When is Raphael’s name day?

• Nov8

  8 November

  Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel

This is a movable feast: it depends on the date of Orthodox Easter and changes every year.

• 2026Tuesday 14 April 2026Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene
• 2027Tuesday 4 May 2027Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene
• 2028Tuesday 18 April 2028Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene

• Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesvos15th centuryMartyrs of Lesvos (1463), commemorated on the Tuesday after Easter.Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene were martyred on Lesvos in 1463, shortly after the fall of Constantinople, when Ottoman forces attacked the monastery at Thermi where Raphael served as abbot. Their existence became known only in 1959–60, through visions that led to the discovery of their relics.Read more
• Archangel MichaelThe commander (archistrategos) of the heavenly hosts.Michael appears already in the Old Testament as guardian of the people of Israel and chief of the angelic hosts; tradition places him beside Abraham, Joshua and the prophet Elijah, and Christian teaching regards him as foremost among the archangels.Read more
• Archangel GabrielThe archangel who, according to the Gospel, announced the birth of Christ to the Theotokos.Gabriel is one of the archangels named in Scripture; his name is usually read as "man of God" or "strength of God". In the Old Testament he appears to the prophet Daniel to interpret his visions. In the New Testament, according to the Gospel of Luke, he announces to the priest Zechariah the birth of John the Baptist and to the Virgin Mary the birth of Christ.Read more

In Latin letters

Rafail, Rafael

English equivalents

Raphael

In Greek

Ραφαήλ