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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.

Experience Holy Week & Pascha!

April 17, 2021 Featured

For Orthodox Chrisitans, there is no time like Holy Week and the “Feast of Feasts,” Pascha. If you have never experienced these holy days, we invite you to watch our 7-part series on Holy Week & Pascha, made during the most trying Pascha of our lives–Pascha 2020. With deep …

Recording & Resources from Lenten Retreat with Mother Abbess Christophora

April 14, 2021 Featured

The years 2020 and 2021 have presented many challenges to churches around the world. One of the ways it presented an opportunity to our parish was that we had the idea to bring in a real monastic (who otherwise would not be able to join us) to speak to our community virtually. On Saturday, April …

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April 9, 2021 News

Bulletin for April 11, 2021 4th Sunday of Lent — St. John Climacus On Monday Father will pray an Akathist to St. Mary of Egypt at 11am and then will hear confessions following. Parish Council will meet on Monday evening at 7:30pm. Presanctified Liturgy will be served on Wednesday at 6pm and weather …

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April 3, 2021 News

Bulletin for April 4, 2021 3rd Sunday of Lent — Veneration of Cross Opportunities for a Lenten Weekday Service/Confession Moleben/Akathist to St. Tikhon the Confessor at 9am on Wednesday the 7th. Confessions at 10am. Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts at 6pm on Wednesday. Bonfire following. Liturgy of …

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March 26, 2021 News

Bulletin for March 28, 2021 2nd Sunday of Lent — St. Gregory Palamas On Wednesday we commemorate the Repose of Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas with a Moleben & Akathist at 9am. Father will be available for confessions following the …

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March 19, 2021 News

Bulletin for March 21, 2021 Sunday, March 21, 2021 / 1st Sunday of Lent / Sunday of Orthodoxy Today, we commemorate the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the restoration of the holy icons in the reign of the holy Empress Theodora in 843, with a procession of icons following Liturgy. Festal Vigil for the Feast …

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March 12, 2021 News

Bulletin for March 14, 2021 40th Sunday After Pentecost / Forgiveness Sunday Forgiveness Vespers will be celebrated at 5pm today as usual, but spacing will be 6 feet apart with masks, no prostrations, and the line will snake out of the nave and go downstairs rather than loop around. Laura Walther …

Join Our Lenten Pilgrimage to Pascha!

March 5, 2021 Featured

Our parish family at St. Athanasius is grateful to be on the cusp of Great Lent–a special season of fasting and prayer that leads us to the sacred days of Holy Week and Pascha. In Holy Week and Pascha (April 24-May 2,) we ourselves will become witnesses to the Cross, Death, and Resurrection of …

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March 5, 2021 News

Bulletin for March 7, 2021 Sunday, March 7, 2021  39th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Last Judgment Today is Visitor Sunday! Our parish iconographer, Daniel Werner will be leading a “Church Tour” following the service today. Wednesday Vespers will be served as usual at 6:30pm (also …

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February 26, 2021 News

Sunday, February 28, 2021 38th Sunday After Pentecost / Prodigal Son  Sunday Wednesday Vespers will be served as usual at 6:30pm (also broadcast). Fr. Justin will teach the final class of the church history series after Vespers. Next Wednesday (3/10) he will teach a special one-time class on the …

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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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