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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Festal Schedule for Theophany

December 29, 2012

Friday, January 4 7am Royal Hours of Theophany Saturday, January 5 9am Divine Liturgy w/Blessing of Water (indoors) 6:30pm  Festal Vigil 8pm Confessions Sunday, January 6 9am Sunday School 10am Divine Liturgy 12pm Coffee Hour 12:20 Great Blessing of Waters at Lake Mingo

Nativity Schedule for December 2012

December 12, 2012

The following services are in addition to our regular services.   Wednesday, December 19 – Children’s Nativity Program at 7:30pm Friday, December 20 – Nativity Forefeast Matins at 7am Monday, December 24 – Royal Hours of Nativity Eve at 8am Monday, December 24 – …

Orthodoxy 101 – Fall 2012

October 16, 2012

 Rediscovering the Ancient Ways of Christianity  A 5-Part Series Presented at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church This year, noted atheist thinker Alain de Botton published a widely-acclaimed book entitled Religion for Atheists, in which he highlighted the strengths of ancient religious traditions. …

A Moleben of Thanksgiving was the First Service Held on Property of Future Church Home

September 26, 2012

  September 12, 2012 Father Justin Gives Blessing

Future Home of St. Athanasius Orthodox Church

September 4, 2012

Lime Lane (sits between Village Parkway and Peachtree Street)

August 29 – Feast of St. John the Baptist

August 24, 2012

The Beheading of St John the Baptist, a Feast day established by the Church, is also a strict fast day because of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. In some Orthodox cultures pious people will not eat food from a flat plate, use a knife, or eat food that is …

The Dormition of The Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

July 25, 2012

The Dormition Fast that began on Wednesday, August 1 will end on Thursday, August 16, the day after the Feast of The Dormition of the Theotokos. Vigil for the Feast will be served on Tuesday, August 14, at 6:30pm and Liturgy for the Feast will be served at 7am on Wednesday, August 15.

On the Prayers of the Holy Angels

July 17, 2012

  When praying, we must remember that we are members of one another, and therefore that we must pray for all, as the prayer ‘Our Father….’ teaches us.  The Apostles and all the saints are examples of this.  If we remember this and pray for others then the holy angels will also pray for us …

From Nothing to Everything in a Moment

July 5, 2012

 On July 12 the Church remembers the woman, called Veronica (or Beatrice) whose story is told in Matthew 9: 20-22. She has been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years. It would be hard to imagine a person whose life held less promise. This woman’s condition, which she had endured for …

July 4 Feasts

July 3, 2012

Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete, was born in the city of Damascus into a pious Christian family. Up until seven years of age the boy was mute and did not speak.  However, after communing with the Holy Mysteries of Christ he found the gift of speech and began to speak.  At age 14 he went …

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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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