St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky
It is the statutory tradition of the Orthodox Church in America that every parish community hold an Annual Parish Meeting. According to the Statute of the OCA, Article XII, Section 7, The Parish Assembly, sometimes known as the Parish Meeting, meets annually to consider matters pertaining to the …
What: Intro to Orthodoxy in 11 Parts When: Wednesdays, 720-820pm (after 630pm Vespers) Where: St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Nicholasville Perhaps you are a Christian, or perhaps you were a Christian, or perhaps you are a person who simply wasn’t exposed to much religion or spirituality as …
Our parish family here at St. Athanasius warmly invites you to join us on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 930am, for our semi-annual Visitors Sunday. While we aim for every Sunday to be open and warm for our visitors (you are always welcome,) on this Sunday we make extra effort to save space for visitors, be …
In the Orthodox Church, we measure time lots of different ways. Yes, it 2021 (of course.) But we also remember that–with the coming of September 1st–we entered the Year 7350 in the old Byzantine reckoning. Ever mindful of ways going back to Judaism, we continue to honor September as the …
The first half of August in the Orthodox Church (Aug. 1-14) is set aside as a special season of fasting and reflection. The two-week Dormition Fast precedes the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, which we celebrate on August 15 every year. This season of fasting is punctuated not only …
Continuing more than 25-year tradition of Lexington-based Vacation Church School, St. Athanasius Orthodox Church is pleased to announce a “normal” Vacation Church School 2021! (Visit the Facebook VCS Event Page here.) What: Pan-Orthodox Vacation Church School (VCS) open to all children …
In a manner like unto our Lord’s Resurrection, in 2021 we have seen our parish life fully renewed! Our parish family is grateful to God for a complete and healthy celebration of Great Lent, Holy Week, and the Lord’s Pascha! We welcomed hundreds of people to our church over the course of …
For Orthodox Chrisitans, there is no time like Holy Week and the “Feast of Feasts,” Pascha. With deep gratitude to God, our St. Athanasius parish family is excited to be fully open and nearly “normal” in this Paschal season–with visitors being welcomed warmly! (You can review our simple Covid …
The years 2020 and 2021 have presented many challenges to churches around the world. One of the ways it presented an opportunity to our parish was that we had the idea to bring in a real monastic (who otherwise would not be able to join us) to speak to our community virtually. On Saturday, April …
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 blessed two parishioners to become monastics (and both …
