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Robert Josias "Raphael" Morgan was a Jamaican-American Orthodox priest of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, designated as the "Priest-Apostolic to America and the West Indies" ((ギリシア語:Ιεραποστολος)),〔Robert A. Hill, Marcus Garvey, Universal Negro Improvement Association. ''Letter Denouncing Marcus Garvey.'' In: (The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: 1826-August 1919 ). University of California Press, 1983. pg.197.〕 later the founder and superior of the ''Order of the Cross of Golgotha'', and thought to be the first Black Orthodox cleric in America. He spoke broken Greek and, therefore, served mostly in English. Having been rediscovered, his life has garnered great interest in recent times, but much of his life still remains shrouded in mystery. Morgan Raphael is said to have resided all over the world, including: "in Palestine, Syria, Joppa, Greece, Cyprus, Mytilene, Chios, Sicily, Crete, Egypt, Russia, Ottoman Turkey, Austria, Germany, England, France, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Bermuda, and the United States."〔Mather, Frank Lincoln. ''(Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent )'', University of Michigan. Gale Research Co., 1915. pp. 226-227.〕 ==Early life== Robert Josias Morgan was born in Chapelton, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica either in the late 1860s or early 1870s to Robert Josias and Mary Ann (née Johnson) Morgan. He was born six months after his father's death and named in his honour. He was raised in the Anglican tradition and received elementary schooling locally.〔 In his teenage years he travelled to Colón, Panama, then to British Honduras, back to Jamaica, and then to the United States. He became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and left as a missionary to Germany.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raphael Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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