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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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December & the Mystery of the Incarnation

December 4, 2023 Featured

The Great Feast of our Lord’s Nativity in the Flesh (Christmas) is approaching and most of December is–in some sense–an ongoing preparation for this glorious Mystery! Moving us towards Christmas, we celebrate a number of milestones that help us approach this Celebration: Over the …

Welcoming 2021 & Theophany Season

January 1, 2021 Featured

Though 2020 was in many ways a difficult year, our parish family is thankful for the blessings God has given us in this past year: parishioners supported each other, we baptized and chrismated more than a dozen people, we held two weddings, we sent two monastic candidates to two different …

An Update on our Unusual Lenten Journey

March 31, 2020 Featured

By now, almost all of us have had at least two weeks to process the reality the whole world is facing: nothing in our life is normal now or in the medium term. Sadly, for us Orthodox Christians, this period of time includes the remainder of Great Lent, Holy Week, and the Feast of Feasts …

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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 April 2, 2017

March 30, 2017 News

Bulletin December 16, 2018

December 14, 2018 News

Bulletin May 5, 2019

May 3, 2019 News

Bulletin July 24, 2016

July 21, 2016 News

Bulletin November 29, 2015

November 27, 2015 News

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.

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

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