Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Friday, June 29 is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul This feast traditionally marks the end of the Apostles Fast but since the feast fell on a Friday this year, the fast will conclude on Saturday, June 30.
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Apostles’ Fast
The Apostles’ Fast begins on Monday, June 11 with the Feast of Ss. Barnabus and Bartholomew and will end on Saturday, June 30 the day after the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul (because the feast falls on a Friday). This fast is the least intense fast of our liturgical year. All weekends, along …
Pentecost -Feast of The Holy Trinity
Sunday, June 3, 2012 We celebrate the feast of Pentecost And the coming of the Spirit, the appointed day of the promise,the fulfillment of hope. How majestic and great is the mystery! Therefore we cry aloud to you: “Glory to thee, O Lord and Creator of all.” –Hymns for Pentecost In the New …
2012 Spring Film Festival
Russian Religious Films Since Communism Where: St. Athanasius Orthodox Church Parish Hall 926 S. Main Street (Lily Spring Center) US (business) 27 South in Nicholasville When: May 2, 9, 16, and 30 7:30pm on those Wednesdays What: Films of Religious …
Christ is Risen! Pascha 2012
We are now in the joyous Paschal season, which extends from Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 15, until the eve of Ascension, which falls on May 24 this year. We invite you to visit us especially during this time as we continue to celebrate the Lord’s triumph over death. Stay tuned for a full …
Behold the Bridegroom Comes
Great Lent is a season that fixes all our thoughts and deeds on the Feast of Feasts, the Pascha of our Lord! The journey that is Great Lent comes to an end on the eve of Lazarus Saturday (this year April 7). With Lazarus Saturday, we take a pause in the strictness of our fasting …
Open to Me the Gates of Repentance
Orthodox Christians pray, as Great Lent dawns, that God would open to us the “gates of repentance.” Great Lent, which literally means the “Great Fast,” refers to a glorious season of “bright sadness” when we turn to the Lord with renewed prayer, fasting, …
Service Schedule
Wednesday February 15 7:20 Special Video Presentation “Return of the Icon” presented after Vespers at 6:30pm Soul Saturday Prayers for the Departed Begins Sat. Feb. 18 at 6:15 with Litya for the Departed prior to Vigil and continues throughout the Saturdays of Lent Sunday Feb.19 Meatfare …
Upcoming Parish Services
Wednesday Feb. 15 6:30pm Vespers followed by a special video presentation “The Return of the Icon” Saturday Feb. 18 6:15pm Litya for the Departed This special commemoration, Soul Saturday Prayers for the Departed, will be observed each …
Updates in Parish Life
Parish Continues to Celebrate Theophany If you would like Father Justin to serve a houseblessing during the month of January, please email him or call the office at 859-881-8144 (Tues.-Thurs., 10am-2pm). “Death and Dying as Orthodox” Special Two-part Wednesday Evening Series taught by …