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	Orthodox Icon of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Raphael was born Rafia Hawaweeny in November 1860 in Beirut, Lebanon.
		Raphael came to the United States at the request of the Syrian Orthodox Benevolent Society in New York City.
		Bishop Raphael consecrated the grounds for St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania in 1905.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /pha12.htm (372 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Events
		RAPHAEL told his people that their new Archpastor was one who "has been sent here to tend the flock of Christ -- Russians, Slavs, Syro-Arabs, and Greeks -- which is scattered across the entire North American continent." At that time, of course, there were no parallel jurisdictions based on nationality.
		In December of 1901 Archimandrite RAPHAEL was elected as Bishop of Zahleh.
		The first issue was printed in January 1905, and Saint RAPHAEL considered this milestone as one equal in importance to the acquisition of St Nicholas Cathedral and the parish cemetery.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/straphaelofbrooklyn.cfm (3367 words)

	Raphael of Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Raphael of Brooklyn (November 20, 1860 – February 27, 1915) was born as Raphael Hawaweeny (Arabic: رفائيل هواويني‎) in Damascus, Syria.
		Saint Raphael was originally buried in New York until August 1989 when his relics were translated to the Antiochian Village Camp in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, on property of the Antiochian Archdiocese along with several other bishops and clergy.
		Bishop Raphael was glorified by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in its March 2000 session.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raphael_of_Brooklyn (263 words)

	Raphael - Moviefone
		Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure...
		Urbino, where Raphael spent his youth, was also the seat of the...
		Thus orphaned at eleven, Raphael was entrusted to his uncle Bartolomeo, a priest.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/raphael/58818/main (107 words)

	Photos of St. Raphael Hawaweeny
		St. Raphael (Hawaweeny), the first Orthodox bishop consecrated in the New World, was born in Beirut, on November 8, 1860, to pious Orthodox parents, Michael and Mariam Hawaweeny.
		St. Raphael's sacred relics were first interred in a crypt beneath the holy table at his St. Nicholas Cathedral (March 7, 1915), later buried in the Syrian Section of Brooklyn's Mt. Olivet Cemetery (April 2, 1922), and finally were taken to the Holy Resurrection Cemetery at The Antiochian Village near Ligonier, Pennsylvania (August 15, 1988).
		Raphael, as bishop, at the center, in the white, at the...
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /Holy_Fathers/St._Raphael_Hawaweeny/index.shtml (731 words)

	Raphael
		Raphael is an angel found in the Book of Tobit, a scripture which is part of the Old Testament in the Roman Catholic biblical canon and part of the Protestant Apocrypha.
		Raphael, a Spanish singer who sang "Yo Soy Aquel" at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, and "Hablemos Del Amor" in 1967
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Raphael.html (106 words)

	St
		Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn and the Dream of Orthodox Unity in America
		Raphael lived at a time when Orthodox Christians in America "breathed the same air," and their hearts "beat with the same rhythm" of unity.
		Here are the greetings delivered by then Archimandrite Raphael, on December 13, 1898, on the arrival of Archbishop Tikhon, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church designated to head the American Church, to the Russian Church of St. Nicholas in New York City:
	www.jacwell.org /spring_summer2000/st-raphael.htm (280 words)

	Saint Raphael Brooklyn (Hawaweeny) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Saint Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn was born Rafia Hawaweeny in November 1860 in Beirut, Lebano
		During the course of his ministry as an auxiliary bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in America, St. Raphael founded the present-day primatial cathedral of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (St. Nicholas Cathedral), established thirty parishes, and assisted in the founding of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
		Raphael's sacred relics were first interred in a crypt beneath the holy table at his St. Nicholas Cathedral (March 7, 1915), later buried in the Syrian Section of Brooklyn's Mt. Olivet Cemetery (April 2, 1922), and finally were taken to the Holy Resurrection Cemetery at The Antiochian Village near Ligonier, Pennsylvania (August 15, 1988).
	www.stnicholas-billings.org.cob-web.org:8888 /Saints/NorthAmerican/raphaelbrooklyn.htm (914 words)

	Raphael of Brooklyn - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the course of his ministry as an auxiliary bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in America, St. Raphael founded the present-day primatial cathedral of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (St. Nicholas Cathedral), established thirty parishes, and assisted in the founding of St.
		Bishop Raphael was glorified (numbered among the saints) by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America in its March 2000 session, and the glorification services by that Holy Synod took place in May of that year at St.
		He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church in America on February 27, the anniversary of his death, and by the Church of Antioch on the first Saturday of November, which is shortly before Raphael's own patronal feast (the Feast of the Archangels, November 8).
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Raphael_of_Brooklyn (388 words)

