• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

  • Home
  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • Parish History
    • Leadership
    • Building News
    • Capital Campaign Update 2022
  • Ministries
  • Calendar
  • Directions
  • Pictures
  • Give

ancient faith

The Warmth of Pentecost

May 31, 2023 Featured

The parish is heading into the summer months of June and July. The month of June, in particular, stands out because of the Great Feast of Pentecost, our annual Vacation Church School for kids, and the reflective season of the Apostles’ Fast–which leads directly to one of our most ancient …

Paschaltide 2022: Christ is Risen!

May 6, 2022 Featured

At midnight on Sunday, April 24, our parish family joined the whole body of the Orthodox Christian Church around the world in celebrating the Feast of Feasts, the Great & Holy PASCHA! Our Paschal celebration is never in a vacuum, of course, but always follows more than two months of preparation …

The Lenten Spring Has Come!

March 2, 2022 Featured

“The Lenten Spring has come, the time for repentance!” The Lenten Season is truly one of the most beloved seasons of the year for Orthodox believers, as we refocus ourselves on the Lord. We invite you to visit St. Athanasius during these momentous days of reflection and repentance that …

Celebrate the Birth of Christ With Us!

December 18, 2021 Featured

We stand on the brink of the Great Feast of our Lord’s Nativity in the Flesh, then the 12 days following Christmas (including New Year-Circumcision,) and then the Great Feast of our Lord’s Theophany, observed Jan. 5-13 (and in practice, for much of January as we conduct the traditional …

Sidebar

February: Our Entrance into Lent

January 29, 2026 Featured

Bulletin February 1, 2026

January 29, 2026 News

Snowy Weekend update

January 24, 2026 Featured

January 25, 2026 Bulletin

January 22, 2026 News

Bulletin January 18, 2026

January 16, 2026 News

From the Archives

Bulletin July 12, 2015

July 15, 2015 News

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2018

January 16, 2018 Featured

Bulletin December 16, 2018

December 14, 2018 News

Summertime in the Parish

June 18, 2019 Featured

Holy Week & Pascha 2023

April 7, 2023 Featured

Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church
100 Lime Lane
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Directions to the church

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.

Click HERE if you’re looking for St. Nina.

  • Home
  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • Parish History
    • Leadership
    • Building News
    • Capital Campaign Update 2022
  • Ministries
  • Calendar
  • Directions
  • Pictures
  • Give

© 2026 · St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky