St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky
We invite you to visit St. Athanasius this month as we continue to celebrate an extended season that includes the Resurrection of Christ, the Ascension, and get ready for Penteocst. We begin May with a special celebration of St. Athanasius Day (May 1 and May 2) — which can read about below! …
Orthodox Christians around the world are marking the most beloved season of the church year – Great Lent. The Lenten season opens directly to Lazarus Saturday & Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and (finally) to the Feast of Feasts, the Pascha of our Lord! We are glad you have found us and we invite you …
In the Orthodox Church, February is often a month in which our common life begins to “flicker” into Great Lent, which (this year) begins on March 2. Starting on February 2nd, we begin the month-long journey of pre-Lenten Sundays. Cheok out our full online calendar here — …
In the previous month (June,) our parish experienced grace upon grace: we celebrated the glorious Feast of Pentecost, we held our annual Pentecost Picnic at HighBridge Park in Wilmore, we welcomed new catechumens and members, we saw a young couple get married, we continued our search for an …
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 …
[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 …
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 …
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 …
St. Athanasius is now open! Key details of our “Open Door Plan” (which you can read in full here) include: All weekday and Saturday services are completely “open” to any who wish to pray in person–including visitors! Our Sunday is Liturgy is “Open Door” in …
