December & our Lord’s Nativity

As we head deeper into December, the themes of Christmas are gradually growing stronger! Orthodox Christians are currently marking the Nativity Fast, which ends on Christmas Day, December 25:

• St. Nicholas Day on December 6
• St. Herman (and St. Lucy) Day on December 13
• Two Pre-Festal Sundays before Nativity on December 14 and 21
• Pre-feast of Nativity (with services each day) from December 20 through Christmas Eve

You can see how we mark all these days liturgically — building up to Christmas — with services and service times (and all the additional “usual” services and events that are part of our parish life) by reviewing our December calendar in pdf form below OR by going to our regularly-updated Google Calendar here.

We invite you to visit our daughter community, St. Nina Mission Church in Berea, which helps extend the reach of the Orthodox Faith along the I-75 corridor & Wilderness Trail. St. Nina Chapel is drawing people from Somerset, London, Corbin, and beyond. The chapel is now serving services twice a week on Tuesdays (630pm) and Saturdays (630pm.) We are also serving at least two Sunday Liturgies per month in Berea. Our lead priest at St. Nina this year will be Fr. David Thatcher, who can be reached at fr.david@bluegrassorthodox.org.

You can also attend our Mercer County Chapel, which meets for Vespers & Dinner the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month at 430pm at the home of Fr. David Thatcher (482 E. Lexington St., Harrodsburg, KY.) 

Below is a collection of photos from November up through December 5th (St. Nicholas Eve) showing the full range of our parish life. We hope these photos inspire you to visit our church or one of our chapels. If you have questions about our calendar or any aspect of our Faith or parish life, please reach out to our associate pastor Fr. Giorgi Lomsadze at fr.giorgi@bluegrassorthodox.org.