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Our Holy Father and Bishop Raphael (Hawaweeny) of
Brooklyn
Born:
Beirut, Lebanon, ca. November 8th, 1860, to Mikha`il and
Maryam Hawaweeny; raised in the Bab Tuma Quarter of Damascus, Syria
Educated:
 | Patriarchal School, Damascus, Syria |
| School of Orthodox Theology, Halki Island (1879-86)
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| Theological Academy, Kiev, Russia (1888-89)
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Ordained:
| Deacon, December 20, 1885, on Halki Island
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| Priest, June 16, 1889, in Kiev, Russia
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| Archimandrite, July 28, 1889, in Moscow, Russia
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| Bishop, February 29, 1904, in New York, by Abp. (St.)
TIKHON and Bp. INNOCENT (Pustynskii), becoming the first Orthodox
Christian hierarch consecrated in the New World |
Ministry:
| Rector, Metochion of the Patriarchate of Antioch,
Moscow, Russia (1889-92) |
| Extraordinary Instructor in the Arabic Language,
Theological Academy, Kazan', Russia (1893-95) |
| Rector, St. Nicholas Church, Brooklyn, NY;
simultaneously serving as Leader of the Syrian Orthodox Spiritual Mission
in North America, traveling extensively in the United States, Canada, and
Mexico, solidifying communities; serving as Censor of the Russian-language
Russian Orthodox American Messenger (November 14, 1895-November 28, 1904)
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| Bishop of Brooklyn (1904-15), overseeing founding and
development of twenty-nine parishes; simultaneously serving as Second
Vicar of the Diocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America (1904-15);
Administrator of the entire Diocese (1909) |
| Benefactor of St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, PA,
and St. Platon's Theological Seminary, Tenafly, NJ |
| Vice-President, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches
Union (1910-12) |
Writings:
| al-Kalimat [The Word] (Edited: 1905-15)
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| An Historical view of the errors of the Papal Church
(Arabic) |
| A Brief history of the Christian Church (Arabic)
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| A Refutation of the Proclamation of Pope Leo XIII
(Arabic) |
| The Funeral service for children (translated into
Arabic) |
| A Guide to the services of the Consecration and
Dedication of a church (translated into Arabic) |
| The Kontakarion (translated into Arabic)
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| The Great Euchologion (translated into Arabic)
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| The Small Euchologion (translated into Arabic)
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Died:
| Brooklyn, NY, February 27, 1915 |
Now buried:
| Antiochian Village, Ligonier, PA; his incorrupt relics
having been translated from the Arab section of Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Brooklyn, NY (which he founded) in July of 1989. |
Summary:
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, and educated in Damascus Syria,
Halki, Turkey, and Kiev, Russia, Raphael Hawaweeny found himself virtually
exiled in Kazan, Russia, making himself of use on the faculty of the
Anti-Muslim Missionary School, when he was summoned to the New World by the
Syrian Orthodox Benevolent Committee in New York City. Immigrating in 1895
and serving under the aegis of the Russian Orthodox Mission -- then the only
established Orthodox hierarchy -- he was technically pastor of St. Nicholas
Church (later Cathedral) in Brooklyn, NY, but was, in fact, the roving
pastor of several dozen tiny, isolated communities spread thinly across the
continent. As a priest he crossed the continent repeatedly in the course of
nine years, and did so several more after being consecrated Bishop of
Brooklyn -- the first such Orthodox consecration in North America -- in
1905. He established a journal, al-Kalimat, to spread "the Word" to places
he could not himself be, and worked diligently at translating Greek
liturgical books into Arabic. These he distributed at his own expense to
communities throughout the Middle East and to émigrés in the Americas,
Africa, and Australasia, greatly helped preserve Orthodox Christianity in
those regions.
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