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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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February 17, 2023 News

Bulletin February 19, 2023 36th Sunday after Pentecost Visitor Sunday GREAT LENT: A SEASON OF INVITATION For Orthodox Christians, there is no season more beloved than Great Lent.. Of course, Lent itself can be challenging with the communal expectation of fasting, increased prayer (both in services …

Great Lent: A Season of Invitation

February 17, 2023 Featured

For Orthodox Christians, there is no season more beloved than Great Lent. Of course, Lent itself can be challenging with the communal expectation of fasting, increased prayer (both in services and at home,) and in the various additional practices we take up. But when Orthodox Christians hear the …

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February 11, 2023 News

Bulletin February 12, 2023 35th Sunday after Pentecost Prodigal Son Sunday The St. Nina Mission Council invites you to their Vespers Service on Tuesday, February 14 at 6:30pm in Berea at 300 Harrison Road. Wednesday Vespers begins at 6:30pm. The Christian Education Class that follows will be a …

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February 3, 2023 News

Bulletin February 5, 2023 34th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion Our Resurrectional Cycle of Services this weekend is being celebrated by His Eminence, Archbishop Alexander, who is in Kentucky for the diocesan conference. Welcome Bishop …

DOS Clergy Conference 2023: Feb. 7-9 [UPDATED Feb. 1]

February 2, 2023 Featured

[Updated Feb. 18: full photo report and links to the conference talks are here] [UPDATED Feb. 1]  St. Athanasius Parish is delighted to welcome all our diocesan clergy and many of our clergy spouses to Kentucky for our February 2023 Diocesan Pastoral Conference. In addition to over 80 priests and …

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January 27, 2023 News

Bulletin January 29, 2023 33rd Sunday after Pentecost Zacchaeus Sunday The Great Feast of The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple is Thursday, February 2 Festal Vigil will be served at 6:30pm on Wednesday and confessions will be heard after ~8:30pm. Festal Liturgy will be …

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January 21, 2023 News

Bulletin January 22, 2023 32nd Sunday after Pentecost / Sanctity of Life Sunday Feast for New Martyrs & Confessors of the 20th Century Communist Yoke Parish Life this Week  Youth Group will meet today 5-7pm in the parish hall. Parish Council meets Monday at 6:30pm Vespers on Tuesday in Berea at …

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January 17, 2023 News

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January 6, 2023 News

Saturday, January 7    Synaxis St. John the Baptist 11am Slavonic Akathist to the Theotokos (Old Christmas) 6:30pm Cathedral Vigil 7:20pm Confessions  Sunday,  January 8  Sunday After Theophany 9:30am Divine Liturgy No Children’s SS 11:30am Coffee To Go Only 11:40am Great Water Blessing 12pm Bread …

Theophany & Houseblessings

December 30, 2022 Featured

As we enter a new civil year, AD 2023, the Orthodox Church marks a number of important feasts, beginning with the combined feast of our Lord’s Circumcision & St. Basil, which we observe on New Year’s Eve and on New Year’s Day with great fanfare. Then we ascend further as we …

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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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