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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 February 24, 2019

February 23, 2019 News

Bulletin February 24, 2019 39th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of the Prodigal Son 1st & 2nd Findings of Head of St. John the Baptist Epistle Reading: 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Gospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32 Akathist to St. Raphael of Brooklyn at 11am on Wed. Feb. 27. Join us for our weekly Vespers Service …

Bulletin February 17, 2019

February 15, 2019 News

Bulletin February 17, 2019 38th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Publican & Pharisee Epistle Reading: 2 Tim. 3:10-15 Gospel Reading: Luke 18:10-14 The Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee is the beginning of the Lenten Triodion, and the week following is fast-free in anticipation of the Great …

Bulletin February 10, 2019

February 9, 2019 News

Bulletin February 10, 2019 37th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Zacchaeus…The first sign of the approach of Great Lent comes five Sundays before its beginning. On this Sunday the Gospel reading is about Zacchaeus the tax-collector. Epistle Reading: 1 Tim. 4:9-15 Gospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10 …

Bulletin February 3, 2019

February 2, 2019 News

Bulletin February 3, 2019 36th Sunday After Pentecost Epistle Reading: 1 Tim. 1:15-17 Gospel Reading: Matt. 15:21-28 Wednesday Vespers at 6:30pm & Christian Education Series “Back to the Basics” 7:20-8:20pm. Part 12, “Liturgy” will be the topic this Wednesday night. Parts 1-11 are …

Feasts & Preparation for Lent

January 29, 2019 Featured

With the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, the complex of services preceding Christmas & following Epiphany draw to a close. Notable in the season that has past is the Nativity Fast, Christmas, the festal days between Christmas and Epiphany, Theopany, the Great Blessing of Waters, the blessing …

Bulletin January 20, 2019

January 18, 2019 News

Bulletin January 20, 2019 34th Sunday After Pentecost  / Sanctity of Life Sunday Today’s Epistle Reading: Col. 3:4-11 Today’s Gospel Reading: Luke 18:35-43 Special Prayers and Petitions Today for the Protection of All Life. Wednesday Vespers at 6:30pm & Christian Education Series “Back to …

Bulletin January 13, 2019

January 11, 2019 News

Bulletin January 13, 2019 33rd Sunday After Pentecost / Sunday After Theophany Today’s Epistle Reading: Eph. 4:7-13 / Today’s Gospel Reading: 4:12-17 Car Blessings today after Liturgy. Wednesday Great Vespers (St. Anthony) at 6:30pm & Christian Ed Class at 7:20pm on January 16. Moleben to Ss. …

Houseblessing Season 2019

January 9, 2019 Featured

In the month of January, the Orthodox Church observes the Great Feast of Theophany, or Epiphany. One of the special features of Epiphany is the blessing of homes. Because our parishioners in America are often scattered across many counties (rather than residing in one village,) the season often …

Bulletin January 6, 2019

January 4, 2019 News

Bulletin January 6, 2019 32nd Sunday After Pentecost Theophany of Christ Today’s Epistle Reading: Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 Today’s Gospel Reading: Matthew 3:13-17 Two Akathist Services on Monday, January 7 ?10am Akathist in Church Slavonic for Old Russian Christmas ? 11am Akathist for St. John the …

Theophany & Houseblessing Season

January 3, 2019 Featured

Christmas on Dec. 25 gives way to the Great Feast of Epiphany–also known as Theophany–on Jan. 6. (Some Orthodox keep “Old Calendar Christmas” on Jan. 7… Read here for an explanation about why certain Orthodox keep Christmas and Epiphany on different days.) In addition …

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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
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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.

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