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St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky

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Metropolitan Tikhon

Wrap-Up & Resources from the 2023 Diocesan Pastoral Conference in KY

February 18, 2023 Featured

Dear fathers and friends, Christ is in our midst! It was a great joy to welcome so many of you to Kentucky for the 2023 Pastoral Conference. (I am told we had a record crowd for a February Pastoral Conference!) I personally appreciated the kind words many of you had for our efforts to make …

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 …

DOS Clergy Conference 2023: Feb. 7-9 [UPDATED Feb. 1]

February 2, 2023 Featured

[Updated Feb. 18: full photo report and links to the conference talks are here] [UPDATED Feb. 1]  St. Athanasius Parish is delighted to welcome all our diocesan clergy and many of our clergy spouses to Kentucky for our February 2023 Diocesan Pastoral Conference. In addition to over 80 priests and …

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Bulletin October 19, 2025

October 17, 2025 News

Bulletin October 12, 2025

October 9, 2025 News

Bulletin for October 5th, 2025

October 2, 2025 News

October in the Parish

October 1, 2025 Featured

Bulletin September 28th, 2025

September 25, 2025 News

From the Archives

Towards Our Reopening!

May 9, 2020 Featured

Bulletin August 26, 2018

August 24, 2018 News

September 1st: the Crown of the Year

August 30, 2010 Featured

Bulletin May 11th

May 8, 2025 News

Kentucky Orthodox Campout 2022

September 4, 2022 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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