http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/09/27/st-raphael-and-the-battle-of-pacific-street/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/09/27/st-raphael-and-the-battle-of-pacific-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Did St. Raphael try to shoot a police officer? Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:01:56 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=3191#comment-1230 [...] In my last article, I wrote about the “Battle of Pacific Street” — the gunfight between Syrian Orthodox and Maronites in Brooklyn on the night of September 18, 1905. As I said before, St. Raphael Hawaweeny fled the scene and was chased (and then arrested) by a policeman, Officer Mallon. According to Mallon, St. Raphael pulled out a revolver and tried to shoot the officer. According to St. Raphael, he did no such thing, and, for that matter, had never even handled a gun in his entire life.   [...]

]]> http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/09/27/st-raphael-and-the-battle-of-pacific-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » An Antiochian wedding at the St. Louis World’s Fair Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:02:18 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=3191#comment-1226 [...] note: 106 years ago tomorrow — and almost exactly one year before the Battle of Pacific Street — St. Raphael officiated at a wedding in St. Louis. The English bride and Arab groom had a [...]

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