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Raphael (UK: / ˈ r æ f eɪ ə l / RAF-ay-əl, US: / ˈ r æ f i ə l, ˈ r eɪ f-/ RA(Y)F-ee-əl; "God has healed") [a] is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE.
Tefilat HaDerech (Hebrew: תפילת הדרך) or the Traveler's Prayer or Wayfarer's Prayer in English, is a prayer for a safe journey recited by Jews, when they travel, by air, sea, and even on long car trips. [1] It is recited at the onset of every journey, and preferably done standing but this is not necessary. [2]
These are followed by four Our Fathers, honoring Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and the Guardian Angel. The chaplet concludes with a prayer to Saint Michael. Sign of the Cross (In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.) The chaplet begins with the following invitation: O God, come to my assistance.
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The Miraculous Draught of Fishes St Paul Preaching in Athens A rare display of the tapestries in the Sistine Chapel, 2011 Christ's Charge to Peter. The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, surviving from a set of ten cartoons, designed by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515–1516.
The painting shows Tobias and Sarah praying while the Angel Raphael binds the demon. This painting, which was restored in 1996 by rejoining Abraham Bredius 's angel half with the marriage bed half formerly owned by the Jewish refugee Jacques Goudstikker , was the subject of a dispute about nazi plunder . [1]
Saint Paul delivering the Areopagus Sermon in Athens, by Raphael, 1515. Engraved plaque containing Apostle Paul's sermon, at the Areopagus, Athens, Greece.. The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34.
The picture is attested—starting from Boschini, writing in 1664—on an altar dedicated to the Archangel Raphael on the right side of the church. The presence of the Bembo coat of arms suggests that the painting was commissioned by a member of the family of the Renaissance humanist scholar Pietro Bembo .