{"id":93552,"date":"2025-02-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/02\/27\/02-27-oshenar-raphael-episkop-brooklyn\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:46:36","slug":"02-27-oshenar-raphael-episkop-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/02\/27\/02-27-oshenar-raphael-episkop-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Osh\u00ebnar Raphael, Episkop Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"02_27_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b1\u03ae\u03bb,_\u03bf_\u0395\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03c5\u03bd.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"02\" data-saint-day=\"27\" data-source-filename=\"02_27_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a1\u03b1\u03c6\u03b1\u03ae\u03bb,_\u03bf_\u0395\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03c5\u03bd.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Osh\u00ebnar Raphael, Episkop Brooklyn<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">27 Shkurt \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Osh\u00ebnar Raphael u b\u00eb peshkopi i par\u00eb ortodoks q\u00eb u shugurua ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb tok\u00ebn amerikane, t\u00eb diel\u00ebn e Kryqit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb vitit n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e kat\u00ebr. Rrobat e tij t\u00eb shugurimit ishin nj\u00eb dhurat\u00eb personale nga Car Nikolla II, nj\u00eb simbol i vler\u00ebsimit t\u00eb thell\u00eb t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs Ruse p\u00ebr t\u00eb. Shenjtori i ardhsh\u00ebm lindi n\u00eb vitin 1860 n\u00eb Bejrut, ku familja e tij iku p\u00ebr t&#x27;u shp\u00ebtuar nga persekutimi mizor i t\u00eb krishter\u00ebve n\u00eb Siri. Prind\u00ebrit e tij, Michael Havauni dhe gruaja e tij e dyt\u00eb Mariam, e bija e nj\u00eb prifti t\u00eb Damaskut, ishin njer\u00ebz t\u00eb devotsh\u00ebm dhe thell\u00ebsisht t\u00eb p\u00ebrkushtuar ndaj besimit ortodoks. Vitin tjet\u00ebr n\u00eb Epifanin\u00eb, djali i vog\u00ebl u pag\u00ebzua me emrin Rafla dhe pak m\u00eb von\u00eb familja u kthye n\u00eb Damask. N\u00eb shkoll\u00eb ai shquhej p\u00ebr zgjuarsin\u00eb dhe zellin e tij, por kur babai i tij nuk mund t\u00eb paguante m\u00eb shkollimin, dhjaku Athanasi Attala nd\u00ebrmjet\u00ebsoi te Patriarku i Antiokis\u00eb Hierotheos. K\u00ebshtu f\u00ebmija u pranua si studiues i Patriarkan\u00ebs, me perspektiv\u00ebn e prift\u00ebris\u00eb dhe rrjedha e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb tij mori nj\u00eb drejtim t\u00eb ri. M\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e tet\u00eb mars 1879 u shugurua murg nga vet\u00eb Patriarku Ierotheos dhe u em\u00ebrua ndihm\u00ebs i tij personal. P\u00ebr shkak se Shkolla e Balamadit u mbyll, Patriarku i Kostandinopoj\u00ebs Joakim i Tret\u00eb ftoi Antiokin\u00eb t\u00eb d\u00ebrgonte nj\u00eb nx\u00ebn\u00ebs t\u00eb denj\u00eb n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn Teologjike t\u00eb Kalkid\u00ebs. Zgjedhja ra mbi Raphaelin e ri, i cili m\u00eb tet\u00eb dhjetor 1885 u shugurua dhjak n\u00eb kapel\u00ebn e Shkoll\u00ebs. N\u00eb korrik t\u00eb vitit t\u00eb ardhsh\u00ebm, ai mori diplom\u00ebn p\u00ebr teologji dhe u kthye n\u00eb atdheun e tij, ku Patriarku Gerasimi e \u00e7oi n\u00eb turnet\u00eb e