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Saint Abraham of Kratia
Popular devotion December 6Bishop and hermit

Saint Abraham of Kratia

Syrian monk who became abbot and bishop of Kratia, then left it all to live as a hermit in Palestine.

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Who was Saint Abraham of Kratia?

Abraham was born around 474 in Emesa (Homs), in Syria, and became a monk there as a young man. When raiders scattered his community he went to Constantinople, and at about 26 he was made abbot of a monastery at Kratia in Bithynia, in today's Turkey. Longing for solitude, he slipped away to Palestine, but he was sent back and made bishop of Kratia, which he served for about thirteen years. Around 525 he retired to Palestine again and lived in prayer until his death around 558; his life was written by Cyril of Scythopolis.

Feast day and traditions

He is honored in both the Eastern and Western Churches on December 6, the same day as Saint Nicholas.

Prayer

Saint Abraham, you sought God in silence; help us make room for quiet prayer in our busy days. Amen.

Novena

To pray a novena that ends on the eve of the feast, begin on November 27 and finish on December 5.

Mass readings

Read the Mass readings for December 6 from the US bishops (USCCB).

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Celebrate as a family

Turn off screens for a half hour this evening and spend part of it in quiet prayer together.

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