	Village Camp \| St. Raphael of Brooklyn (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Raphael of Brooklyn faithfully and tirelessly served the faithful of North America.
		In May of 2000, St. Raphael of Brooklyn was recognized as a saint of the Orthodox Church.
		Relics of St. Raphael of Brooklyn are located at St. Ignatius Church at the Antiochian Village for veneration by the faithful.
	www.antiochianvillage.org.cob-web.org:8888 /camp/saint_raphael2.html (182 words)

	Orthodox Icon of St. Raphael of Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Raphael came to the United States to organize the scattered Syro-Arab Orthodox community, and set up St. Nicholas Church (later St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn.) Fr.
		Raphael worked tirelessly for Christ's church, and in a span of fifteen years he established twenty-nine parishes.
		Bishop Raphael founded al-Kalimat magazine ("The Word") as the official publication of the Syro-Arab Mission in 1905 and remained its editor until his repose.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /ipa01.htm (259 words)

	Lest We Forget ... RAPHAEL, Bishop of Brooklyn (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But nowhere was the excitement so evident as in the Arab Orthodox community in Brooklyn, New York, because their pastor, Archimandrite Raphael Hawaweeny, was to be consecrated a Bishop that morning during Divine Liturgy.
		The Balamand Seminary, the only school for the training of clergy in the Patriarchate of Antioch, had been closed in 1840, so when Raphael expressed his desire to study for the Priesthood he was sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchates Theological University on the island of Halki, about 30 miles from Constantinople.
		Saint Nicholas, although now located at a different location in Brooklyn, is still considered the “mother church” of the Arab Orthodox on this continent, and is the first Cathedral of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org.cob-web.org:8888 /resources/saints/essey_raphal_brooklyn.htm (1790 words)

	St. Raphael of Brooklyn
		Today the memory of blessed Raphael hath shone on us; For having received Christ’s call, he faithfully took up his cross and followed Him becoming a fisher of men.
		Unfortunately his father was not able to afford the tuition, so the Metropolitan of Homs recommended to Patriarch Hierotheos, of Antioch, that Rafla (Saint Raphael’s name given at his baptism) be accepted as a student of the Patriarchate to prepare for the priesthood.
		In December of 1901 Saint Raphael became the Bishop of Brooklyn and in 1904 the 1
	www.antiochian.org /saint_raphael (642 words)

	ksgalum.org: JFK School of Government Alumni Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Carol Raphael (MPA 1979, State and Local Government Executive Session 1987) and her team of health care professionals at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York did just the opposite.
		However, the majority of Raphael's nurses, mental health counselors, and home health aides did what they do every day: they walked into apartment buildings and high rise complexes to visit the 24,000 patients they care for daily.
		Raphael, who has served as president of the nonprofit healthcare agency since 1989, raced back to her office from a midtown Manhattan meeting after the second plane hit.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /alum/inspiration/innovators/raphael.html (607 words)

	Akathist to Saint Raphael of Brooklyn
		Continuing your education, your tender soul was nourished by the riches of patristic theology.
		Consecrated as a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the blessing of the Patriarch and Holy Synod of Antioch, your ministry extended to all Orthodox Christians.
		Knowing the grace of God which has been given to you, O most glorious hierarch Raphael, we who are weak and heavy-laden with the burden of our sins flee to you as our refuge and mighty defender.
	www.angelfire.com /planet/parastos/akathistraphael.html (2669 words)

	Akathist to St. Raphael
		Consecrated as a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the blessing of the Patriarch and Holy Synod of Antioch, thy ministry extended to all Orthodox Christians.
		Knowing the grace of God which hath been given unto thee, O most glorious hierarch Raphael, we who are weak and heavy-laden with the burden of our sins flee to thee as our refuge and mighty defender.
		O most holy and most wonderful Father Raphael, look down from the heights of heaven upon thy flock and accept this our present offering.
	www.networks-now.net /litresswraoc/SVCRaphaelAkathist.htm (2585 words)

	Symeon's Journal: St. Raphael of Brooklyn
		During the past few weeks I spent some time at the Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center in Ligonier, PA with my fellow seminarians from the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America.
		While staying the Village I visited the place where the body of St. Raphael of Brooklyn, the Shepherd of the Lost Sheep of America, is buried.
		Raphael of Brooklyn on the Antiochian Village website.
	symeonsjournal.blogspot.com /2006/09/st-raphael-of-brooklyn.html (255 words)

