Homiletic dossier in honour of the Archangel Raphael

Homily by John Chrysostom on the archangel Raphael First collection of miracles of the archangel Raphael On creating a large image of Raphael The following incipit is taken from according to 522 . Concerning his miracles and his wonders, who revealed his hidden things through the humility of the chief of the angels, Raphael. And there was great joy, and the king commanded that it be purified, that gold, by fire until it should be cleansed of its impurity. And at that time they made a great image of gold, purified. On the feast of the chief of the angels, Raphael. Miracle of the keeper of a church, who was carried away by a sea monster This miracle is different from , where a king is swallowed by a sea monster. The following incipit is taken from according to 522 .

I have asked you, I have asked you, O my brethren, a wonder and a marvel of the second kind, which the miracle of the chief of angels, his prayer, performed. Hear me, O Gabriel, the congregation of the holy church. There was a certain steward of the church, and on one day he came as if to illuminate the altar before the glorious image of Raphael. On how Raphael appeared to emperor Constantine The following incipit is taken from according to 523. Now we write for you, O my beloved brethren, the power which the holy chief of angels Raphael performed when he was sent into the house of Constantine the king, having appeared to Abraham in his youth, his son, and what this angel Raphael did, and when he found him, the youth of the days, his son, of Constantine. Miracle of Tobias The following incipit is taken from according to 523.

Third of his miracles. There was a man in the time of our fathers the ancients, whose name was Ṭobit, and the name of his son was Ṭobya. And that man was good, and he loved God. And because of this, the book of the story of the angel Rufaʾel was written with the narrative of Ṭobit, son of Ṭobya, son of Gabal, from the line of Asahel, from the tribe of Naftalem.

Miracle of the thief who broke into a church that contained treasures Miracle of the deacon thrown into the sea Miracle of the healing powers of St Raphael Miracle of the poor widow Miracle of the construction of the church of Raphael in Amḥarā This miracle is different from . History of the consecration of the church of Raphael on an island near Alexandria History of how John Chrysostom visited the church of Raphael on an island Salām-hymn to the archangel Raphael