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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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3-Day Pascha & Bright Week

April 5, 2018 Featured

“Pascha, and again I say Pascha!” We invite you to join us for any of these services associated with the “Feast of Feasts!” Our handy liturgical guide for these two weeks can be found here. Our full online calendar can be found here.

  • Thu. Apr. 5 3pm Vesperal Liturgy of the Mystical Supper
    • 515pm Soup & Salad Dinner (sign-up online)
  • Thu. Apr. 5 630pm Matins w. 12 Passion Gospels (3+ hours!)
  • Fri. Apr. 6 9am Holy Friday Royal Hours of the Passion
    • Decorating of the Tomb with flowers following…
  • Fri. 3pm Entombment Vespers
    • Choir rehearsal following…
  • Fri. 630pm Matins for Holy Saturday w. Procession
    • All-Night Psalter Reading (sign-up online)
  • Sat. 845am Chrismation of Jona Reed
  • Sat. 9am Vesperal Liturgy of Great & Holy Saturday
    • Light Meal of Bread, Wine, and Fruits
    • Church clean-up following…
  • Sat. 7pm Reading of Acts begins (sign-up online)
  • Sat. 1130pm +Paschal Nocturnes+
  • Sun. +Midnight Paschal Procession & Paschal Matins+
  • Sun. 120am +Paschal Liturgy+ (until ~3am) & Agape Meal in Hall 
  • Sun. 2pm +Agape Paschal Vespers & Picnic+ moved to church due to extreme weather
    • Full Meal, Easter Egg Hunt, Various Activities
  • Mon. 9am Bright Monday Paschal Liturgy
  • Tue. 9am Bright Tuesday Paschal Matins
  • Wed. 630pm Paschal Vespers
    • Women’s Night afterwards (details TBA)
  • Thu. 8am Paschal Liturgy & Breakfast
  • Fri. 9am Paschal Liturgy for Life-Giving Spring
    • 6pm Bright Friday Ethnic Dance in Hall (open to all!)
  • Sat. Youth & Young Adult Hike in Berea (Vespers @ the Pinnacles!)
  • Sat.  630pm Deacon’s Vespers in Nicholasville (no Confessions)
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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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