Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Foremother Leah
Also known as Leah wife of Jacob
The elder daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, mother of Judah and ancestress of Christ.
Now will I praise the LORD.
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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