Avraamy of Galich

Abraham of Galich (; also Chukhlomsky or Gorodetsky; died 20 July 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 Chukhloma, in the region of Galich in present-day Kostroma Oblast. His feast day is on 20 July.

Life and devotion The birthplace and secular name of Abraham is unknown. According to the excerpt from his hagiography, he originally worked in the Pechersky Ascension Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod, from where he moved to the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.

After some time, with the blessing of Sergius of Radonezh, Abraham went to the Galich princedom, where he founded the first monastery in the Galich region, named Avraamiyev Novozaozersky in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on the north-east shore of Galich Lake. In the legend of Abraham, it is said that he settled in the domain of Prince Dimitry of Galich,

Death Abraham died in the chapel near the monastery, where he retreated shortly before his death, in about 1375. According to his legend, Abraham died on 20 July 1375, but D. F. Prilutsky and Y. E. Golubinsky believed that his death happened a little later, since Prince Yuri Dimitrievich was named to be his contemporary, who received the Galich lands in 1389.

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