Abraham Shek

Abraham Shek Lai-him, SBS, JP or Abraham Razack (simplified Chinese: 石礼谦; traditional Chinese: 石禮謙; pinyin: Shí Lǐqiān; born 24 June 1945, Macau) is the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing real estate and construction industry in functional constituencies seats. He is the member of the Alliance in Legco. He graduated from the University of Sydney in Australia.

Razack is a businessman and former chief executive of the Land Development Corporation (now Urban Renewal Authority). He is now a non-executive director of the MTR Corporation.

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Saint Abraham (Ethiopian)

Abraham is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His feast day is celebrated May 5.

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Sapor of Bet-Nicator

Sapor of Bet-Nicator (also known as Shapur of Bet-Nicator) was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator.

He was reported with 4 companions to King Shapur II, on the basis of their having preached against the Zoroastrian religion. After being subjected to prolonged torture, Bishop Sapor died in prison on November 20, 339.

His companions in martyrdom included Abraham.

There is no record of a feast day for these individuals.

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Abraham in the Catholic liturgy

Abraham figures prominently in Catholic liturgy. Of all the names of the Old Testament used in the liturgies of the Roman Rite, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham through their association with the idea of sacrifice and their employment in this connection in the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass. Abraham's name occurs so often and in such a variety of connections as to give him, among Old Testament figures, a position of eminence in the liturgy, perhaps surpassed by David alone.

Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum)