St. Athanasius Orthodox Church • Nicholasville/Lexington Kentucky
We invite YOU to join us for the most sacred and beloved days of the Orthodox Christian calendar — the days of Holy Week & Pascha (Easter)! This year, these days fall “one week behind” our Western Christian friends, with our Pascha falling on April 12. You can learn more about …
As we enter November, the Church pivots gradually towards the Nativity Season. In the Orthodox Church, the pre-Christmas season begins with the Nativity Fast, which starts on November 15 and lasts until we break the fast on Christmas Day, December 25. Here are some highlights coming up in …
This year, Orthodox Pascha & Western Easter coincide as Christians everywhere mark the Resurrection of Christ on April 20! For Orthodox Christians, Holy Week & Pascha are some of the most important days in the entire Church Year. We have created a complete Holy Week & Pascha …
While most American Christians celebrated the Resurrection on March 31 this year, Orthodox Christians around the world continue their lenten journey to the Lord’s Resurrection throughout the month of April. In this time, we complete Great Lent, then we celebrate Lazarus Saturday & Palm …
As we head deeper into 2024, our parish community welcomes you to our new virtual “front door,” www.bluegrassorthodox.org. We are glad you have found us and we invite you to visit us. You can learn more about visiting St. Athanasius here. You can also take a peek inside our church by …
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 …
With the celebration of the Feast of our Lord’s Ascension on June 2, the season of Pascha draws to a close. The days of Pentecost are drawing near. (You can see photos from throughout the Paschal season–from May until Ascension–in the gallery below.) In addition to Pentecost and …
At midnight on Sunday, April 24, our parish family joined the whole body of the Orthodox Christian Church around the world in celebrating the Feast of Feasts, the Great & Holy PASCHA! Our Paschal celebration is never in a vacuum, of course, but always follows more than two months of preparation …
The month of January was a rich and special month at St. Athanasius (check out the large collection of photos at the bottom of this page!) as usual, we marked the Great Feast of Theophany (Epiphany) with the Great Blessing of Waters both inside and outside as usual for this season, we blessed cars …
