Abraham Galitzki

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Abraham Galitzki (?-c. 1375) was an abbot of the Russian Orthodox Church.

He was a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, and later went on to found four monasteries on Lake Tschuchlom, in the Galitsh district of Kostroma. He died about 1375 at the Gorodjetzki monastery.

He is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of July 20.

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  • Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.