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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Building

Next Steps: Making Vision Reality

July 16, 2008

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church hosted architects Dn. James Bryant and Bob Latsko for presentations on June 28-29. A profusion of slides of Orthodox churches from around the world accompanied the presentations, giving parishioners a feel for what makes a building “orthodox.”

Pentecost

July 12, 2008

In celebrating Pentecost we held our first Sunday Liturgy on the land. We endured the heat and cicadas to enjoy a beautiful service. Following Liturgy we had a pleasant picnic before Kneeling Vespers. With less than a month to go before having the land paid off, the reality of building a church is …

Beginning to Brainstorm

July 12, 2008

This past Thursday evening (July 10th), we launched a series of brainstorming sessions for our building needs on the Land. We began with Moleben before the relics of St. Athanasius. The prayers lent a real sense of peace to all that followed and kept us focused on the “One Thing …

Picking the Right Architect

July 11, 2008

A great article in Q&A format about making the decision to pick an architect. It was sent to Fr. Justin by Mary Lowell, copied from the American Institute of Architects website:

It’s Time to Dream

July 11, 2008

After almost a two-year hiatus, the St. Athanasius building committee gave a presentation Wednesday night on the history of the parish’s building program. Fr. Justin challenged those desiring to be part of this process to “dream big,” noting that there are “no wrong answers” about the project at …

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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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