska in the 18th-19th centuries. It highlights his compassion for the native Aleut people, his miraculous deeds, spiritual wisdom, and his enduring significance as one of the most beloved American Orthodox saints.
Feast Day: Dec. 13

January 17 2026Dust to Dust
Six shorts on the Desert Fathers



Language: English

Category: Animated

Duration: 66 minutes

Director/Producer: Harmony

Year: 2023 – 2025

Synopsis:
Desert Fathers are the early Christian hermits whose practice of asceticism in the Egyptian desert, beginning in the 3rd century, formed the basis of Christian monasticism. Following the example of Jesus’ life of poverty, service, and self-denial, these early monks devoted themselves to vows of austerity, prayer, and work.
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Story of the 3 brothers
Abba Makarius
Abba Joseph
Abba Sisoes
Abba Epiphanus
The monk and the two devils
Abbas Theodore and Luke
Abba Moses the Black
The young man and the old man
Abba Anthony and Pride
Two brothers and the demon
2-Abba Sisoes shares departing words, a young monk asks about pride, and an old man guards against birds.
3-Panthers and Passions. Abba John captures a panther, Abba Poemen shares how to hold peace and an old man is accused of stealing.
4-A monk is caught by a bandit, St Moses the Black wages war against passions and an Emperor visits a monk…
5-A devil attempts to cutoff Abba Macarius’ leg, Saint John Colob meets a camel and a woman seeks healing from cancer. The Nitria Fathers. Abba Simon. A word from the Elders. 70 weeks fast.
6-Stories of Scetis (Scetis, also known as Wadi El Natrun, was an ancient monastic settlement in the Egyptian desert, founded in the 4th century by Saint Macarius the Great, where the earliest monks lived in solitude and prayer.
January 30 2026 (US release date). Screening Location TBDMoses the Black



Language: English

Category: Crime/Drama

Duration: 110 min

Director: Yelena Popovic

Year: 2026

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The story of a gangster in modern day Chicago inspired by an incredible story of repentance of the 4th century saint of the same name.
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