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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.

A Lent None Of Us Expected

March 14, 2020 Featured

A Pastoral Word from Fr. Justin Patterson: With the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19, our churches have had to make excruciatingly difficult decisions about what faithfulness looks like. After much prayer and careful consideration, our Archbishop Alexander has instructed his diocesan communities …

2nd Sunday in Lent: Livestream, Sermon, Readings, & Announcements

March 14, 2020 Featured

Bulletin for March 15, 2020 St. Gregory Palamas — 2nd Sunday of Lent “1st Sunday of the Coronavirus 2020” Livestream of the Vespers:  https://www.facebook.com/bluegrassorthodoxy/videos/2793057710810733/ Livestream of Liturgy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVB667w1eQ&t=2866s …

Bulletin March 8, 2020

March 5, 2020 News

Bulletin for March 8, 2020 1st Sunday of Great 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 (February 11). Pan-Orthodox Vespers at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Louisville KY this Sunday …

Make the Lenten Journey with Us!

March 3, 2020 Featured

Great Lent in the Orthodox Church began on March 2, “Clean Monday,” and continues through most of April. During Lent, Orthodox Christians traditionally engage in deep efforts related to prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and increased attendance of services: all to prepare us for Holy Week and …

Bulletin March 1, 2020

February 28, 2020 News

Bulletin for March 1, 2020 Today is the 37th Sunday After Pentecost,  also Forgiveness Sunday/Cheesefare Sunday (Expulsion of Adam & Eve from Paradise) Forgiveness Vespers at 5pm today on the eve of Great Lent. Monday, March 2 begins the first week of the Great Lenten Fast aka Clean Week and …

Bulletin February 23, 2020

February 21, 2020 News

Bulletin for February 23, 2020 Today is the 36th Sunday After Pentecost & Sunday of the Last Judgment and Meatfare Sunday Join Fr. Justin in commemorating the Feast for the 1st & 2nd Findings of the Head of St. John the Baptist with an Akathist Prayer on Monday, 2/24 at 11am. He will hear …

Getting Ready for Great Lent

February 10, 2020 Featured

In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent (which begins this year on Monday, March 2) is preceded by four weeks of preparation. This season of preparation touches upon what we eat but even more upon our hymns and appointed readings–all of which call us back to God and prepare us for deep repentance. One of …

Bulletin February 9, 2020

February 7, 2020 News

Bulletin for February 9, 2020 Today is: Leavetaking of the Feast of Meeting the Lord in the Temple Beginning of the Lenten Triodion Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee “ for everyone who exalts? himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:14) Vespers on Wednesday, …

Bulletin February 2, 2020

January 31, 2020 News

Bulletin for February 2, 2020 Hebrews 7:7-17 Epistle Festal ReadingLuke 2:22-40 Gospel Festal Reading Today is the 33rd Sunday After Pentecost, the Feast for Meeting Christ in the Temple, and Zacchaeus Sunday. Also, we celebrate our 18th Anniversary as an OCA parish, and the 5th Anniversary of …

Bulletin January 26, 2020

January 24, 2020 News

Bulletin for January 26, 2020 32nd Sunday After Pentecost Today, the Church commemorates the Sunday of the New Martyrs & Confessors of the 20th Century, remembering all those Orthodox Christians who suffered for Christ at the hands of the godless Communists during the years of persecution. …

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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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