On October 9, name day is celebrated by everyone who bears the name Avram, the website Pravoslavieto.com reports.
Abraham (in Hebrew "father of many") is the Old Testament patriarch - the progenitor of the people, chosen by God to preserve the True Faith, and with whom He made a covenant (Gen. 11:26).
The most important episodes of Sacred History that are related to Abraham are: the appearance of three angels in Sodom and the sacrifice of Isaac, the son of Abraham - one of the types of the New Testament sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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