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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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St Andrew of Crete
St Andrew of Crete
St Andrew of Crete

Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete, was born in the city of Damascus into a pious Christian family. Up until seven years of age the boy was mute and did not speak.  However, after communing with the Holy Mysteries of Christ he found the gift of speech and began to speak.  At age 14 he went off to Jerusalem and accepted monastic tonsure at the monastery of St. Sava the Sanctified.  St. Andrew led a strict and chaste life, he was meek and abstinent, such that all were amazed at his virtue and reasoning of mind.   As an archdeacon, he was a representative at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in the year 680.  He eventually became Bishop of the city of Gortineia on the island of Crete.  St. Andrew wrote many liturgical hymns and was the originator of the new form – the canon.

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Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church
100 Lime Lane
Nicholasville, KY 40356
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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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