Diocese: Diocese of the South
Deanery: North Florida Deanery
Mailing address:
PO Box 1082
Bunnell, FL 32110
Email:
Website: stalexisoca.org
Office: 321-456-5974
Parish Contacts
St Augustine, FL 32084
Lay Leadership
Directions
General Location
Serving Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach, and Daytona area, St Alexis Mission is located in Bunnell on the east coast of Florida in Flagler County, halfway between St Augustine and Daytona Beach.
From I-95 traveling south
Exit 284 and turn right onto Rt 100. Proceed 3 1/2 miles west on Rt 100 and look for St. Stephen Catholic Chapel on the right. We meet in their building, which has a handicapped-accessible side entrance.
From I-95 traveling north
Exit 284 and turn left onto Rt 100. Proceed 3 1/2 miles west on Rt 100 and look for St. Stephen Catholic Chapel on the right. We meet in their building, which has a handicapped-accessible side entrance.
Schedule of Services
9:00 AM Confessions; 9:10 AM Hours; 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy. All services are in English. Coffee Fellowship Hour follows.
Sunday Morning
Other services are held throughout the year according to the Orthodox Calendar. Please refer to the calendar of services on the parish website or contact us for more information.
Parish Background
Palm Coast, Florida is a community in Flagler County which was developed by ITT over 25 years ago. It is located about halfway between Daytona Beach and St. Augustine. Palm Coast has been one of the fastest growing communities in Florida and the nation since that time.
In 1993 Fr Theodore Bacha, rector of St Simeon’s Church in Titusville, asked several Palm Coast Orthodox Christians who were attending services in Titusville if they would like to establish their own mission. Services were held once a month with Fr Ted on Sunday afternoons in a storefront location.
In 1995 His Eminence Archbishop Dmitri officially proclaimed St Alexis a mission station. Fr Michael Meredith, a retired priest, conducted services every Sunday morning and Vespers one Saturday evening each month. A Sunday School program and adult Bible class were started.
In 1996 Fr Michael was assigned full time priest in Titusville. St. Alexis Mission moved to a larger location when we outgrew the storefront. In 1997, we again relocated to St Stephens Catholic Church in Bunnell.
For nearly 11 years, Archpriest Nicholas Molodyko-Harris (retired from the Diocese of Alaska) served as spiritual father to St. Alexis parishioners. Joined by his wife, Matushka Anastasia, they traveled from their home in Merritt Island to serve St. Alexis each week. Matushka Anastasia served as choir director.
When health issues prevented the Harrises from traveling every week to St. Alexis, the mission was lovingly served for 5 years by Archpriest Phillip Drennan (retired Antiochian priest) and his wife Khouria Diane, from January of 2016 until May of 2021.
In June 2021, Archpriest David C. Rucker began serving at St. Alexis, after many years of often being a substitute priest when needed. He was assigned as Priest-in-Charge on June 13, 2022. Fr. David was ordained in 2002 by Archbishop DMITRI (Royster), of blessed memory, and had founded St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky before moving to St. Augustine, Florida to serve as Associate Director of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC). Fr. David and Matushka Rozanne had recently finished 13 years of ministry with OCMC, which included Fr David’s tenure as Associate Director as well as time as Mission Specialists in Guatemala and teaching at St. Herman Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska. Matushka Rozanne serves as Choir Director and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
The St. Alexis Mission community is committed to growing into full Church status, including owning our own building and property, as part of the greater vision of becoming disciples of Jesus Christ as we participate in making disciples. While currently meeting at St. Stephen Catholic Chapel, St. Alexis Mission is actively looking for property/buildings in Flagler County that we might call our own.
We gladly welcome all guests. Come pray with us!