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) 391-9200
goodhelena@hotmail.com
Reader Antonius Baird
Choir Director
Phone: (803) 356-6337
antonius_01@windstream.net
Services sung in English
with some Slavonic.
Schedule of Services
Saturdays
5:30 PM Vigil
Sundays
9:40 AM Hours
10:00 AM Liturgy
Eves of Feast Days
6:30 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. Elizabeth'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 their predecessors, the parish began a
building campaign and, on St Nicholas day in 2010, the fruits of
their labors paid off as they served the first liturgy in their
own church building. The 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.
