Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Foremother Rachel
Also known as Rachel wife of Jacob
The beloved wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
God hath taken away my reproach.
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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