St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky
Fall is a beautiful season in Kentucky. And the crown of fall certainly “feels” like the month of October. In terms of feast days in the Orthodox Church, October is a relatively quiet time–but marks a truly rich season of “normal” church life –with Sunday School, …
In the Orthodox Church, the season leading up to Christmas is a special time for preparation known as the Nativity Fast (also St. Philip’s Fast or Advent.) A number of important feasts punctuate this season (including our magnificent St. Nicholas Day celebrations.) We invite you to make the …
In our parish, it feels that by September, church life returns to “school year” normal. Sunday School resumes (in our parish on Sept. 18) and programming of various sorts picks back up along with the Great Feasts of the Nativity of the Virgin (Sept. 8) and the Exaltation of the Cross …
We are now deep into fall and preparing to enter the Nativity Fast, which–itself–is a 40-day preparation for the Feast of our Lord’s Nativity (Christmas) on December 25. We invite you to visit our parish for any of our services or scheduled events. We warmly welcome visitors and …
