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Righteous Forefather Terah

Also known as Tharah · Terah father of Abraham

The father of Abraham, who set out from Ur toward Canaan.

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Notes

Among the Holy Forefathers, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ. Individual veneration is not clearly attested; flagged for clergy review.

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