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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.

Sunday Bulletin 9/20/2020

September 18, 2020 News

Bulletin for September 20, 2020 Sunday, September 20 – Visitor Sunday Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross Today we are hosting our “Fall Visitor Sunday.” Visitors are invited to worship on the main floor of the church and to take a tour of the church immediately after Liturgy with our own …

Fall 2020: So Much Happening!

September 16, 2020 Featured

With the coming of the New Church Year on September 1, it felt like we turned a page in church life. Our priest created this video to enocurage us as normal life inexorably returns: Already, we are grateful that: The church is fully open for worship (and has been for months) Fellowship Hour is back …

Bulletin for Sunday, September 13, 2020

September 11, 2020 News

Bulletin for September 13 2020 Today is the 14th Sunday After Pentecost and the Forefeast of the Elevation of the Cross Feast for Exaltation of the Cross is Monday, September 14 Full Vigil w/Cross Rite is Sunday 9/13 at 6:30pm Confessions Heard at 8pm.  Festal Liturgy on Monday at 9am. Wednesday …

Sunday Bulletin 8/30/2020

August 28, 2020 News

Bulletin August 30, 2020 12th Sunday After Pentecost Weekday Services Monday, August 31 Memorial Litya at 5:45pm  for the 1st Anniversary of the Repose of His Eminence Archbishop Nikhon. Tuesday, September 1 Moleben w/Akathist for the Ecclesiastical New Year at 11am and Father will hear confessions …

A New Church Year With New Opportunities!

August 22, 2020 Featured

As we enter the final days in August, we are excited to pivot (boldly!) into a New Church Year, which begins on September 1. This coming church year, while no doubt full of challenges, is also full of new opportunities for our community and for each of us: The church is fully open for worship! …

Sunday Bulletin

August 22, 2020 News

Bulletin August 23, 2020 Today is the 11th Sunday after Pentecost and we observe Leavetaking Dormition. Wednesday Vespers/Confessions begins 6:30pm on 8/26. Friday Akathist/Confessions begins at 11am on 8/28. Feast for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist is next Saturday the 29th. This is a strict …

Sunday Bulletin for August 16, 2020

August 15, 2020 News

Bulletin August 16, 2020 Welcome to St. Athanasius Orthodox Church on this 10th Sunday After Pentecost as we commemorate two Feasts! Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God  (Readings)   1 Corinthians 4:9-16 (Epistle) Matthew 17:14-23 (Gospel)                           Translation of the …

Sunday Bulletin August 9, 2020

August 7, 2020 News

Bulletin August 9, 2020 9th Sunday After Pentecost and Feast Day for the Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America On Wednesday, August 12 at 6:30pm we will serve Great Vespers for St. Tikhon of Radonsk—Feast Day is August 13. Father will hear confessions following. …

Dormition Season & Open Church

August 1, 2020 Featured

As we journey into August, we mark the days of the Dormition Fast (Aug. 1-14) which precedes the Great Feast of the Dormition on Aug. 15. In this unnerving year of 2020, perhaps more than any other year, we truly need these days of purposeful prayer, fasting, and penance. Our parish calendar has …

Sunday Bulletin August 2, 2020

July 31, 2020 News

Bulletin August 2, 2020 Saturday, August 1, 2020 is the Feast for Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and Beginning of Dormition Fast Vigil for Transfiguration will be Wednesday, August 5 at 6:30pm. Confessions follow at 7:30pm. Festal Liturgy will be Thursday, …

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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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