Abraham of Galich

Saint

Abraham of Galich
Abbot
Died20 July 1375
Venerated inRussian Orthodox Church
Canonized1553 and 1621, Kostroma
Feast20 July

Abraham of Galich (Russian: Авраамий Галичский, romanized: Avraamy Galichsky; also Chukhlomsky or Gorodetsky; died 20 July 1375) was an abbot of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, and later went on to found four monasteries on Lake Chukhloma, in the region of Galich in present-day Kostroma Oblast. His feast day is on 20 July.

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