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Righteous Forefather Eber

Also known as Heber · Eber

A patriarch from whom the name 'Hebrew' is traditionally derived.

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Notes

Among the Holy Forefathers, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints