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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Christmas 2019 at St. Athanasius

December 17, 2019 Featured

The Great Feast of the Nativity of our Lord approaches and we ready ourselves for this splendid festival! A number of feasts have marked our journey through the Nativity Fast, thus far–including St. Nicholas Day and St. Herman Day. This past weekend, we welcomed Fr. Silviu Bunta, who led a powerful retreat, sessions of which you can hear via this link.) Here are the services and events that lie before us as we complete our preparations for Christmas.

  • Saturday Before Nativity (Dec. 21)
    • 630pm Vigil & Confessions
  • Sunday Before Nativity (Dec. 22)
    • 9am Sunday School
    • 10am Divine Liturgy & Fellowship Hour
  • December 23 Services 
    • 9am Royal Hours Preceding Nativity
    • 1030am Confessions
    • 630pm Pre-Feast Vespers
    • 720pm Confessions (Last Call!) 
  • Christmas Eve Services 
    • 10am Vesperal Liturgy for Eve of Nativity
    • 630pm Great Vigil for Nativity & Carols
  • Christmas Day Service
    • 8am Nativity Liturgy
  • 2nd Day of Christmas/Synaxis of Theotokos (Dec. 26)
    • 9am Festal Liturgy & Festal Breakfast in Hall (potluck)
  • New Year’s Eve
    • 530pm Vesperal Liturgy for St. Basil/Circumcision
    • 730pm-1am New Year’s Dinner & Dance

Our online calendar has been updated for Epiphany (Theophany) Services and up through the end of January. We welcome all visitors and hope that you will join us in the festive days to come!

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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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