St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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.

COVID-19 Reopening Bulletin

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Christ is Risen! COVID Reopening Bulletin  This link will show services dates and times thru May 31. All services have limited capacity and online signup is required.  

Towards Our Reopening!

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Christ is Risen! While Christ the Eternal Pascha is Ever-Present with us, many of our people have been understabably grieved at not being able to participate in the Sacraments and in common worship, in person. We are pleased to announce the following: On Monday, May 11: St. Athanasius parish reopens …

Paschaltide in an Unusual Season

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While Pascha 2020 will (hopefully) stand out as a unique one in the story of our lives, we rejoice that Pascha has come and that Christ is Risen! As in every year, the Paschal season continues for 40 days (on this year, until May 28th.) As our country begins to open up from the Coronovirus …

A Holy Week Unlike All Others

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By now, everybody knows that Holy Week and Pascha 2020 will be unlike all others in recent history. (For more on our diocese’s response to the Coronavirus crisis, thus far, read various links on this page.) The short of it: except for a core of 3-5 people who will sing, serve, and video the …

Resources to Pray Holy Week at Home

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For most Orthodox Christians, observing Holy Week and Pascha lies at the core of their piety as believers. Normally, our common work of praying these services together is full of great joy and consolation. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Athanasius is only able to livestream services …

An Update on our Unusual Lenten Journey

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By now, almost all of us have had at least two weeks to process the reality the whole world is facing: nothing in our life is normal now or in the medium term. Sadly, for us Orthodox Christians, this period of time includes the remainder of Great Lent, Holy Week, and the Feast of Feasts …

4th Sunday in Lent: Sermon Text & Video

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Here is the “casual video summary” of the sermon Fr. Justin Patterson gave on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder on Grief and Bright Sadness. ————————– Text of the Sermon offered on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder +4th Sunday …

3rd Sunday in Lent: Livestream, Sermon, Readings, & Announcements

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Full Bulletin for March 22, 2020 (pdf) 3rd Sunday of Lent / Sunday of the Precious Cross “2nd Sunday of the Coronavirus” Sunday of the Cross (Vespers & Liturgy-Typika) Texts 2020 Vespers will be livestreamed on FacebookLive on Saturday around 430pm Readings for Sunday Liturgy Divine …

Doing Lent in the Shadow of Coronavirus

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Last Friday, our parish shared the painful news that–in light of the novel Coronavirus’ proliferation–we would be asking our brothers and sisters to refrain from attending divine services, in accordance with instruction from our archbishop. At the time, most of us–including …