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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.

Materials for Brief Extraordinary Parish Meeting: Sunday, May 22

May 21, 2022 Featured

Christ is Risen! Most of you know that in fall 2021, our parish council invited Warren Caterson to meet with as many parishioners as he could to explore a potential capital campaign to pay down the church mortgage. Just before Lent, Warren completed his capital campaign study and gave it to the …

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May 20, 2022 News

Bulletin May 22, 2022 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Sunday An Extraordinary Parish Meeting will be held this Sunday right after Liturgy with 3 goals: -review highlights from “The Warren Report” (posted in full on the church website) -present the council’s plan to roll out a …

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May 13, 2022 News

Bulletin May 15, 2022 Today is the 4th Sunday of Pascha Sunday of the Paralytic Visitors are always Welcome! Liturgical Services This Coming Week Vespers at 6:30 on Wednesday followed by the Christian Ed Class at 7:20 Journey through part 3 (of 6) of Vladimir Lossky’s Mystical Theology of the …

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May 6, 2022 News

Bulletin May 8, 2022 Today is the 3rd Sunday of Pascha Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women with the Noble Joseph  St. John the Theologian Liturgical Services This Coming Week Great Vespers, Potluck, +more at St. Nina in Berea on Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30pm Vespers at 6:30 on Wednesday, May 11 …

Paschaltide 2022: Christ is Risen!

May 6, 2022 Featured

At midnight on Sunday, April 24, our parish family joined the whole body of the Orthodox Christian Church around the world in celebrating the Feast of Feasts, the Great & Holy PASCHA! Our Paschal celebration is never in a vacuum, of course, but always follows more than two months of preparation …

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April 29, 2022 News

Bulletin May 1, 2022 Christ is Risen!   Khristos voskrese!  Jezikri leve!    Hristos a inviat!  Christos anesti!  Kriste ahzdkhah! Today is Saint Thomas Sunday and Feast Day for St. Tamara & Prophet Jeremiah Tomorrow is the Feast Day for our Patronal Father, St. Athanasius and we will …

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April 22, 2022 News

Bulletin April 24, 2022 Holy Saturday, April 23 (wine) • 9am Reception of Converts into the Orthodox Faith • 10am Holy Vesperal Liturgy • 7-11:30am Continuous Reading from Acts of Apostles (signup online) • 11:30pm Paschal Nocturns Sunday, April 24 Great & Holy Pascha Begin Fast Free Week • 12am …

Holy Week & Pascha 2022

April 15, 2022 Featured

We Invite You To Join Us! The days of Holy Week and Pascha (Easter) constitute together the most sacred days of the church year for Orthodox Christians. And we invite you to make the journey with us! You can view our detailed “Holy Week Guide” for 2022, that explains each service of Holy …

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April 14, 2022 News

Bulletin April 17, 2022    Feast of Palms Holy Monday, April 18 9am Lenten Hours w/Matthew 1-14; 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins Holy Tuesday, April 19 9am Lenten Hours w/Matthew15-28; 6:30pm Bridegroom Matins at St. Nina (in Berea) Holy Wednesday, April 20 11am Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts 6:30pm …

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April 8, 2022 News

Bulletin April 10, 2022 5th Sunday of Great Lent St. Mary of Egypt The coming week is the 6th and final week of Great Lent 2022. While Holy Week is “lenten,” it is not part of Great Lent, but its own period. Listed below are the daily services for April 11-16. Vespers at St. Nina Mission …

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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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