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Icons of St. Raphael, Bishop
of Brooklyn, Confessor
Feast: Feb. 27
Born in
the Levant, St. Raphael was the first Bishop consecrated in North
America. He selflessly tended a far-flung flock of diverse ethnical
backgrounds, exhibiting the love and care of Christ. He studied deeply
the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, determining that it represented a
dangerous Protestantism, against which he carefully protected the
Orthodox flock. Holy Father Raphael of Brooklyn, pray to God for us!
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Icon: by the hand of iconographer Janet Jaime, courtesy of the
iconographer.
Next Icon: from an Antiochian
church in Houston, Texas.
Next Icon: by the hand of
Mother Justina, Greek Old Calendarist Convent of St. Elizabeth in Etna,
California. Shows St. Raphael (l.) and St. Joseph Martyr (r.).
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Icon: by the hand of John Lickwar, Spring, Texas.
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Icon: of unknown provenance.
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Icon: of unknown provenance, but I believe this is from an OCA church.
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Icon: by the hand of Xenia Pokrovskaya.
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Icon: by the hand of Xenia Pokrovskaya. St. Raphael is consecrated to
the episcopacy, 1904.
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Icon: of unknown provenance; may be from the Antiochian cathedral at
Wichita, Kansas. Viewer assistance is requested.
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