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Righteous Patriarch Naphtali

Also known as Naphtali son of Jacob

The sixth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the second by Bilhah, and forefather of the tribe of Naphtali, in whose land, with that of Zebulun, Christ began to preach.

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The sixth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the second by Bilhah, and forefather of the tribe of Naphtali, in whose land, with that of Zebulun, Christ began to preach.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; Genesis 29–30, 49