Raphael Of Brooklyn
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 109 years ago |
Date of birth | November 20,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Beirut |
Lebanon | |
Date of died | February 27,1915 |
Died | Brooklyn |
New York | |
United States | |
Feast | February 27 |
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Antiochian | |
Canonized | Orthodox Church in America |
Books | An Historical Glance at the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher |
Canon | March 2000 by Eastern Orthodox Church |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1410239 |
Raphael Of Brooklyn Life story
Raphael of Brooklyn, born Rufāʾīl Hawāwīnī, was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn, vicar of the Northern-American diocese, and head of the Antiochian Levantine Christian mission. He was the first Orthodox Christian bishop consecrated on American soil.