tij baritore. Kur vet\u00eb Patriarku nuk mundi t\u00eb merrte pjes\u00eb, dhjaku Raphael u predikoi njer\u00ebzve fjal\u00ebn e Zotit. Por etja e tij p\u00ebr m\u00eb shum\u00eb njohuri e shtyu at\u00eb t\u00eb k\u00ebrkonte studime pasuniversitare n\u00eb Rusi, me premtimin se do t\u00eb kthehej si sekretar rusisht-fol\u00ebs i Patriarkut. Bekimi u dha menj\u00ebher\u00eb dhe ai u pranua si nx\u00ebn\u00ebs n\u00eb Akademin\u00eb Teologjike t\u00eb Kievit, nj\u00eb kapitull i ri i dishepullimit q\u00eb sh\u00ebnoi t\u00eb gjith\u00eb sh\u00ebrbes\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb m\u00ebvonshme. N\u00eb vitin 1889 ai mori p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsin\u00eb e fondit t\u00eb Antiokis\u00eb n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb, u shugurua plak dhe nj\u00eb muaj m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb arkimandrit nga Mitropoliti i Mosk\u00ebs Joannikios. N\u00eb vet\u00ebm dy vjet ai uli borxhin e aksioneve me pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb mij\u00eb rubla dhe solli nj\u00ebzet e kat\u00ebr nx\u00ebn\u00ebs\u00eb sirian\u00eb n\u00eb Rusi, n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb ata t\u00eb ktheheshin m\u00eb von\u00eb dhe t\u00eb m\u00ebsonin bashkatdhetar\u00ebt e tyre. Kur Patriarku Gerasimi abdikoi p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb fronin e Jeruzalemit, Arkimandriti Rafael luftoi me letra dhe artikuj n\u00eb shtypin rus p\u00ebr t\u00eb \u00e7liruar Kish\u00ebn e Antiokis\u00eb nga var\u00ebsia e hierark\u00ebve t\u00eb huaj. Kur Spiridoni u zgjodh Patriark n\u00eb n\u00ebntor 1891, ai refuzoi ta p\u00ebrkujtonte at\u00eb n\u00eb metoki dhe iu ndalua t\u00eb kryente detyr\u00ebn. Ai e pranoi d\u00ebnimin me p\u00ebrul\u00ebsi, por vazhdoi t\u00eb shkruante me vrull n\u00eb favor t\u00eb s\u00eb drejt\u00ebs s\u00eb Kish\u00ebs Antiokiane. M\u00eb n\u00eb fund k\u00ebrkoi falje me nd\u00ebrmjet\u00ebsimin e nj\u00eb miku t\u00eb zyrtarit rus dhe shkoi n\u00eb Kazan si profesor i gjuh\u00ebs arabe n\u00eb akademin\u00eb teologjike, ku q\u00ebndroi deri n\u00eb vitin 1895. At\u00eb vit ai u ftua nga Shoq\u00ebria Bamir\u00ebse Orthodhokse Siriane e Nju Jorkut p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb detyr\u00ebn si pastor i ortodoks\u00ebve arab\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb. Ai mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Nju Jork m\u00eb 2 n\u00ebntor t\u00eb atij viti dhe u prit nga nj\u00eb delegacion besimtar\u00ebsh q\u00eb prisnin pastorin e tyre. Brenda pak dit\u00ebsh ai gjeti nj\u00eb vend t\u00eb p\u00ebrshtatsh\u00ebm n\u00eb Manhatanin jugor dhe themeloi nj\u00eb kish\u00eb kushtuar Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs Myron, me vegla t\u00eb shenjta q\u00eb kishte sjell\u00eb nga Rusia. Megjithat\u00eb, shum\u00eb shpejt ai u informua se n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Amerik\u00ebn e Veriut kishte komunitete t\u00eb vogla t\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00ebve arab\u00eb pa pastor. N\u00eb ver\u00ebn e vitit tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00eb ai filloi turneun e tij t\u00eb par\u00eb t\u00eb madh misionar, duke vizituar tridhjet\u00eb qytete nga Nju Jorku n\u00eb San Francisko. N\u00eb sht\u00ebpi e n\u00eb ferma b\u00ebnte dasma, pag\u00ebzime, rr\u00ebfime