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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.

Gusta?i ?i vede?i ce bun este Domnul!

April 18, 2016 Featured

Dragi romani crestini ortodocsi din Kentucky, Biserica ortodoxa “ Sfantul Atanasie cel Mare” va invita sa luati parte la slujbele divine din Saptamana Mare si la Sarbatoarea Invierii Domnului. “ Veniti sa luati Lumina!” Sunteti bineveniti sa sarbatoriti impreuna cu noi Sfintele Pasti. Biserica …

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April 15, 2016 Featured

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Bulletin April 17, 2016

April 12, 2016 News

Final Wednesday Evening Presanctified Liturgy of this Lent on April 20 at 5:55pm, followed by soup & salad meal and readings. End-of-Lent Vespers at 6:30pm on Friday, April 22. Following this service, Father Justin will hear adult confessions for the last time until after Pascha. Please email …

Bulletin April 10, 2016

April 9, 2016 News

4th Sunday of Great Lent: St. John Climacus (of the Ladder) Today’s Readings: Hebrews 6:13-20 Mark 9:17-31 Many Thanks to Tatiana Luzyanina for donating flowers to help beautify our landscape and thanks also to those who helped transplant those flowers. Welcome to Daniel & Aly Werner, former …

Bulletin April 3, 2016

April 1, 2016 News

3rd Sunday of Great Lent: Veneration Precious Cross Today’s Readings: Hebrews 4:14-5:6 Mark 8:34-9:1 His Grace, the Right Reverend Alexander Golitzin, a life-long Orthodox believer and long-time priest and bishop, was elected by the Holy Synod this past Wednesday, March 30, 2016, as the 2nd Ruling …

The Feast of Feasts is Upon Us!

March 31, 2016 Featured

Ask any Orthodox child and he or she will have no trouble explaining to you that the most awesome time of the year is Holy Week and Pascha (as we Orthodox call Easter). The services of Holy Week, no less than those of Pascha and Bright Week (the festive week after Easter) are beloved and …

Bulletin March 27, 2016

March 24, 2016 News

2nd Sunday of Great Lent: St. Gregory Palamas Today’s Readings: Hebrews 1:10-2:3 Mark 2:1-12 Saturday, March 26 / Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel          Pan-Orthodox Lenten Retreat w/Fr. Michael Oleksa •9am Matins followed by Registration •10am Session I •11:45am Session II •1pm Lunch (provided) …

New Church: All Settled In

March 22, 2016 Building

Phase 1 of the Building Project was completed in Fall of 2014. In the many months since then, the parish community has settled into the new building. Here are some photos of the now-completed phase-one church, now that it is “lived in.” It is our hope that, if we can pay the mortgage …

Bulletin, March 20, 2016

March 18, 2016 News

Sunday of Orthodoxy – First Sunday of Great Lent Today’s Readings: Hebrews 11:24-26,32-12:2 John 1:43-51 We are excited to be hosting the annual Pan- Orthodoxy Vespers for Kentucky today at 5pm! It will be a joy to welcome Orthodox from across our state, including the new priest of the Greek …

Bulletin March 13, 2016

March 11, 2016 News

Forgiveness Sunday – Today’s Readings: Romans 13:11-14:4 Matthew 6:14-21 Forgiveness Vespers will be served this Sunday evening at 5pm. Everyone is encouraged to attend as preparation for the beginning of Great Lent on Monday the 14th. Clean Week Services •Matins served at 8am Monday, Tuesday, …

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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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