St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky
25th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: Eph. 4:1-6 Luke 12:16-21 Vigil for The Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos will be served on Tuesday, November 20 at 6:30pm. Father will hear confessions following. Liturgy for the Feast will be served on Wednesday at 9am. No Vespers and No Class on …
From November 15 until December 24, the Orthodox Church observes the Nativity Fast (New Calendar). This fasting season has been established by our Church since ancient times for the purpose of preparing our hearts to welcome the Light of Christ at Christmas. Fasting seasons are not only times of …
24th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: Eph. 2:14-22 Luke 10:25-37 Today the Youth Group will host fellowship hour with a “Chili Cookoff and Craft Sale” as a fundraiser for summer camp. Let’s be Supportive of our Future Church Leaders! The Nativity Fast (St. Philip’s Fast) begins on Thursday, …
23rd Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of the Unmercenary Saints Today’s Readings: Eph. 2:4-10 Luke 8:41-56 Wednesday Vespers Service at 6:30pm. Following everyone is welcome to join Fr. Justin for Part 4 of the Fall Catechesis Series that continues with the Old Testament. If you have not been able to …
22nd Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: Gal. 6:11-18 Luke 8:26-39 Today is OCA Steward Sunday Welcome to our Newest Catechumens Last Sunday, we enrolled two new catechumens: Kenleigh Joseph (of Lexington) and Ross McClure (of Richmond). Today Rebecca McDaniel is enrolled as a catechumen. We …
A New Catechetical Series Based on the Law of God On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, Fr. Justin began a new multi-part catechetical series, called “Back to the Basics with the Law of God.” As Father noted in part 1, the term of “Law of God” can mean, broadly speaking, any course …
21st Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: Gal. 2:16-20 Luke 16:19-31 Following our usual Wed. 6:30pm Vespers, Part 2 of our “Back to the Basics” Series picks up (7:20-8:20pm) with two important themes: Iconography and Prayer. We’ll look at the various types of icons– …
20th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: Gal. 1:11-19 Luke 8:5-15 Great Vespers for Apostle Luke on Wednesday, October 17 at 6:30pm. Fr. Justin begins teaching a new Catechesis Series following the service beginning with the most basic Orthodox Christian teachings and progressing through …
19th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Readings: 2 Cor. 11:31-12:-9 Luke 7:11-16 Typikon 101: Understanding the Structure of our Orthodox Services On Wednesday, October 10 following 6:30pm Vespers, Zoe Zamora will be offering a 1-time teaching, introducing the “Typikon,” the ancient …
October and the first half of November are traditionally very calm months in the life of an Orthodox parish: no Great Feasts and no fasting seasons! Early fall is a time to “catch our breath” in terms of church life. We do, however, have several special events coming up over the next six …
