Deanery of the South
Parish
Clergy:
Archpriest
Mark Mancuso
Rector
165
Bridleridge Road
Lexington, SC 29073
Phone:
(803)
358-9756, (803) 600-0001
frmark@stelizabeth.net
Deacon
Columba Wilson
258
Old Gate Road
Lexington, SC 29073
Phone:
(803)
892-0010
frcolumba@stelizabeth.net
Paul
Witt
Warden
Phone: (803) 432-1067
bpwitt@bellsouth.net
Sisterhood
of the Myrrhbearing Women
Helen Shaw
Head Sister
Phone: (803) 772-7825
goodhelena@hotmail.com
Reader
Antonius Baird
Choir Director
Phone: (803) 462-5566
antonius_01@windstream.net
Services
sung in English only.
Schedule
of Services
Saturdays
5:30 PM Vigil
Sundays
9:15 AM Pre-Communion Prayers and Confessions
9:40 AM Hours
10:00 AM Liturgy
Eves of Feast Days
5:30 PM Vigil
Feast Days
8:40 AM Hours
9:00 AM Liturgy
The
Unexpected Joy Orthodox Book & Icon Shop
John Hart
Proprietor
942 1/2 Harden St.
Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: (803) 629-0067
Parish
Background:
St.
Elizabeth's was begun by a small group of American converts in
November of 1997. Fr. Mark Mancuso, who was raised a Roman Catholic
and became Orthodox in 1992, was ordained to be the priest of St.
Elizaebth's in September of 2000. Before then, services were held
regularly in the Mancuso home by visiting local priests. Then in
February 2000, the parish began to rent a small storefront, which was
transformed over time into a beautiful, but small sanctuary in the
midst of metropolitan Columbia. It is reminiscent of the storefronts
which many of the Russian faithful have been attending since the
Diaspora began. Like our predecessors, we too have begun a building
campaign so that we can soon transition into a beautiful church
building. Our own people have crafted most of the handiwork you see in
our church: gifted woodworkers, builders, artists and seamstresses.
Our parish consists of a varied group of not only Catholic and
Protestant converts, but also the so-called
"cradle-Orthodox" including Russians, Ukrainians, and Serbs.
The parish serves a full cycle of services in English and some
Slavonic.
