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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Pascha Continues in May!

April 29, 2023 Featured

On Sunday, April 16, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated the Feast of Feasts, the Day of Days–the Pascha (Easter) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Our celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection was the climax not only of all of Holy Week, but of an entire Lenten season that …

Great Lent: A Season of Invitation

February 17, 2023 Featured

For Orthodox Christians, there is no season more beloved than Great Lent. Of course, Lent itself can be challenging with the communal expectation of fasting, increased prayer (both in services and at home,) and in the various additional practices we take up. But when Orthodox Christians hear the …

Catching Our Breath in October

October 1, 2022 Featured

October is a much-welcomed month for Kentuckians as the weather cools down and find ourselves in “peak fall.” In terms of church life, October’s arrival means the parish is a nice rhythm as ministries are humming along. This is a great time to visit our church and to learn more …

Summertime in the Parish

June 28, 2022 Featured

On June 29th, the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul, the season of the Apostles’ Fast draws to a close. The month of July that follows the Feast of the Apostles marks a relatively quiet time in most Orthodox parishes, including ours. We focus our efforts on the weekend Resurrectional Cycle that inlcudes …

A Holy Week Unlike All Others

April 15, 2020 Featured

By now, everybody knows that Holy Week and Pascha 2020 will be unlike all others in recent history. (For more on our diocese’s response to the Coronavirus crisis, thus far, read various links on this page.) The short of it: except for a core of 3-5 people who will sing, serve, and video the …

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Bulletin August 10th

August 7, 2025 News

Dormition Fast, August, & Beyond

August 1, 2025 Featured

Bulletin August 3rd

August 1, 2025 News

Bulletin July 27th

July 26, 2025 News

BULLETIN July 20th

July 17, 2025 News

From the Archives

St. Athanasius Marks 9/11 Anniversary with Memorial Service and Reflection on Death

September 5, 2008 Featured

Bulletin

April 7, 2023 News

20th Anniversary Retrospective

February 4, 2022 Featured

2015 Lenten Retreat

March 11, 2015 Featured

Building Project Update – March 31, 2013

April 3, 2013 Building

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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