Raphael: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Raphael on February 27 on the New Calendar and March 12 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn.
The saint
St Raphael Bishop of BrooklynBorn to a Syrian Orthodox family that had fled persecution, Raphael Hawaweeny was a scholar of many languages who came to North America in 1895 to care for the scattered Arab Orthodox immigrants who had no shepherd.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Raphael?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Raphael on February 27 on the New Calendar and March 12 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Raphael?
- It is the feast of St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn.