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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Mid-September Events

September 21, 2010 Featured

Special Talk on Music in Judaism and the Early Church

This coming Wednesday evening, our parish is hosting a scholar from Russia, Dr. Yelena Kolyada, author of the award-winning 2009 book A Compendium of Musical Instruments and Instrumental Terminology in the Bible. Dr. Kolyada is considered an expert in the field of Jewish and early Christian musicology.  Dr. Kolyada will be addressing the topic of the music of worship in 1st-century Judaism and the early Church.  Her talk begins at 7:30pm on Wednesday evening, September 22, and follows our usually scheduled Vespers service at 6:30pm.

Listen to the talk:
/audio/music-jewish-tradition.mp3

St. Athanasius to Participate in Bluegrass March for Life

This Saturday, September 25, people from around the Bluegrass region, including our own parishioners and friends, will gather at Mary Queen Catholic Church on Clays Mill Rd. for the annual March for Life.  Registration begins at 9am and the walk commences at 9:45am.  Our faithful and friends are encouraged to bring icons to carry in procession as we pray for the unborn, those who are carrying children, and the men and women who make and enforce our laws.  For more information visit the Central Kentucky Right-to-Life at http://www.ckrtl.org/

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We are a parish of the Diocese of the South of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), under the archpastoral care of his grace, the right reverend Alexander, Bishop of Dallas and the South. We are the first OCA parish in Kentucky. We are located in the heart of the bluegrass region just outside Lexington.

Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church
100 Lime Lane
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Directions to the church

Priest Justin Patterson
Church: (859) 881-8144
Cell: (859) 361-2823
E-mail Fr. Justin

We are a parish of the Diocese of the South of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), under the archpastoral care of his grace, the right reverend ALEXANDER, Bishop of Dallas and the South. We are the first OCA parish in Kentucky. We are located in the heart of the bluegrass region just outside Lexington.

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