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Abraham of Kratia (c. 474 – c. 558) was a Christian monk from Syria. He is recognized as a saint in the Christian church with a feast day of December 6.He was born at Emesa in Syria. The community there was dispersed shortly later by nomadic raiders. Abraham himself fled to Constantinople. When he was only twenty-six years old he was made the abbot of the monastery of Kratia in Bithynia. Some ten years later he secretly left for Palestine seeking a quieter life.