Raphael of Brooklyn
American saint
Died when: 54 years 99 days (651 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Raphael of Brooklyn (Arabic: ???? ??????? ?? ???????), born Rufa?il Hawawini (Raphael Hawaweeny; Arabic: ?????? ???????; November 20, 1860 – February 27, 1915), 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.
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