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October 24, September 29, November 8
		Patron of Healers . Nurses . Health Care Workers . Counselors . Therapists . Happy Meetings Lovers . Singles . Travelers . Young People Leaving Home for the First Time
		The name Raphael means “God heals.” Along with Gabriel and Michael he is one of the three archangels who are mentioned by name in the bible. While Gabriel is the Messenger and Michael the Defender, Raphael is said to be the one who “healed the earth” after it was defiled by the fallen angels. He came to the aid of the biblical Tobit and his son,Tobias. Tobit was blind and Tobias’ betrothed, Sara, had seven times been widowed on her wedding night. Disguised as a man named Azariah, Raphael accompanied Tobias on a mission for his father. On the journey, the angel helped him through his difficulties and showed him how to safely marry Sara. He also effected many cures, including showing Tobias how to use certain parts of a fish to cure his father’s blindness. Raphael is also believed to be the angel who moved the waters of the healing sheep pool in Bethesda. Described by the poet Milton as “affable,” he appears to know the value of good humour as a healing quality. His original feast day is October 24, but in 1921 the Roman Church combined it with Michael and Gabriel on September 29 (the Eastern Church on November 8). n doing research for this series of artwork, I came across a lot of interesting material on the web. I'm happy to pass some of the best along to you in the links below.
Our Archangel Raphael is available for purchase as an AnachronTM, Poster, Spirit Stone, Pendant, "Art-to-Wear" and more... please visit to view the entire collection. We also have Gabriel and Michael.		Wikipedia Article on Raphael - a great place to start searching for information about  Raphael as well as  Archangels in general.  Catholic Encyclopedia - lots of info from the Roman perspective  Image of Tobias and Raphael from the National Gallery
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