Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Forefather Adam
Also known as Adam · Adam the First-formed
The first-formed man, created by God in His image and the forefather of the whole human race.
This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
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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