Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Forefather Cainan (son of Arphaxad)
Also known as Cainan the second · Cainan son of Arphaxad
A post-Flood patriarch in the genealogy of Christ recorded in the Greek Old Testament and in Luke.
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Notes
Among the Holy Forefathers, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ. Found in the Septuagint and Luke 3:36.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints