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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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May & More

We invite you to visit St. Athanasius this month. We will complete our update of the website for the month by this weekend. However, we invite you to visit our Altar-Feast on May 1 and May 2.

Additional upcoming services in May can be found on our carefully-updated google calendar. You can see the hard copy of our May calendar for both St. Athanasius and our daughter chapel in Berea St. Nina below.

Stay tuned for more info for May as well as a full collection of Paschal Photos that will be uploaded here.

May & More

April 30, 2026 Featured

We invite you to visit St. Athanasius this month. We will complete our update of the website for the month by this weekend. However, we invite you to visit our Altar-Feast on May 1 and May 2. Additional upcoming services in May can be found on our carefully-updated google calendar. You can see the …

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Holy Week & Pascha 2026

April 1, 2026 Featured

We invite YOU to join us for the most sacred and beloved days of the Orthodox Christian calendar — the days of Holy Week & Pascha (Easter)! This year, these days fall “one week behind” our Western Christian friends, with our Pascha falling on April 12. You can learn more about …

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March: The Heart of Lent

March 2, 2026 Featured

Orthodox Christians around the world are marking the most beloved season of the church year – Great Lent. The Lenten season opens directly to Lazarus Saturday & Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and (finally) to the Feast of Feasts, the Pascha of our Lord! We are glad you have found us and we invite you …

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Last night we hosted Laura Carr, executive director of Lexington Rescue Mission, who shared about the transformative work of LexRescue. We certainly encourage our members to volunteer at and support this worthy inter-Christian work.
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The Holy Synod announces the retirement of His Eminence, Archbishop Alexander, as ruling bishop of the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America effective on July 23, 2026. We thank God for Vladyka's faithful service and visits to St. Athanasius and St. Nina Orthodox Christian Church over the years! Laying aside regular work in the sprawling Diocese of the South, Vladyka will continue his archpastoral ministry with the much-smaller Bulgarian Diocese -- and we hope to see him again in Kentucky. ... See MoreSee Less

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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
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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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