Raphael of Brooklyn: Another Saint of the Same Name
FEB 27 2026
Account of Raphael Hawaweeny, the Syro-Arab Orthodox bishop of Brooklyn canonised in 2000. Like the Lesbos martyr, he is a human saint distinct from the archangel, and illustrates how the name travels across Orthodox traditions.
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