On November 1st, St. Elias Parish calls to mind the life and work of Bishop, now Saint RAPHAEL, the first Orthodox bishop consecrated in America, who served the Russian Orthodox Church and this country by gathering the communities of Middle Eastern immigrants into parishes.
St. RAPHAEL founded my parish, St. Elias Church, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in 1912.
Holy St. RAPHAEL pray for us!
3 comments:
From one priest at a parish of St. Raphael's to another, may God grant you many years!
(I'm the assistant at the cathedral in Charleston, WV.)
Father, bless,
I didn't know that St. Raphael had founded your parish, what a blessing.
May his memory be eternal!
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