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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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May & More

We invite you to visit St. Athanasius this month as we continue to celebrate an extended season that includes the Resurrection of Christ, the Ascension, and get ready for Penteocst. We begin May with a special celebration of St. Athanasius Day (May 1 and May 2) — which can read about below! will complete our update of the website for the month by this weekend.

Additional upcoming services in May can be found on our carefully-updated google calendar. You can see the hard copy of our May calendar for both St. Athanasius and our daughter chapel in Berea St. Nina in the graphic below:

We invite you to visit St. Athanasius and/or one of our two active daughter communities, St. Nina Mission Church in Berea (extending the reach of the Orthodox Faith along the I-75 corridor & Wilderness Trail) and our Mercer County Chapel. 

Below is a collection of photos from April 2026 (which includes Baptisms, Holy Week, & Pascha) showing the full range of our parish life. We hope these photos inspire you to visit our church or one of our chapels. If you have questions about our calendar or any aspect of our Faith or parish life, please reach out to our associate pastor Fr. Giorgi Lomsadze at fr.giorgi@bluegrassorthodox.org.

“Preparing” for Our “Lenten Preparation”

February 3, 2024 Featured

As we head deeper into 2024, our parish community welcomes you to our new virtual “front door,” www.bluegrassorthodox.org. We are glad you have found us and we invite you to visit us in-person. You can learn more about making an actual visit to St. Athanasius here. You can also take a peek inside …

Bulletin for February 4, 2024

February 2, 2024 News

Bulletin for January 27, 2024

January 26, 2024 News

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January 18, 2024 News

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January 12, 2024 News

A New Website & New Year

January 11, 2024 Featured

As we head deeper into 2024, our parish community welcomes you to our new virtual “front door,” www.bluegrassorthodox.org. We are glad you have found us and we invite you to visit us. You can learn more about visiting St. Athanasius here. You can also take a peek inside our church by …

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January 5, 2024 News

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December 15, 2023 News

Bulletin December 17, 2023 28th Sunday After Pentecost  Readings for Today: Colossians 3:4-11 (Epistle) Luke 14:16-24 (Gospel) Liturgical Services for the Coming Weekdays Vespers on Wednesday at 6:30pm / Compline at 8:20pm / Confessions Matins for Nativity Forefeast on Thursday at 9am / Confessions …

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December 7, 2023 News

Bulletin December 10, 2023 27th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Ephesians 6:10-17 (Epistle) Luke 17:12-19 (Gospel) Liturgical Services for the Coming Weekdays Akathist to St. Herman on Wednesday, December 13 at 6:30pm Compline on Wednesday the 13th at 8:20pm Akathist Anticipating Nativity …

December & the Mystery of the Incarnation

December 4, 2023 Featured

The Great Feast of our Lord’s Nativity in the Flesh (Christmas) is approaching and most of December is–in some sense–an ongoing preparation for this glorious Mystery! Moving us towards Christmas, we celebrate a number of milestones that help us approach this Celebration: Over the …

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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.

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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