Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Ezra
Also known as Ezra the Scribe · Esdras
The priest and scribe who led the return from exile and restored the Law among the people.
The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
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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