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Righteous Esther

Also known as Esther the Queen · Hadassah

The Jewish queen of Persia who interceded at the risk of her life to save her people.

If I perish, I perish.
Esther, 4:16 · King James Version (PD)
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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