dhe Liturgji Hyjnore, ku nuk kishte kish\u00eb. Ai m\u00ebsoi me besim se uniteti i Kish\u00ebs q\u00ebndron vet\u00ebm n\u00eb m\u00ebsimin e shtat\u00eb Koncileve Ekumenik dhe e mbrojti kopen\u00eb e tij nga gabimet e heterodoks\u00ebve. N\u00eb 1898 ai botoi librin e tij t\u00eb par\u00eb n\u00eb Bot\u00ebn e Re, nj\u00eb manual liturgjik arab t\u00eb titulluar Libri i ngush\u00ebllimit t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb n\u00eb lutjen hyjnore. Ai b\u00ebri nj\u00eb turne t\u00eb dyt\u00eb baritor, gjat\u00eb t\u00eb cilit kuptoi se sa urgjente ishte nevoja p\u00ebr prift\u00ebrinj arabishtfol\u00ebs n\u00eb komunitetet e reja q\u00eb po organizonte. Ai solli klerik\u00eb t\u00eb denj\u00eb nga Siria dhe propozoi p\u00ebr shugurim laik\u00eb t\u00eb arsimuar, gjithmon\u00eb me bekimin e hierarkut rus q\u00eb drejtonte Misionin Amerikan. Kur Episkopi Nikolaos u z\u00ebvend\u00ebsua nga Sh\u00ebn Tycho, Raphaeli e priti me g\u00ebzim dhe i theksoi kopes\u00eb s\u00eb tij se kryebariu i ri u d\u00ebrgua p\u00ebr t&#x27;u kujdesur p\u00ebr rus\u00ebt, sllav\u00ebt, sirian\u00ebt dhe grek\u00ebt, dometh\u00ebn\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb gjith\u00eb ekuipazhin e Ortodoksis\u00eb n\u00eb kontinent. N\u00eb mars 1899 ai u bekua t\u00eb mblidhte para p\u00ebr nj\u00eb varrez\u00eb dhe nj\u00eb kish\u00eb t\u00eb re. N\u00eb nj\u00eb turne t\u00eb ri ai vizitoi dyzet e tre qytete, duke u sh\u00ebrbyer grek\u00ebve, rus\u00ebve dhe arab\u00ebve, nd\u00ebrsa n\u00eb Joanistown ai pajtoi nj\u00eb komunitet t\u00eb ndar\u00eb ku gjykatat civile nuk kishin arritur t\u00eb sillnin paqen. Ai refuzoi dy her\u00eb postet e larta patriarkale n\u00eb Siri, selin\u00eb e Laodices\u00eb dhe dioqez\u00ebn ndihm\u00ebse t\u00eb Bejrutit, duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se nuk mund t\u00eb linte kopen\u00eb e tij amerikane. N\u00eb gusht, n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e nj\u00eb ai bleu nj\u00eb pjes\u00eb t\u00eb varrezave t\u00eb Malit t\u00eb Ullinjve n\u00eb Long Island, dhe n\u00eb dhjetor t\u00eb po atij viti u zgjodh Episkop Zahle, por p\u00ebrs\u00ebri nuk pranoi. Nj\u00eb vit m\u00eb pas bleu nj\u00eb kish\u00eb n\u00eb rrug\u00ebn Pacific n\u00eb Bruklin, t\u00eb cil\u00ebn e projektoi p\u00ebr adhurimin ortodoks dhe Episkop Tycho e inauguroi p\u00ebr g\u00ebzimin e madh t\u00eb besimtar\u00ebve. N\u00eb nj\u00ebqind e n\u00ebnt\u00ebqind e tre Sinodi i Shenjt\u00eb i Rusis\u00eb e zgjodhi nj\u00ebz\u00ebri peshkop t\u00eb Bruklinit, duke mbajtur kreun e Misionit Ortodoks Siro-Arab. T\u00eb diel\u00ebn e Kryqit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb vitit pasardh\u00ebs, ai u shugurua n\u00eb katedralen e Agios Nikolaos nga peshkop\u00ebt Tihonias dhe Innocentios. Ngjarja historike sh\u00ebnoi p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb Ortodoksin\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00ebn e Veriut, pasi ishte shugurimi i par\u00eb peshkopal i kryer ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb at\u00eb territor. N\u00eb fund t\u00eb vitit 1944 filloi botimin e revist\u00ebs Al Kalimat, q\u00eb do t\u00eb thot\u00eb Fjala, si organ zyrtar i Misionit Siro-Arab. N\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet faqeve t\u00eb tij ai m\u00ebsoi doktrin\u00ebn, moralin dhe jet\u00ebn