Abraham of Farshut was an abbot and is a saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12. Life He was born in Farshut, near the modern city of Huw. His parents, who were Christians and locally important figures, died when Abraham was twelve. The next year, Abraham tried unsuccessfully to persuade his sister to retain her virginity. Thereafter, Abraham left to join the monastery of Pachomius at Pbow. This monastery was at the time under the direction of Pshintbahse. There Abraham devoted himself to trying to achieve the monastic ideals. Abraham was elected abbot of the monastery on the death of Pshintbahse. Shortly thereafter, Justinian I requested that Abraham be brought to Constantinople, in an attempt to bring those monks who still rejected the decision of the Council of Chalcedon into communion with the greater church. The exact time of this event is unknown, but it is believed to have been between 535 and 548. Abraham brought with him four monks. Upon arrival, Justianian summoned them and informed them that they would either accept the decision of the council or lose their positions. Abraham refused to entertain the idea, and was removed as archimandrite.

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Notable quotes

“I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the highest God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich…”
— To the King of Sodom, in Hebrews 14:22 - 23 (KJV)
“And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then place a part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.”
— Quran 2:260, trans. Muhammad M. Pickthall.
“O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”
— Prayer during the construction of the Kaaba with Ishmael as quoted in the Quran, Al Baqara 2:127.
“Now I, Abraham, built an altar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the famine might be turned away from my father’s house, that they might not perish.”
— Book of Abraham 2:17
“The coins of Abraham had the figure of an old man and an old woman on the face of the coin, and those of a youth and a maiden on the obverse, signifying that after Abraham and Sarah had grown old their youth was renewed and they begat a son.”
— 39, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 79.
“[P]utrefy in the belly of the crafty worm Azazel, and be burned by the fire of Azazel's tongue.”
— Apocalypse of Abraham 31:5

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Notable quotes

“I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the highest God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich…”
— To the King of Sodom, in Hebrews 14:22 - 23 (KJV)
“And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then place a part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.”
— Quran 2:260, trans. Muhammad M. Pickthall.
“O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”
— Prayer during the construction of the Kaaba with Ishmael as quoted in the Quran, Al Baqara 2:127.
“Now I, Abraham, built an altar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the famine might be turned away from my father’s house, that they might not perish.”
— Book of Abraham 2:17
“The coins of Abraham had the figure of an old man and an old woman on the face of the coin, and those of a youth and a maiden on the obverse, signifying that after Abraham and Sarah had grown old their youth was renewed and they begat a son.”
— 39, Tales and Maxims from the Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 79.
“[P]utrefy in the belly of the crafty worm Azazel, and be burned by the fire of Azazel's tongue.”
— Apocalypse of Abraham 31:5

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Overview

Abraham of Farshut was an abbot and is a saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12. Life He was born in Farshut, near the modern city of Huw. His parents, who were Christians and locally important figures, died when Abraham was twelve. The next year, Abraham tried unsuccessfully to persuade his sister to retain her virginity. Thereafter, Abraham left to join the monastery of Pachomius at Pbow. This monastery was at the time under the direction of Pshintbahse. There Abraham devoted himself to trying to achieve the monastic ideals. Abraham was elected abbot of the monastery on the death of Pshintbahse. Shortly thereafter, Justinian I requested that Abraham be brought to Constantinople, in an attempt to bring those monks who still rejected the decision of the Council of Chalcedon into communion with the greater church. The exact time of this event is unknown, but it is believed to have been between 535 and 548. Abraham brought with him four monks. Upon arrival, Justianian summoned them and informed them that they would either accept the decision of the council or lose their positions. Abraham refused to entertain the idea, and was removed as archimandrite.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Abraham of Farshut was an abbot and is a saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12.