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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 20, 2021 News

Bulletin for February 21, 2021 37th Sunday After Pentecost / Publican & Pharisee Sunday The focus this weekend is on the theme from St. Luke’s account of the Publican (tax-collector) & Pharisee (Luke 18:10-14).  Also, we begin to use the service book called the Lenten Triodion, which …

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February 13, 2021 News

Bulletin for February 14, 2021 36th Sunday After Pentecost / Zacchaeus Sunday Wednesday Vespers will be served as usual at 6:30pm. Our Church History class, Part 5 in our ongoing series, was postponed last week due to the weather. God-willing and weather-permitting we will continue with Part 5 this …

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February 5, 2021 News

Bulletin for February 7, 2021 35th Sunday After Pentecost Today we are celebrating the feast day for The Sunday of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Communist Yoke, keeping in tandem with the Church of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Enjoy the featured hymns and stories about these wondrous …

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January 29, 2021 News

Bulletin for January 31, 2021 34th Sunday After Pentecost Monday, February 1 • 6:30pm Vigil for Meeting in the Temple • 8pm Confessions Tuesday, February 2   Meeting of the Lord in the Temple • 9am Festal Liturgy Wednesday Vespers will be served at 6:30pm. The weekly Christian Ed Class will follow …

2021: “Further Up & Further In!”

January 27, 2021 Featured

Our parish family at St. Athanasius is grateful to have a celebrated a full and glorious Christmas 2020 and Theophany 2021. You can see photos from Nativity, Theophany, and other parish-life events over the past month. We are profoundly thankful to God that, despite challenges related to Covid-19, …

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January 22, 2021 News

Bulletin for January 24, 2021 33rd Sunday After Pentecost / Sanctity of Life Sunday Wednesday Vespers will be served at 6:30pm. The Christian Ed Class will meet at 7:20pm in the parish hall for Part III of “The Historical Road of Orthodoxy.” As always, everyone is welcome to attend this weekly …

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January 15, 2021 News

Bulletin for January 17, 2021 32nd Sunday After Pentecost & Feast for St. Anthony the Great Car Blessings Today Following the Divine Liturgy Service. Wednesday Vespers will be served at 6:30pm. The Christian Ed Class will meet at 7:20pm in the parish hall for Part II of “The Historical Road of …

The Ongoing Theophany Season

January 12, 2021 Featured

Though 2020 was in many ways a difficult year, our parish family is thankful for the blessings God has given us in this past year: parishioners supported each other, we baptized and chrismated more than a dozen people, we held two weddings, we blessed two parishioners to become monastics (and both …

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January 7, 2021 News

Bulletin for January 10,2021 31st Sunday After Pentecost / Sunday After Theophany Outdoor Water Blessing Today at West Hickman Creek in Veterans Park (650 Southpoint Drive in Lexington) following Liturgy. On Wednesday, January 13 the Christian Education Class will begin the new year with a 5 to 6 …

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January 2, 2021 News

Bulletin for January 3,2021 30th Sunday After Pentecost / Second Day of the Forefeast of Theophany Blessed New Year 2021 Tuesday, January 5     Eve of Theophany / Strict Fasting Day • 9am Royal Hours w/Indoor Water Blessing • 6:30pm Vigil for Theophany (Broadcast) • 8:15pm Confessions Wednesday, …

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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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