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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.

Bulletin April 14, 2019

April 12, 2019 News

Bulletin April 14, 2019 5th Sunday of Great Lent St. Mary of Egypt Epistle Reading: Heb. 9:11-14 Gospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45 Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts will be served on Wednesday, April 17 at 6pm. Following the Lenten soup and salad meal* in the parish hall, Father will hear adult confessions …

Bulletin April 7, 2019

April 5, 2019 News

Bulletin April 7, 2019 4th Sunday of Great Lent / St. John of the Ladder Repose of  St. Tikhon of Moscow Epistle Reading: Heb. 6:13-20 Gospel Reading: Mark 9:17-31 Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts will be served on Wednesday, April 10 at 6pm. Following we will have our traditional soup and salad meal …

Bulletin March 31, 2019

March 29, 2019 News

Bulletin March 31, 2019 3rd Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross Repose of St. Innocent of Alaska Epistle Reading: Heb. 4:14-5:6 Gospel Reading: Mark 8:34-9:1 Confession Reminder: Wednesday, April 17 is the last time for Adult Confessions before Pascha. Liturgy of Presanctified …

Bulletin March 24, 2019

March 22, 2019 News

Bulletin March 24, 2019 2nd Sunday of Great Lent St. Gregory Palamas Today’s Readings:  Epistle Reading: Heb. 1:10-2:3  /  Gospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12 The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (f/w/o) will be observed with Vigil today at 6:30pm  (with Father …

Taste & See that the Lord is Good!

March 19, 2019 Featured

Our Journey to Pascha 2019 We are now deep into Great Lent, the ancient 40-day season specially appointed for renewed spiritual focus in anticipation of Holy Week and Pascha (Easter.) During the Lenten season (known as also as The Great Fast or The 40-Days,) Orthodox Christians give great care not …

Retreat 2019: Fr. John Erickson

March 19, 2019 News

Retreat 2019: “Our Lenten Journey”  On the weekend of March 15 through March 17 (2019,) the Orthodox Christian community of greater Lexington was blessed to welcome Archpriest John Erickson, retired dean and church history professor (emeritus) of St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary …

Bulletin March 17, 2019

March 15, 2019 News

Bulletin March 17, 2019 1st Sunday of Great Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy Epistle Reading: Heb. 11:24-26,32-12:2 Gospel Reading: John 1:43-51 Welcome Fr. John Erickson who will preside at our Divine Liturgy this morning, and later today preach at St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church in Lexington for our …

Bulletin March 10, 2019

March 8, 2019 News

Bulletin March 10, 2019 41st Sunday After Pentecost Forgiveness Sunday / Cheesefare Sunday Epistle Reading: 13:11-14:4 Gospel Reading: Matt. 6:14-21 Great & Holy Lent begins with Forgiveness Vespers this Sunday at 5pm. Clean Monday, March 11 begins “Clean Week” the strictest fasting week of the …

Bulletin March 3, 2019

March 1, 2019 News

Bulletin March 3, 2019          40th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of the Last Judgment—Meatfare Sunday Epistle Reading: 1 Cor. 8:8-9:2 Gospel Reading: Matt. 25:31-46 Welcome Everyone—Especially First Time Visitors—to St. Athanasius Orthodox Church on this Visitors Sunday! Join us for our weekly …

Our Lenten Journey

February 23, 2019 Featured

The Lenten Spring is upon us. In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent begins on Clean Monday (March 11 in 2019) and is immediately preceded by Forgiveness Sunday (March 10.) In ancient times, Great Lent was the season when the catechumens were prepared for Holy Baptism. Over the years, however, it became …

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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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