After the Bolshevik Revolution threw the Russian Orthodox Church and its faithful abroad into chaos, the Orthodox Arab faithful in North America, simultaneously shaken by the death of their beloved bishop St. Raphael, chose to come under the direct care of the Patriarchate of Antioch.
The Orthodox Arab faithful in North America chose to come under the direct care of the Patriarchate of Antioch. The Orthodox Arab faithful in North America was simultaneously shaken by the death of their beloved bishop St. Raphael. The Bolshevik Revolution threw the Russian Orthodox Church abroad into chaos. The Bolshevik Revolution threw its faithful abroad into chaos.