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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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April 13, 2023 News

Bulletin April 16, 2023 GREAT & HOLY PASCHA Please join us at our Bright Week Daily Paschal Services as we continue to celebrate the Risen Lord! (See back of bulletin for days/times.)

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April 7, 2023 News

Bulletin April 9, 2023

Holy Week & Pascha 2023

April 7, 2023 Featured

We Invite You To Join Us for Holy Week & Pascha! The days of Holy Week & Pascha (Eastern Orthodox Easter) constitute together the most sacred days of the church year for Orthodox Christians. And we invite you to make the journey with us, ideally in-person, though we are also pleased to be …

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March 31, 2023 News

Bulletin April 2, 2023 5th Sunday of Great Lent / St. Mary of Egypt Wednesday Presanctified Liturgy will be served at 6pm followed by our final Lenten Soup and Salad Meal. Check the online signup to see what food is needed. Friday Presanctified Liturgy w/Hymns for the Feast of St. Tikhon is at 11am. …

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March 24, 2023 News

Bulletin March 26, 2023 4th Sunday of Great Lent St. John Climacus / Synaxis Archangel Gabriel On Tuesday the 28th Fr. Justin will be in Berea, at 300 Harrison Road, with St. Nina Mission for a Compline Service w/Akathist to the Theotokos at 6:30pm. All are welcome! Presanctified Liturgy will be …

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March 17, 2023 News

Bulletin March 19, 2023 3rd Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross Presanctified Liturgy will be served on Wednesday at 6pm followed by a Lenten Soup and Salad Meal. Check the online signup to see what food is needed. Choir Members will meet on Thursday, March 23 from 7-9pm for …

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March 10, 2023 News

2nd Sunday of Great Lent / St. Gregory Palamas Presanctified Liturgy will be served on Wednesday at 6pm followed by a Lenten Soup and Salad Meal. Check the online signup to see what food is needed. Adult SS will meet via zoom at 8pm on Thursday. This class is recorded and can be viewed on our …

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March 2, 2023 News

Bulletin March 5, 2023 38th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday of Orthodoxy Kentucky Orthodox churches will gather at Panagia (Holy Mother) Greek Church in Lexington (3001 Tates Creek Road) at 5pm to celebrate a Pan-Orthodox Vespers together for the Triumph of Orthodoxy. A reception will follow and …

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February 24, 2023 News

Bulletin February 26, 2023 37th Sunday after Pentecost Forgiveness Sunday / Sunday of Cheesefare Forgiveness Vespers will be served at 5pm on this eve of Great Lent. The readings for this service are on the Lord’s teaching about fasting and forgiveness and preparing us to enter the season of the …

Wrap-Up & Resources from the 2023 Diocesan Pastoral Conference in KY

February 18, 2023 Featured

Dear fathers and friends, Christ is in our midst! It was a great joy to welcome so many of you to Kentucky for the 2023 Pastoral Conference. (I am told we had a record crowd for a February Pastoral Conference!) I personally appreciated the kind words many of you had for our efforts to make …

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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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