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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.

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December 1, 2023 Building

Bulletin December 3, 2023 26th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Ephesians 5:9-19 (Epistle) Luke 18:18-27 (Gospel) Liturgical Services for the Week Ahead 6:30pm Great Vespers for St. Nicholas on Tuesday 7am St. Nicholas Liturgy on Wednesday 6:30pm Vespers on Wednesday 8:20pm Compline & …

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November 22, 2023 News

Bulletin November 26, 2023 25th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Ephesians 4:1-6 (Epistle) Luke 13:10-17 (Gospel) Liturgical Services for the Week Ahead  Tuesday the 28th in Berea—6:30pm Compline Service & Fellowship for St. Nina Mission Vespers for St. Andrew at 6:30pm on Wednesday …

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November 17, 2023 News

Bulletin November 19, 2023 24th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Epistle: Ephesians 2:14-22. Gospel: Luke 12:16-21 The Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos (f/w/o) is Tuesday, November 21. Festal Vigil will be on Monday evening at 6:30pm followed by confessions, and Festal …

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November 10, 2023 News

Bulletin November 12, 2023 23rd Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Ephesians 2:4-10 (Epistle)  Luke 10:25-37 (Gospel) The Proclamation of the Holy Synod of Bishops on the Glorification of the Righteous Matushka Olga (Fr. Justin will read from the ambo on Sunday) On The Feast for Holy Apostle …

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November 3, 2023 News

Bulletin November 5, 2023 22nd Sunday After Pentecost OCA Steward Sunday Readings for Today:   Galatians 6:11-18 (Epistle)   I Corinthians 12:27-31;13:1-8 (Epistle for Synaxis of Unmercenaries)    Luke 8:41-56 (Gospel).  Matthew 10:1, 5-8 (Gospel for Synaxis of Unmercenaries) Liturgical Services …

November & Preparation

November 1, 2023 Featured

While October is often as serene as it is beautiful, the month of November is a month of preparation for Orthodox Christians. We get ready for the Nativity Fast (which begins on Wednesday, November 15.) In this month, we also celebrate the Great Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple …

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October 27, 2023 News

Bulletin October 29, 2023 21st Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Galatians 2:16-20 (Epistle)  Luke 8:26-39 (Gospel) Liturgical Services in the Coming Week  Akathist to St. John Kochurov on Tuesday at 11am / Confessions  Vespers on Wednesday at 6:30pm  Akathist to St. George the Greatmartyr …

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October 21, 2023 News

Bulletin October 22, 2023 20th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: Galatians 1:11-19 (Epistle) Luke 16:19-31 (Gospel) Liturgical Services in the Coming Week Akathist to St. James on Monday the 23rd at 11am followed by confessions Great Vespers on Wednesday at 6:30pm Akathist to St. Demetrios …

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October 14, 2023 News

Bulletin October 15, 2023 19th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9 (Epistle)    Luke 8:5-15 (Gospel) Fr. Justin is attending the 2023 National OCA Clergy Retreat this coming week. Deacon Simeon will preside over Vespers on Wednesday; there will be no service on …

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October 7, 2023 News

Bulletin October 8, 2023 18th Sunday After Pentecost Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (Epistle) Hebrews 13:7-16 (Epistle, Fathers) Luke 7:11-16 (Gospel). John 17:1-13 (Gospel, Fathers) Wednesday Vespers will be at 6:30pm with Deacon Simeon presiding. Fr. …

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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
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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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