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Righteous Patriarch Issachar

Also known as Issachar son of Jacob

The ninth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the fifth by Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Issachar, blessed by his father as a strong labourer in the land.

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The ninth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the fifth by Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Issachar, blessed by his father as a strong labourer in the land.

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