St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

October in the Parish

Abp. Alexander to visit Oct. 25-27

October is a liturgically calm season in the Orthodox Church. For newcomers, this month is a great time to plug into church life:

Our Fall Catechesis (Christian Teaching 101) is in full swing each Wednesday at 720pm (immediately following our regular Wednesday Vespers at 630pm.) Newcomers and inquirers are welcome at these classes — alongside our official catechumens. The weekly series will conclude in mid-December.

Sunday School has resumed!  Children’s Sunday School (ages Pre-K through High School) takes place after the Liturgy (20-30 minutes) and our virtual Adult Sunday School is live each Thursday. You can join the online conversation each Thursday here.

Our Archbishop Alexander is planning his final visit to St. Athanasius before his retirement this October 25-27. Please mark your calendars for this festive weekend (when we also celebrate the newly-canonized St. Olga of Alaska!) You can see the full schedule on the calendar below and at the main schedule page here. Learn more about Archbishop Alexander here.

We welcome those who are in (or close to) Madison County to consider a visit our daughter community, St. Nina Mission (213 Pauline Drive #5, Berea, KY,) which helps extend the reach of the Orthodox Faith along the I-75 corridor & Wilderness Trail. St. Nina Chapel is drawing people from Somerset, London, Corbin, and beyond. We are now serving services twice a week on Tuesdays (630pm) and Saturdays (6pm.) We also are trying to serve two Sunday Liturgies per month in Berea. Our lead priest at St. Nina this year will be Fr. David Thatcher, who can be reached at fr.david@bluegrassorthodox.org.

Below is a collection of photos from October 2025, showing the full range of our parish life including both physical improvements at our church and a big annual multi-parish Fall St. Herman Campout (Sept. 26-28) that was held in Corbin, KY. We hope these photos inspire you to visit our church or mission (or one of the local Orthodox parishes.) 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.

Building Steering Committe Update – October 25, 2012

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Provisional Timeline for Building Project 2012-2014 Architect Selection–October ? Rendering–Thanksgiving Capital Campaign Mailers–December Approval of Plans by State and City–February Bidding on Plans–April Contractor Selection–May Groundbreaking–June …

Building Steering Committee Update – October 18th

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Dear parish council, parish family and friends, The Building Steering Committee and I wanted to update you as we move forward from our parish meeting to endorse architect Tom Smith to serve as our parish architect for our building project.  Here is some of what is going on.  (Please check the …

Orthodoxy 101 – Fall 2012

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 Rediscovering the Ancient Ways of Christianity  A 5-Part Series Presented at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church This year, noted atheist thinker Alain de Botton published a widely-acclaimed book entitled Religion for Atheists, in which he highlighted the strengths of ancient religious traditions. …

Architect Selection Information

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Dear parish family and friends,   Christ is in our midst!   Greetings to you on this beautiful Saturday!   This is a reminder, going into this weekend, that next Sunday, Oct. 14, at the end of Divine Liturgy, our parishwill hold a brief voting meeting on the following resolution: Whereas, architect …

Building Steering Committee Update – September 28th

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Dear Parish, The following comes out of the Building Steering Committee (BSC) work as September draws to a close: The BSC reviewed the comments and ideas collected from our open meeting with the parish on Wednesday, Sept. 19.  We have integrated many of the parish’s insights into a Revised …

“According to the Pattern”

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 St. Athanasius Building Project 2012-2013  In Exodus 25, the Lord tells Moses that he must construct the holy sacred space of Hebrew worship “according to the pattern.”  At St. Athanasius, we follow Moses in seeking to build a temple and parish campus with the goal of glorifying God “according to …

Building Steering Committee Update – September 9th

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The Building Steering Committee met for the 2nd time formally last Thursday.  One of the things we discussed was the need to communicate effectively with you as council and with the parish, at large.  To that end, we committed to a bi-weekly update of our weekly meetings (and any additional meetings …

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church closes on new location in Nicholasville

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Here is a link from the Jessamine Journal about our parish’s closing on the Orchard property. These are exciting days! This closing and the building program we are currently gearing up for are the product of several years of work.  In 2006, our parish completed the purchase of 17 acres in …