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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.

Kentucky Orthodox Campout 2022

September 4, 2022 News

Our annual Kentucky Orthodox camping trip is coming up, September 23rd-25th. It’s time to reserve a cabin or camp site! Get your spots soon, before they fill up! The campout is centered once again at the serene Falls Creek Cabins & Campground just past Corbin, KY (1.75 hrs from St Athanasius, …

Parish Life in September

September 3, 2022 Featured

In our parish, it feels that by September, church life returns to “school year” normal. Sunday School resumes (in our parish on Sept. 18) and programming of various sorts picks back up along with the Great Feasts of the Nativity of the Virgin (Sept. 8) and the Exaltation of the Cross …

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September 2, 2022 News

Bulletin September 4, 2022 12th Sunday after Pentecost St. Babylas & Prophet Moses The Feast for the Nativity of The Theotokos is on Thursday, September 8. On Wednesday, we will serve Festal Vigil at 6:30pm and confessions will be heard following. (There is no Christian Ed Class this night). …

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August 26, 2022 News

Bulletin August 28, 2022 VISITOR SUNDAY Feast for Ven Job of Poachev   We will observe the beginning of our Ecclesiastical New Year beginning September 1 with two “Visitor Friendly” Services: Tuesday the 30th at St. Nina Mission in Berea we will pray the Akathist “Glory to God for All Things” at …

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August 20, 2022 News

Bulletin August 21, 2022 10th Sunday after Pentecost Vespers in Berea at St. Nina Mission will be served at 6:30pm on Tuesday the 23rd. Everyone is invited to come to 300 Harrison Rd. (Friends Meeting House) for the service and then enjoy a light meal and Q&A with Fr. Justin. The Wednesday night …

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August 12, 2022 News

Bulletin August 14, 2022 9th Sunday after Pentecost Forefeast Dormition of Theotokos Celebrate the Great Feast of Dormition with Vigil Today at 6:30pm and Festal Liturgy Monday at 9am A potluck breakfast (no fasting) follows Liturgy in the parish hall Translation of the Image “Not-Made-By-Hands” of …

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August 5, 2022 News

Bulletin August 7, 2022 8th Sunday after Pentecost The Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America is commemorated on Tuesday, August 9 with an Akathist to St. Herman at 11am. St. Nina Mission (Berea) will pray a Paraclesis Service on Tuesday evening at their usual …

Dormition Season & New Semester

July 30, 2022 Featured

The month of August is always exciting and exhausting around the parish. The two-week fast (the Dormition Fast) coincides with the hubbub of actvity associated with the start of a new school year, both for our school families and our many college students. Please look at our August calendar (at …

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July 29, 2022 News

Bulletin July 31, 2022 7th Sunday after Pentecost Forefeast of the Life-giving Cross The Dormition Fast Begins tomorrow August 1 and continues thru August 14. August 1—Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord—On Monday at 5pm Fr. Justin will lead an Akathist to the Cross …

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July 23, 2022 News

Bulletin July 24, 2022 6th Sunday after Pentecost Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb Parish Council Meeting—Monday, July 25 at 7:30pm Mark Your Calendars For These Upcoming Weekday Services Akathist to St. Jacob Netsvetov of Alaska at 11am on Tuesday; confessions following. Vespers at St. …

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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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