Word Magazine May, 2000 Page 5 - 7 THE LIFE OF OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS RAPHAEL HAWAWEENY BISHOP OF BROOKLYN “GOOD SHEPHERD OF THE LOST SHEEP IN AMERICA” whose sanctity was officially proclaimed by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 BY BISHOP BASIL (ESSEY) In the [...]
Magazine February 1988 Page 10-14 LEST WE FORGET THE ADMINSTRATIVE LEGACY OF ANTONY BASHIR (1936-1966) ORTHODOXY IS A freedom-loving, democratic faith . . . it is at its best in our free America. Our people are part and parcel of America, gladly giving their treasure and the blood of their sons to safeguard its free [...]
The Life Of The Thrice Blessed Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh By Archpriest John Warren Morris On October 22, 1880, Badrah Ofiesh, the wife of Father Gabriel Ofiesh, the shepherd of the Orthodox flock in the village of Bikfaya, Lebanon, gave birth to her sixth child, the future Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh. The couple, who would eventually have [...]
Word Magazine March 1995 THE LIFE OF THE THRICE BLESSED: BISHOP RAPHAEL HAWAWEENY WRITTEN BY FATHER ANDRE’ ISSA PART TWO Coming from Russia Raphael Hawaweeny found people of his own native land who offered him the reins of leadership, placing him at the forefront of their assembly and in their destiny. From the day he [...]