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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Nativity, New Year, & Beyond

December 18, 2018 Featured

The second-most sacred season in the Orthodox Church culminates in Christmas (Dec. 25 on the new calendar) and Epiphany (Jan. 6.) We keep these feasts (on the new calendar) with great solemnity and joy. We invite you to join us for these services:

  • Wednesday, December 19 (Pre-Feast of Nativity)
    • 630pm Vespers & 720pm Christmas Education
    • 820pm Small Compine w/ pre-Nativity hymns & Confessions
  • Saturday, December 22 (Pre-Feast of Nativity)
    • 530pm Slavonic-language Akathist to the Theotokos
    • 630pm Vigil for the Sunday before Nativity
    • 815pm Confessions (last scheduled time!)
  • Sunday, December 23 (Sunday before Nativity)
    • 10am Divine Liturgy & Fellowship Hour
  • Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
    • 9am Royal Hours of Christmas
    • 1030am Vesperal Liturgy of the Eve
    • 630pm Great Vigil for Nativity & Carols
  • Tuesday, Deember 25 (Christmas Day)
    • 8am Christmas Day Liturgy & Carols
  • Wednesday, Dec. 26 (Synaxis of the Theotokos)
    • 9am 2nd Day Nativity Liturgy & Breakfast
    • 630pm Great Vespers for St. Stephen’s Feast 

Also, mark your calendars for these additional upcoming dates:

  • Dec. 31 @ 530pm: Vesperal Liturgy for New Year/Circumcision/St. Basil
    • New Year’s Eve Dinner, Dance, and Celebration!
  • Epiphany-Theophany Services
    • Jan. 4 @ 9am: Royal Hours & Confessions
    • Jan. 5 @ 9am: Theophany Eve Liturgy & Indoor Water Blessing
    • Jan. 5 @ 630pm: Great Vigil for Theophany & Confessions
    • Jan. 6 @ 10am: Theophany Liturgy & Great Blessing of Water Outdoors (location tba)

Also, stay tuned for our post-Theophany Houseblessing schedule. Everyone who attends our parish (member or not) is invited to sign-up. For more on the Orthodox Houseblessing traditions, read here.

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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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