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.

Bulletin August 2, 2015

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August 2013 Groundbreaking Photo We celebrate our 1st anniversary in our new church building August 2, 2015!  Glory to God! The Dormition Fast (August 1-14) has begun. Our Tuesday Prayer Service (Moleben) during the Dormition Fast will be Paraclesis to the Theotokos. Great Feast of the …

Bulletin July 26, 2015

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What is Orthodoxy? A special 2-part overview of the Orthodox faith is planned for the Christian Education Class on August 26 and September 2. This is a great opportunity to invite others (who have asked you, “what is Orthodoxy? how is it different from my faith?”) to come and hear Fr. Justin talk …

Bulletin July 19, 2015

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New Visitor Parking Signs Have Been Installed! All-American Council  meeting in Atlanta this coming week, July 20-24. Feast of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr is Saturday, July 18.  Deacon Simeon will lead an Akathist to St. Elizabeth and serve Deacon Vespers beginning at 6:30pm. Typica w/Communion …

Bulletin July 12, 2015

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Prosphora (Greek for “offering”) is bread prepared for use in the Divine Liturgy. A portion of it, known as the lamb (or amnon) is cut out during the proskomedia which is consecrated during the Divine Liturgy to be the eucharist, while th rest is cut up for the antidoron, the blessed …

Bulletin July 5, 2015

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July 4th will be kept in our church with special prayers for our nation as part of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 5. After Liturgy, the celebration will continue with a July-4th-style potluck. (See online sign-up!) Augmenting this celebration will be an inflatable slide for the children to enjoy …

Summer 2015

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Let us remember to pray for all who are traveling this summer and especially our youth who will be attending summer camps. St. Athanasius parishioners are enjoying the first summer in their newly-built church and will celebrate their first complete year in the church on July …

Apostles’ Fast June 8 – 29, 2015

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 Bulletin June 28, 2015 The Apostles’ Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, the Fast of Peter and Paul, or sometimes St. Peter’s Fast, is a fast observed by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians. The fast begins on the second Monday after …

Holy Pentecost

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  Bulletin May 31, 2015  Feast of the Holy Trinity is commemorated on Sunday, May 31, 2015     Vacation Church School will be held during the week of Pentecost, Monday, June 1 – Friday, June 5 from 10am* – 2pm at Panagia Pantovasilissa Greek Orthodox Church 3301 Tates Creek Road in …

2015 Holy Week & Pascha

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Bulletin April 5, 2015 Bulletin April 12, 2015          All are invited to come and share our first Holy Week and Pascha in our new location. The following link will give you the times and a description of each special service from Lazarus Saturday, April 4 through Bright Week, …