Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Samson
Also known as Samson the Nazirite · Sampson the Judge
A Nazirite judge endowed with great strength who fought the Philistines and at his death destroyed many of them.
Let me die with the Philistines.
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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