Сarolinas
& Tennessee Deanery
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
Joshua D. Shaw, Esq.
Warden
Phone: (803)
391-9201
joshua.shaw@live.com
Sisterhood of the
Myrrhbearing Women
Matushka Danielle Wilson
Head Sister
Phone: (803)
892-0010
danielle@epipsyche.org
Matushka Anne Mancuso
Choir Director
Tel.: (803) 358-9756
themancusos@sc.rr.com
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
7:40 AM Hours
8:00 AM Liturgy
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. Earlier in 2000, the parish rented a small
storefront, which was transformed over time into a beautiful, but
small sanctuary in the midst of metropolitan Columbia. It was
reminiscent of the storefronts which many of the Russian faithful
have attended 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.
