Gabriel

Holy Martyr Gabriel is commemorated in the Church's calendar on 2 February (new style) as a confessor of Christ who received the crown of martyrdom. The sources consulted preserve no details about the place, time and manner of his suffering.

The name Gabriel, Hebrew, means “man of God” or “strength of God” and is borne by the Archangel Gabriel, the herald of the Annunciation. The commemoration of a martyr without a story is not without meaning: the Church remembers him in the service of the day, as a brother who reached the end of the road of faith.