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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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August 4, 2023 News

Bulletin August 6, 2023 Welcome on this 9th Sunday After Pentecost & Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Liturgical Services this Week at St. Athanasius  Liturgy for St. Herman at 9am on Wednesday Paraclesis Service at 6:30pm on Wednesday Paraclesis Service at 11am on Friday/Confessions …

August & New Beginnings

August 1, 2023 Featured

July was not only a record month in terms of high temperatures, but also in terms of high attendance. The summer doldrums didn’t happen this year, as our parish continued to welcome new visitors to our many services, to host well-attended classes and events, and to expand our work overall. We …

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July 20, 2023 News

Bulletin July 30, 2023 8th Sunday After Pentecost Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday The Dormition Fast Begins on Tuesday, August 1—fast from red meat, poultry, meat products, dairy products (eggs and milk products), fish, oil, and wine. Check your calendars for feast days allowing for fish/wine/oil. …

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July 19, 2023 News

Bulletin July 23, 2023 7th Sunday After Pentecost Celebration of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr & Patroness of our Sisterhood Liturgical Services this Week Akathist to St. Jacob, Enlightner of the Aleuts on Wednesday the 26th at 11am and Father will be available for confession following. Vespers …

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July 14, 2023 News

Bulletin July 16, 2023 6th Sunday After Pentecost Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils Vespers on Wednesday at 6:30pm. Following the service, Dr. Harstadt will present the final part of his teaching on the New Testament Canon Text. The 2023 DOS Assembly is taking place July 18-21 in Greenville …

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July 7, 2023 News

Bulletin July 9, 2023 5th Sunday After Pentecost St. Nina Mission Council invites everyone to a 6:3pm Vespers Service on Tuesday, July 11 in Richmond at Lake Reba Pavilion, Shelter C by the lake, with a cookout/ fellowship following. During the summer months they are only having one service each …

Summertime in the Parish

July 1, 2023 Featured

In the previous month (June,) our parish experienced grace upon grace: we celebrated the glorious Feast of Pentecost, we held our annual Pentecost Picnic at HighBridge Park in Wilmore, we welcomed new catechumens and members, we saw a young couple get married, we continued our search for an …

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June 30, 2023 News

Bulletin July 2, 2023 4th Sunday After Pentecost We will be offering prayers during Liturgy today for our country in anticipation of the Fourth of July National Holiday and also observing the Feast for St. John Maximovitch. A 3-Part Study of the New Testament on the Canon of Scripture taught by Dr. …

June 23, 2023 News

Bulletin June 25, 2023 3rd Sunday After Pentecost Apostles Peter and Paul will be remembered with Vigil on Wednesday at 6:30pm with Confessions heard after and, Liturgy on Thursday at 9am followed by a Festal Brunch in the parish hall.  

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June 16, 2023 News

Bulletin June 18 2023 2nd Sunday After Pentecost All Saints of America Weekday Services June 17 – 25 Wednesday Vespers at 6:30pm Friday Akathist to the Holy Apostles at 11am/Confessions

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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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