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Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Story and photos by Dn. Peter Samore Photo album “We must examine our ministry in light of this good shepherd, Raphael. He laid down his life for his people, dying young. Do we do the same?” On the night of July 25, and into July 26, the 22nd biennial Clergy Symposium concluded with the celebration of a vigil for St. Raphael, bishop of Brooklyn, at Ss. Peter and Paul Church at the Antiochian Village. It was served in the presence of the saint’s newly exhumed relics. In the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy, His…