kishtare, duke arritur tek shpirtrat q\u00eb nuk mund t&#x27;i vizitonte personalisht. Numri i par\u00eb u botua n\u00eb janar t\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb qind e pes\u00eb, dhe ai e konsideroi at\u00eb nj\u00eb arritje t\u00eb barabart\u00eb me blerjen e katedrales dhe varrezave. N\u00eb korrik t\u00eb po atij viti, ai bekoi themelet e Manastirit t\u00eb Agios Tihonios dhe kryesoi nj\u00eb kuvend prift\u00ebror, ku mor\u00ebn pjes\u00eb At Alexios Toth, At Alexandros Hotovitsky dhe At Joani Kotsourov, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt m\u00eb von\u00eb u rendit\u00ebn n\u00eb mesin e shenjtor\u00ebve. Ai ishte i apasionuar pas krijimit t\u00eb nj\u00eb shkolle n\u00eb mbr\u00ebmje dhe propozoi p\u00ebrdorimin e gjuh\u00ebs angleze n\u00eb adhurim, q\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00ebt q\u00eb nuk dinin arabisht t\u00eb mos humbnin n\u00ebp\u00ebr kishat heterodokse. Ai u rekomandoi t\u00eb gjitha famullive t\u00eb tij librin liturgjik t\u00eb p\u00ebrkthimit t\u00eb Isabelle Hapgood, duke ndjekur fjal\u00ebn e Apostullit Pal p\u00ebr lutjen q\u00eb kuptohet nga njer\u00ebzit. N\u00eb vitin 1911, t\u00eb Diel\u00ebn e Ortodoksis\u00eb, ai u nderua p\u00ebr pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vjet sh\u00ebrbimin e tij baritor n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb dhe Kryepiskop Platoni i dhuroi atij nj\u00eb ikon\u00eb argjendi t\u00eb Krishtit. Peshkopi i p\u00ebrulur nuk mund ta kuptonte pse duhej t\u00eb nderohej vet\u00ebm p\u00ebr kryerjen e detyr\u00ebs s\u00eb tij dhe e konsideronte veten nj\u00eb sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor t\u00eb posht\u00ebr. N\u00eb fund t\u00eb vitit 1912 ai u s\u00ebmur n\u00eb zyr\u00ebn e tij dhe mjek\u00ebt diagnostikuan nj\u00eb s\u00ebmundje t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb t\u00eb zemr\u00ebs q\u00eb p\u00ebrfundimisht \u00e7oi n\u00eb vdekjen e tij. Megjith\u00eb s\u00ebmundjen, ai vazhdoi t\u00eb udh\u00ebtonte n\u00eb qytete t\u00eb ndryshme deri n\u00eb vitin 1915, kur u mbyll n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e tij p\u00ebr dy muaj dhe e duroi dhimbjen me durim dhe lutje. N\u00eb agim t\u00eb kat\u00ebrmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb shkurtit t\u00eb atij viti, sipas kalendarit t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr, e zuri gjumi n\u00eb Zotin, dit\u00ebn q\u00eb ne e festojm\u00eb sot si nj\u00ebzet e shtat\u00eb shkurt. Kur e thirr\u00ebn ai nuk u p\u00ebrgjigj, dhe kur e tund\u00ebn, ai tashm\u00eb ishte zhdukur. N\u00eb koh\u00ebn e vdekjes s\u00eb tij, Misioni Siro-Arab num\u00ebronte tridhjet\u00eb famulli dhe nj\u00ebzet e pes\u00eb mij\u00eb besimtar\u00eb, fryt i dashuris\u00eb s\u00eb palodhur t\u00eb nj\u00eb bariu q\u00eb udh\u00ebtoi n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb, Kanada dhe Meksik\u00eb n\u00eb k\u00ebrkim t\u00eb deleve t\u00eb tij t\u00eb shp\u00ebrndara.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osh\u00ebnar Raphael u b\u00eb peshkopi i par\u00eb ortodoks q\u00eb u shugurua ndonj\u00ebher\u00eb n\u00eb tok\u00ebn amerikane, t\u00eb diel\u00ebn e Kryqit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb vitit n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e kat\u00ebr. 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