	VirtueOnline - Columnists - Voice for Orthodox unity -- from Brooklyn - by Terry Mattingly
		The rites were quiet, yet elaborate, and drew small clusters of dedicated worshippers out of their homes on a Saturday morning and into Byzantine sanctuaries across the nation.
		Father Raphael Hawaweeny came to the United States in 1895 and became the first Eastern Orthodox bishop consecrated in this land.
		Raphael was canonized in 2000 by the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), which has Russian roots, in cooperation with the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, with its ancient ties to the Middle East.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/print.php?storyid=3223 (749 words)

	Raphael of Brooklyn
		Saint Raphael of Brooklyn (November 20, 1860 - February 27, 1915) born as Raphael Hawaweeny in Damascus, Syria.
		In 1904 he became the first Orthodox bishop to be so ordained in North America; the ordination was done by Archbishop (Saint) Tikhon and Bishop Innocent in New York City.
		Bishop Raphael was glorified (numbered among the saints) by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America in its March 2000 session.
	www.mik.fastload.org /ra/Raphael_of_Brooklyn.html (174 words)

	Raphael Soyer Online
		Raphael Soyer in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
		Raphael Soyer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Springfield Museum of Art, Ohio
		All images and text on this Raphael Soyer page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/soyer_raphael.html (273 words)

	HTC: San Francisco Call, March 14, 1904 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		NEW YORK, March 13–In accordance with the decision of the Holy Synod at St. Petersburg, a third bishop was added to-day to the Russian Orthodox Church in America when Raphael Hawawony, pastor of the Syrian Arabic Church of St. Nicholas of Brooklyn, became Bishop Raphael, the first of his faith to be consecrated in America.
		Previous to the reading of the gospels, the nominated Bishop knelt while the Bishops placed their hands on his head and invoked the Holy Ghost to descend and bless him.
		Bishop Raphael ranks as the Bishop of Brooklyn and second prelate in the Aleutian diocese.
	www.holy-trinity.org /history/1904/03.14.SF.Call_Raphael.html (228 words)

	Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Raphael was proclaimed and glorified as a saint by the Orthodox Church in 2000.
		On the shelf in front of the icon is a wooden reliquary with a glass cover which contains a relic of St. Raphael.
		Raphael is responsible for the founding of our parish of St. George here in
	home.att.net /~stgeorgechs/questions/straphael.htm (384 words)

	St. Raphael Antiochian Orthodox Church, Iowa City, Iowa (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We are a growing mission of the Antiochian Orthodox Church.
		Read our news and enjoy some spiritual readings compiled by the members of St. Raphael Orthodox Church, in Iowa City, Iowa.
		We do not have a permanent funeral bier to use at St Raphael.
	www.straphaelorthodoxchurch.org.cob-web.org:8888 (624 words)

	The Brooklyn Rail - Poetry
		She lives in Brooklyn and currently teaches poetry writing in the low-residency MFA program at New England College.
		Poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein is a senior editor at Art in America.
		He was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in writing in 2003–04 and is on the faculty of the Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture at Bard College.
	www.brooklynrail.org /2006-10/poetry (395 words)

	Emmelianame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		St. Raphael was glorified (or canonized - recognized as a saint by the Church) in May, 2000.
		After the glorification, the faithful were able to venerate the relics of St. Raphael.
		Raphael to pray that they would have a healthy child.
	spot.colorado.edu /~ashtonm/Emmelianame.html (332 words)

	In Memory of Saint RAPHAEL of Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America
		The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America proclaims the glorification of Bishop RAPHAEL (Hawaweeny).
		The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) has published a Life of St. Raphael that is well worth reading.
	webpages.charter.net /photios/raphael.htm (100 words)

	St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is also the first community established by St. Raphael of Brooklyn.
		Thanks be to God and the intercessions of St. Raphael that what started as a rainy and bleak day turned into a nice and dry day for our 3rd annual St. Raphael Festival festival.
		With that in mind, in addition to the history section of our webiste, you can download a brief life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn who founded our community in 1895.
	stnicholascathedral.org (786 words)

	The ROEA Website: Events Gallery
		Patron Feast Celebration of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn Church
		On Sunday, February 27, 2005, His Eminence, Archbishop NATHANIEL celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Raphael of Brooklyn Church in Detroit on the occasion of the Patron Feast Celebration of the parish.
		Rev Fr Leonte S Copacia Jr, parish priest, waits to greet the Archbishop at the church entrance with the other serving clergy.
	www.roea.org /Events/2005/EvFEB2705StRaphaelHram.htm (463 words)

	Why (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church, October 9, 2005
		St Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church will hold the third Adult Education Workshop immediately following the Vesper Services on Wed.
		This week we will continue our discussion on the Eucharist, specifically addressing the issues of open and closed Communion, as well as how the Orthodox Church fulfills what the Bible states about Holy Communion.
	www.orthodoxnews.netfirms.com /193/Why.htm (143 words)

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