Friday, October 30, 2009


Akolouthia for Our Father among the Saints RAPHAEL
Bishop of Brooklyn  "Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America"
(November 8, 1860 - February 27, 1915)
The major commemoration of Saint Raphael is observed on the Saturday before the Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers of Heaven (November 8), which means that it may fall between November 1 and 7. It is celebrated as a Vigil Rank commemoration.
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Bishop Demetri venerates the relics of  St. Raphael.