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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.

October Invitation into Parish Life

September 30, 2023 Featured

Fall is a beautiful season in Kentucky. And the crown of fall certainly “feels” like the month of October. In terms of feast days in the Orthodox Church, October is a relatively quiet time–but marks a truly rich season of “normal” church life –with Sunday School, …

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September 29, 2023 News

Bulletin October 1, 2023 17th Sunday After Pentecost Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 (Epistle) Hebrews 9:1-7 (Epistle, Theotokos)  Luke 6:31-36 (Gospel) Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 (Gospel, Theotokos) Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius …

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September 22, 2023 News

Bulletin September 24, 2023 16th Sunday After Pentecost New Martyrs of Alaska Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (Epistle) Romans 8:28-39 (Epistle, New Martyrs) Luke 5:1-11 (Gospel) Luke 21:12-19 (Gospel, New Martyrs) Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius Akathist to St. John the …

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September 16, 2023 News

Bulletin September 17, 2023 15th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday AfterExaltation / Annual Parish Meeting Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 (Epistle); Galatians 2:16-20 (Epistle, Sunday After); Matthew 22:35-46 (Gospel); Mark 8:34-9:1 (Gospel, Sunday After) Liturgical Services this Week at St. …

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September 9, 2023 News

Bulletin September 10, 2023 14th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday Before Exaltation Readings for Today: 2 Corinthians 1:21-2:4 (Epistle); Galatians 6:11-18 (Epistle, Sunday Before); Matthew 22:1-14 (Gospel); John 3:13-17 (Gospel, Sunday Before) Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius  Vigil …

September & Church New Year

September 5, 2023 Featured

As we move into fall, the our parish schedule blossoms forth with feasts, liturgical services, opportunities for prayer, classes for learning, choir practices, social events, campouts, youth group, and so much more. In this season of renweal, we welcome you to visit our parish community of St. …

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September 1, 2023 News

Bulletin September 3, 2023 13th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: 1 Corinthians 16:13-24 (Epistle) / Matthew 21:33-42 (Gospel) Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius Vespers (6:30pm) on Wednesday Festal Vigil (6:30pm) on Thursday and Festal Liturgy (7am) on Friday for Nativity …

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August 25, 2023 News

Bulletin August 27, 2023 12th Sunday After Pentecost Readings for Today: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Epistle) Matthew 19:16-26 (Gospel) Visitor Sunday—WELCOME! Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius Monday—Memorial Litya for Archbishop Dmitri at 6:15pm; Great Vespers for St. John the Baptist’s …

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August 18, 2023 News

Bulletin August 20, 2023 11th Sunday After Pentecost Afterfeast Dormition & Prophet Samuel Readings for Today: 1 Corinthians 9:2-12 (Epistle) Matthew 18:23-35 (Gospel) Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius Vespers on Wednesday at 6:30pm Akathist to St. Job Pochaev on Friday at …

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August 11, 2023 News

Bulletin August 13, 2023 10th Sunday After Pentecost Leavetaking Transfiguration St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Festal Vigil for Dormition / Monday, 6:30pm—Confessions 8:30pm Festal Liturgy for Dormition / Tuesday 9am Sacrament of Unction on Wednesday at 6:30pm Akathist to St. Herman on Friday at 11am / …

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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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