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His Excellency, the Regretted Sayedna / Sayidna / Archbishop Joseph Raya, Eparch Emeritus ofAkka, Haifa, Nazareth and All of Galilee, (Holy Land)

His Excellency, the Regretted Sayedna / Sayidna / Archbishop Joseph Raya fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, June 10, 2005 at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, Canada after a long illness.
More information from Madonna House in Cambermere, Ontario, Canada. This is where His Excellency, the Regretted Sayedna / Sayidna / Archbishop Joseph Raya lived after his "retirement".

Publications

His Excellency, the Regretted Sayedna / Sayidna / Archbishop Joseph Raya wrote many publications.

Some of His Excellency's many publications are:

• Abundance of Love: The Incarnation and the Byzantine Tradition, Diocese of Newton MA, 1989, Paper, 143 pages, ISBN 1-56125-015-5, $8.95
• Byzantine Church and Culture, Alleluia Press, 1992, 72 pages, Paperback, ISBN 0-911726-55-1,$6.95
• Byzantine Daily Worship by Most Reverend Joseph Raya, Archbishop of Aka, Haifa, Nazareth, and All Galilee; and Baron Jose De Vinck, Doctor of Laws, Louvain University; Alleluia Press, 1969, Hard, 1036 pages, ISBN 0-911726-07-1, $48.75
• Christmas: Birth of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ and His Private Life, Madonna House publication, Hardbound, 156 pages, ISBN 0-921440-45-6, $23.95
• The Divine and Holy Liturgy of our Father among the Saints, John Chrysostom, Archbishop Joseph Raya and Baron José de Vinck, Alleluia Press, 2001, Hardcover, 96 pages, ISBN 0-911726-64-0, $12.95
• The Face of God: An Introduction to Eastern Spirituality, God With Us Publications, 1984, 220 pages, 2nd ed., $8.95
• Metalipsi: Service of Holy Communion without Divine Liturgy, Madonna House Publications, 2002, 32 pages, Spiral Bound, $4.95
• Theophany and Sacraments of Initiation, Madonna House publication. Hardbound, 200 pages, ISBN 0-921440-36-7, $24.95
  Madonna House Publications, 1993, Paperback, 98 pages, ISBN 0-921440-37-5, $9.95
• Theotokos: Mary, Mother of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ, Hardbound, 150 pages, ISBN 0-921440-39-1, $22.95
  Madonna House Publications, 1995, Paperback, 138 pages, ISBN 0-921440-40-5, $9.95
• Transfiguration of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Madonna House publication. Hardbound, 120 pages, ISBN 0-921440-29-4, $21.95

Publishers and Distributers of these Publications

Alleluia Press
Baron and Baroness Jose De Vinck
672 Franklin Turnpike
P.O. Box 103
Allendale, NJ 07401-3513
Telephone: 201.327.3513

Eparchy of Newton
Office of Educational Services
491 Palisade Avenue
Yonkers, New York, 10703
Telephone: 914.963.6680
Fax: 914.963.1058
Eparchy of Newton, Educational Services Publications

God With Us Publications
Theological Book Service
PO Box 509, Barnhart, MO 63012
Telephone: 877. 484.1600
Fax: 800.325.9526

Madonna House Apostolate
2888 Dafoe Road
Cambermere, Ontario K0J 1L0
Canada
Telephone: 613.756.3713
Fax: 613.756.0211
Books by Archbishop Joseph Raya

Theological Book Service
PO Box 509, Barnhart, MO 63012
Telephone: 877.484.1600
Fax: 800.325.9526

Biography

Born: 15 August 1916
Seminary: St. Anne, Jerusalem, White Fathers
Ordination: July 20, 1941
Parishes in the United States: St. Ann, West Patterson, New Jersey, 1948 - 1952 and St. George, Birmingham, Alabama, 1952–1967
Madonna House Associate Priest: 1 July 1959 - Madonna House Lay Apostolate - Member for 40 years
Archbishop: Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee - In 1967 elected, in October 1968 consecrated, and in 1974 resigned over a matter of principle
60th Anniversary as a priest: July 20, 2001
Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize: 2005
Madonna House Lay Apostolate - Member for 40 years
Fell asleep in the Lord: 10 June 2005

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